After the portraits of the late Hugo Chavez were removed from Venezuela’s National Assembly this week, the question of his legacy as president appears revived. That, unquestionably, is what’s in question: if Chavez managed to transcend his time, to set a new standard for his country or alter the course of the nation definitively, his significance is not circumscribed to his political party.
Read MoreCuban president Raul Castro visits Mexico on November 5-7. The gathering promises to be a mix of the old and the new, where former alliances and new strategies will define themselves against Latin America’s changing political panorama.
Read MoreAlejandro Armengol: “We must put an end to the extremism that still prevails on the island and among the Cuban émigré community, where the line dividing Castroism and anti-Castroism is either missing or very faint.”
Read MoreEven though studies and conferences about the rebuilding of a post-Castro Cuba abound, this transformation has never been analyzed in any depth from the point of view of the individual.
Read MoreThe campaign against dissidents, the peaceful opposition and civil society activists that the Cuban press has maintained for decades illustrates the ideological decadence of a dying regime. The means employed are not novel: insult, taunting and the spreading of lies…
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