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Cuba’s Democratic Left on State Socialism
Cuba’s Democratic Left on State Socialism May 9, 2013 | | Print Print | 0 5 11 32 HAVANA TIMES — A couple weeks ago we published a summary of an essay by Pedro Campos and Armando Chaguaceda on the inability of the State Socialist system that reigns in Cuba to carry out the changes [...] Continue reading
Fraud: Cuba Uses 454 Front Groups to Subvert Today’s UN Review of its Human Rights Record
Fraud: Cuba Uses 454 Front Groups to Subvert Today’s UN Review of its Human Rights Record By UN Watch (Bio and Archives) Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Also: Syria, Iran, North Korea took the floor today to sing Havana’s praises GENEVA, – Today’s UN review of Cuba’s rights record was tainted by “massive fraud” committed by [...] Continue reading
Can Cuba survive the loss of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez?
Can Cuba survive the loss of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez? Many in and out of Cuba wonder if the loss of Chávez is the death knell of the Castros' Revolution, or if it could inject urgent momentum into Raul Castro's reform agenda, just in the nick of time. By Anya Landau French, Guest blogger / March [...] Continue reading
An Indecent Proposal
An Indecent Proposal / Jeovany Jimenez Vega Jeovany J. Vega, Translator: Unstated, In response to an article published by Jean-Guy Allard in the newspaper Granma on November 12, in which Yoani Sanchez is accused, for the umpteenth time, of being "a mercenary working for the United States." Clearly the theme "Generation Y" has escaped the [...] 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
A different and diminished Castro
Posted on Monday, 11.19.12 'A different and diminished Castro' BY BRIAN LATELL afterfidel@aol.com He spoke on the public record more than any political figure in history. It is a strange and dubious distinction to be sure. But during 48 years in power Fidel Castro elevated public discourse into a form of narcissistic excess unlikely ever [...] Continue reading
In Regards to the Letter from the Cuban Doctors to Raul Castro
In Regards to the Letter from the Cuban Doctors to Raul Castro / Jeovany Jimenez Vega Jeovany J. Vega, Translator: Unstated Every day in this world, in one site or another, clearly or covertly according the dignity of each person, Cuban Public Health Professionals express their opinions about the calamitous situation they face. But this [...] Continue reading
A Rerun of the Embargo Show
A Rerun of the Embargo Show / Oscar Espinosa Chepe Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Translator: Unstated Cuban authorities, as has been their custom for years, have launched a new campaign against the U.S. embargo, taking advantage of the start of high-level United Nations General Assembly sessions. The worn-out script began with a press conference by Bruno [...] 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
The Perverse Path of Repression
The Perverse Path of Repression / Agustin Valentin Lopez Canino Agustin Valentin Lopez Canino, Translator: Unstated L is for Liberty "Good morning," said the woman with the thick voice and deep tone. My sister responded in kind and the woman began offering medications for sale. The clock indicated it was seven minutes past eight in [...] Continue reading
Indecision time
Cuba Indecision time Never rapid, Raúl Castro's reforms seem to be stalling Sep 15th 2012 | HAVANA WHEN Raúl Castro, Cuba's president, gave his latest big speech, to a meeting of the National Assembly in July, he repeated his stock response to those who urge him to move faster with reforms to his country's stagnant [...] Continue reading
Repeating Failure
Repeating Failure / Rosa Maria Rodriguez Torrado Rosa Maria Rodriguez Torrado, Translator: Unstated People tend to repeat actions and strategies that were successful, be it as individuals or as groups. Even governments, such as Cuba's, sometimes show little creativity and don't escape this facile practice of repeating and "taking hold" of well-used — and sometimes [...] Continue reading
Cuba squeezed by health care costs
Cuba squeezed by health care costs Cuba's health sector has had millions of dollars in budget cuts and tens of thousands of layoffs. The Associated Press HAVANA – Cuba's system of free medical care, long considered a birthright by its citizens and trumpeted as one of the communist government's great successes, is not immune to [...] Continue reading
Cuba campaign takes on ‘free’ health care
