I appreciate opinions that come with arguments calling on our national press to raise and pursue questions to their logical conclusion. Even if it means going after those in the highest spheres of government who are responsible for dictating prices and importing the products sold to the public.
Read MoreOur so-called “Primetime Cuban News” or “News at Eight” made headlines this past June 5th. Near the end of the broadcast a Cuban journalist presented her frustrated attempt at reporting on the prices of food in hard-currency stores.
Read MoreThere are streets and corners of Havana that tend to be very confusing, because this city is the reflection of a country where boundaries are not clearly defined. The culture is a melting pot, as are the addresses.
Read MoreDays before the expected visit to Cuba by Pope Benedict XVI in late March, a group of people without any special political affiliation occupied the “Basilica of Our Lady of Charity” in Havana, trying to remain in the church like asylum-seekers in an embassy.
Read MoreIt was evident that he urgently desired to speak with someone. You could see it in his eyes and in the anxiety of his gesture as he interrupted my hurried passing and asked me haltingly, “Do you speak English?” to which I responded with an emphatic, “Yes, I do!”
Read MoreAsa Cusack is one of those authentic globetrotters of our times. If there’s such a thing as “healthy envy”, it’s the sentiment I hold towards that young Irishman whom I met in the park called “La Fraternidad”.
Read MoreThere was less than an hour left until the six o’clock closing time. Up on the fourth floor, we guides waited for the opportunity of a visiting tourist, infrequent in May, the classic month of the slow season in Cuba. According to the established order, it was my turn when the bell rang with the code that indicated a recent arrival.
Read MoreA signature campaign is in the making requesting that Cardenal Jaime Ortega, the highest among the bishops of Cuba, be condemned for colluding with the authorities of the country in the case of evidently illegal occupants of a temple who were evicted before the Pope’s visit to Cuba.
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