My Take on Biden’s Moves on Cuba
This had been on the table for a while because it was the current resident at the White House, Joe Biden’s campaign promise.
Vicente Morin Aguado
A Million Signatures for Cuban Prisoner Maykel Osorbo
Rapper Maykel Osorbo has repeated he won’t make a deal to leave his birth country, and he has been rotting in prison for eight months.
Cuban Doctors, Proletarian Internationalism Distorted into Big Business
Dollars sent to aid workers in Venezuela are being photographed in Cuba to prevent counterfeiting. The online daily Diario de Cuba recently published a photo of several Cuban doctors surrounded by LED televisions in an airport waiting room. Both of these photos are the subtle faces of a large business: exporting labor with the label “Proletarian internationalism”.
Cuba’s Isle of Youth Wants its Political and Administrative Status Defined
Including the Constitution that is currently being debated today under the Cuban Communist Party’s (PCC) watch, Cuba will have had 4 Constitutions in 118 years, none of which have clearly defined the Isle of Youth’s (previously Isle of Pines) administrative and territorial status as part of the Cuban archipelago.
Currency Unification in Today’s Cuba
The Cuban people’s longing for a single currency became surprisingly apparent during the debates being held about constitutional reform, when opinions were made public, calling for an article that endorses the Cuban Peso as the country’s single currency. Joaquin Pujol talks about what he classifies as “the most commented and long-awaited economic decision in Cuban history.”
Cuban Exile Organizations are at a Crossroads
“After so long, new generations of Cuban-Americans have appeared who are more American than Cuban, as they haven’t grown up or lived in Cuba. Therefore, they don’t carry Cuba in their hearts in the same way and they don’t really identify themselves with the island. “
Cuba’s Monetary Reform: Surgery or Sedatives?
Maintaining this current situation is very expensive, inefficiency becomes eternal, statistics are distorted, there are no incentives for foreign investment. The dilemma lies between the foolproof benefits in the medium/long term and the immediate shock to the economy once it is implemented, which might even make it collapse.
“Cuba Doesn’t Fit into a Passport”
After six decades, Felipe Lazaro hasn’t stopped fighing against ruin and oblivion. He returns to his happy childhood in a Guines from yesteryear, the main town to the south of Havana, which finds itself in ruins today. His most recent book, “Invisibles triangulos de muerte” (2017), was recently published by Editorial Bethania.
Why is the Cuban Gov. against Ravsberg and his Blog?
Uruguayan journalist Fernando Ravsberg has been complaining about not receiving an affirmative response to several requests for new accreditation to work in Cuba, where he has lived for 28 years.
Cuba: What it Means to Take a Stand
Recent news, not only in Havana, speak about a noticeable increase in civic protests, both individual and group, in the face of different situations which regularly meet the absurdity of a widespread and chronic socio-economic and political crisis.