In view of Sanchez’ important individual contribution to the current struggle for greater freedom of expression in Cuba, I again want to pose a very concrete question: What specific contribution to Cuba’s future, to an economic and political vision for the country in the coming years, can the blog Generation Y make? What is Yoani’s proposal?
Read MoreIn Cuba, the BRICS are presented to us as an alternative to the hegemony of the United States and its Western European allies. While this may well be a valid contrast, we must look behind such apparently simple remarks, for they point to the fact that half of humanity has undertaken a form of development that was in no way foreseen by the communists who steered the educational system and ideology in my country for many years.
Read MoreIn Cuba, when you do something completely out of place, with no justification, and erratically, we simply say “te has cagado” (you screwed up). Simply, anyone equipped with common sense knows that Korea would disappear from the face of the earth without anything serious happening to the Americans.
Read MoreThere are people who want to see a settling of accounts in Cuba as if they’re pursuing some sort of a vendetta, hoping to liquidate the current historical leadership of the revolution – who they see as needing to pay for their mistakes and disappear from the political scene forever.
Read MoreThere are notable differences from the European case, but if in Cuba we give members of cooperative the rights they deserve, ensuring they can comply with their contractual obligations, we’ll find a reasonable manner to move towards a better future.
Read MoreI attempted to clarify the thinking of Grady Ross Daugherty, the leader and founder of the “modern cooperative socialist movement” in the United States and who is a regular reader of HT. He believes that cooperatives with private ownership under a socialist state is the way to go for Cuba.
Read MoreWhile others were laughing and bending their elbows there in a bar in Havana, I was perplexed by the almost endless minutes of the video I had just unexpectedly seen there.
Read MoreOne can write both pros and cons in relation to Ernesto “Che” Guevara, such a dramatic figure in world history.
Read MoreBy the time Jimmy Carter finished his first term, he wasn’t doing too well. Nevertheless he was hoping to be reelected, as would be expected, though he would have to come to grips with the Iranian crisis, the state of the nation’s economy and Cuban immigrants.
Read MoreIt’s the same to me if a TV costs 300 CUCs or 7200 CUPs (at an exchange rate of 1:24). Anyway, the important thing is to have the money, whether it comes from remittances sent from “the beyond,” or whether it’s earned by selling avocados or it’s the payout from “La Bolita” (playing the numbers).
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