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For a Sustainable Prosperity
For a Sustainable Prosperity / Reinaldo Escobar Posted on April 22, 2013 Two new words have been incorporated into the Newspeak of Cuban political officials and leaders: prosperous and sustainable. These “recent” adjectives are greatly used to describe the society they are trying to achieve or the socialism that is supposedly under construction. Both terms [...] Continue reading
The changing face of Cuba: Communism to capitalism
The changing face of Cuba: Communism to capitalism March 28, 2013 cuba For over half a century Cuba has been ruled by the Castro regime and has remained largely cut off from the rest of the world. The island's economy is in a state of collapse and still inhabits the crippling stranglehold of the US [...] Continue reading
An Assessment of the Cuban Government’s Management Over the Last Six Years
An Assessment of the Cuban Government's Management Over the Last Six Years / Dimas Castellano Dimas Castellanos, Translator: Unstated Four decades after taking power through revolution in 1959, the factors which made totalitarianism in Cuba possible have reached their limit. The populist measures imposed during the first years after the revolution were accompanied by the [...] Continue reading
The Cuban Regime Crosses Its Fingers Before Venezuelan Elections
The Cuban Regime Crosses Its Fingers Before Venezuelan Elections / Iván García Ivan Garcia, Translator: Unstated The presidential elections on October 7 may not be the triumphant military parade announced by Hugo Chavez. The Chavez vote has been trending downward. Capriles has gained the advantage. He has come from behind. Now it is a house-to-house [...] Continue reading
Cuba Surgeons Write to Raul Castro About Disastrous Health Care System
Cuba Surgeons Write to Raul Castro About Disastrous Health Care System Translating Cuba Open letter from the General Surgery Department of the "Calixto Garcia" Hospital to the First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro Ruz To be good is the only way [...] Continue reading
Cuban defectors choosing Tampa over Miami
Posted on Sunday, 09.09.12 Life in exile Cuban defectors choosing Tampa over Miami Hoping to avoid the anti-Castro maelstrom in Miami — and spies for the regime — some important expats are choosing to live in Tampa. By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com TAMPA — One was a senior Cuban government official who handled more than [...] Continue reading
The Privileged Ones
The Privileged Ones / Mackandal – Manuel Aguirre Lavarrere Mackandal – Manuel Aguirre Lavarrere, Translator: Chabeli The privileges granted by the regime to the Cuban military elite, behind the back of the people's will and stepping over any consensus from the citizens, have as solemn goal to buy the loyalty of this elite. Bought loyalty [...] Continue reading
Property Liberalization and Recovery of Idle Lands and Dilapidated Properties: A Necessary Step for Initiating a Recovery Process
Property Liberalization and Recovery of Idle Lands and Dilapidated Properties: A Necessary Step for Initiating a Recovery Process / Estado de Sats Antonio Rodiles, Estado de Sats / State of Sats, Julio Alega, Manuel Cuesta, Wilfredo Vallin Almeida By Antonio G. Rodiles, Julio Alega, Manuel Cuesta, Wilfredo Vallín Introduction The centralized and planned economy is [...] Continue reading
Source of Censorship / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado
Source of Censorship / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado, Translator: Unstated For years, many Cubans have commented that the Department of Revolutionary Orientation was the 'educator and corrector' womb that gave birth to the communications broadcast in the Cuban media, and of the rumors convenient to the State, which spread like wildfire [...] Continue reading
Corruption and the Morality of Survival / Dimas Castellano
Corruption and the Morality of Survival / Dimas CastellanoDimas Castellanos, Translator: Unstated Corruption — the action of corrupting — is the result of many causes, that range from personal conduct to the political-economic system of each country. It is an ancient social phenomenon to that occurs to a greater or lesser extent in all societies [...] Continue reading
‘Spring’ delayed as Cuba follows China’s model
'Spring' delayed as Cuba follows China's modelPope Benedict XVI's call for 'authentic freedom' during his recent visit to Cuba is unlikely to spur democracy. But other factors suggest economic changes are under way, patterned after the Chinese example, namely creating a market economy under an authoritarian, communist political system.Christian Science MonitorBy John Hughes | Christian [...] Continue reading
Forget the Pope / Estado de Sats – State of Sats
Forget the Pope / Estado de Sats – State of SatsEstado de Sats / State of Sats, Translator: Unstated Our rallying point: the Invisible Church.And our fundamental currency: freedom of thought.(Letter from Hegel to Schelling) In 1998, When John Paul II had not yet boarded the plane back the Holy See, I witnessed the following: [...] Continue reading
Beset by online surveillance and content filtering, netizens fight on
Beset by online surveillance and content filtering, netizens fight onPublished on Monday 12 March 2012. This report, which presents the 2012 list of countries that are "Enemies of the Internet" and "under surveillance," updates the report published on 12 March 2011. The last report, released in March 2011 at the climax of the Arab Spring, [...] Continue reading
Perks for Cuba’s ‘Revolutionary’ Military
Perks for Cuba's 'Revolutionary' MilitaryFebruary 23, 2012Isbel Diaz Torres HAVANA TIMES, Feb 23 — The husband of my neighbor, a colonel in the Ministry of the Interior (MININT), just bought a washing machine that in Cuban stores costs more than 700 CUC (about $770 USD). Of course he didn't pay that amount. Those who work [...] Continue reading
Cuba’s Press: Dodging the Big Issues
Cuba's Press: Dodging the Big IssuesFebruary 16, 2012Fernando Ravsberg Granma newspaper constantly blames the people for the country's problems. Photo: Raquel Pérez HAVANA TIMES, Feb 16 — Would you trust a doctor who diagnosed you with a serious case of cancer and then, immediately afterwards, told you that you also had acne, and urgently prescribed [...] Continue reading
Awaiting pope: New Castro, same mess of an economy
Posted on Monday, 02.13.12 Awaiting pope: New Castro, same mess of an economy Fourteen years after the last papal visit, some reforms have taken root in Cuba, but the economy is still an unmitigated mess.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@elNuevoHerald.com Two years before Pope John Paul II visited Cuba in 1998, then-Defense Minister Raúl Castro cracked down [...] Continue reading
The Castros and the Kims: Historic Parallels / Iván García
The Castros and the Kims: Historic Parallels / Iván GarcíaIván García, Translator: Unstated Autocrats are clones of the same litter. They're not separated by ideologies, what joins them is an unhealthy ambition for power. Each and every one of modern dictators consider themselves enlightened. Types essential on the national map. Founding Fathers. Irreplaceable. They could [...] Continue reading