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The Philosophy of Marti versus the Totalitarian Model
The Philosophy of Marti versus the Totalitarian Model Posted on June 14, 2013 Published in the second edition of Cuadernos de Pensamiento Plural, April 2013. People cannot live without history. On the 160th anniversary of the birth José Martí, “the crowning figure of Cuban political thought,” his ideas, instead of being used to solve the [...] Continue reading
Arrests show Cuba not yet ready for reform
Arrests show Cuba not yet ready for reform by Staff Writers Havana (UPI) Jul 25, 2012 Cuba’s wide-scale crackdown on dissent that led to arrests at a funeral shows the Central American country isn’t ready for credible political reform despite its ambition to embrace a market economy. For more than two years Cuba has been [...] Continue reading
Cuba sees the writing on the wall
Cuba sees the writing on the wallMartin HutchinsonReuters BreakingviewsLast updated Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 8:15PM EDT Cuba has unveiled a Hugo Chavez hedge: economic reform. A senior Communist Party official says the island nation plans to shift nearly 50 per cent of output to the "non-state" sector. As its last rich patron, the Venezuelan President, [...] 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
Spain’s newly elected government may be less friendly to Cuba
Posted on Tuesday, 11.22.11 Spain's newly elected government may be less friendly to Cuba The new Conservative government that won Sunday's elections in Spain may be less friendly to Cuba, analysts say.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Relations between Cuba and Spain may be headed for choppy waters after Spain's conservative Popular Party won elections Sunday, although [...] Continue reading