Posted on Saturday, 08.25.12 Cuba campaign takes on 'free' health care By PETER ORSI Associated Press HAVANA — Cuba's system of free medical care, long considered a birthright by its citizens and trumpeted as one of the communist government's great successes, is not immune to cutbacks under Raul Castro's drive for efficiency. The health sector [...] Continue reading
Independent Activism in Cuba
Independent Activism in Cuba August 5, 2012 June Fernandez* HAVANA TIMES — "Come wearing something red and kiss someone, because all forms of love are important." Last June 28, forty-six people who had received this message via instant messaging or e-mail met in the Havana bus terminal, near the Plaza of the Revolution, to kiss [...] Continue reading
Breast Implants Expose Corruption at Cuba’s Calixto Garcia Hospital
Yoani Sanchez – Award-winning Cuban blogger Breast Implants Expose Corruption at Cuba's Calixto Garcia Hospital Posted: 07/21/2012 5:49 pm "A doctor implanted them during his guard duty," she told me, while proudly feeling her breasts through her blouse. Then she points to her rear end and pouts, "This didn't go so well for me, because [...] Continue reading
Cuban doctors treated private patients in public hospitals
Posted on Friday, 07.20.12 Cuban doctors treated private patients in public hospitals They treated private patients in public hospitals, ran post-surgery clinics in private homes By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com A number of Havana doctors, nurses and others are under investigation for allegedly treating paying patients in public hospitals and running post-surgery recovery rooms in [...] Continue reading
Cosmetic Surgery & Foul Play
Cuba: Cosmetic Surgery & Foul Play July 17, 2012 Erasmo Calzadilla HAVANA TIMES — There's a rumor circulating, outside of the newspapers. The fact is that I heard several different versions the same day. Someone on the bus was talking about how it was discovered that a doctor at the Calixto Garcia Hospital had a [...] Continue reading
Disappointing month for foreign investment in Cuba
Disappointing month for foreign investment in Cuba Foreign companies look to be pulling out of oil exploration in Cuba, and Havana Club rum is fighting to retain its name in US markets, writes a guest blogger. By Anya Landau French, Guest blogger posted June 7, 2012 at 3:53 pm EDT It's not been a banner [...] Continue reading
Economic Transformations, Property Rights, and Cuba’s Current Constitution
Economic Transformations, Property Rights, and Cuba's Current Constitution / Estado de Sats, Antonio Rodiles Antonio Rodiles, Estado de Sats / State of Sats, Translator: Unstated By Antonio Rodiles Introduction The Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party just concluded, leaving a trail of questions to be clarified. Most of the televised debates turned into semantic [...] Continue reading
The Inspector / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo
The Inspector / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Translator: Unstated Down San Miguel. Up Guines. Walking between the suburban hills and the uncivil garbage at every corner in the neighborhood. With his pristine guayabera and his black briefcase as ridiculous as his dyed mustache. He's the restaurant inspector from the Cuban Ministry [...] Continue reading
Take It Easy You Cubans
Take It Easy You Cubans May 18, 2012 By Yusimi Rodriguez HAVANA TIMES — I noticed that on many occasions when writers for Havana Times criticize the situation in our country, readers will appear ready to demonstrate that conditions are even worse in other countries. For example, we might criticize our electoral system for allowing [...] Continue reading
The Government Guidelines for the Economy and the new Cuban Economic and Social Structure / Estado de Sats / State of Sats
http://translatingcuba.com/?p=18483 The Government Guidelines for the Economy and the new Cuban Economic and Social Structure / Estado de Sats / State of Sats Estado de Sats / State of Sats, Translator: Unstated By Antonio Rodiles The government document regarding guidelines for economic and social policy seeks to outline a new design for Cuban society. This [...] Continue reading
Universities and foreign companies in Cuba are shrinking
Posted on Wednesday, 05.16.12 Universities and foreign companies in Cuba are shrinking Cuban leader Raúl Castro's push to carry out needed economic reforms has led to reduced enrollment at universities and departure of some foreign companies. By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban universities have slashed enrollment by nearly 26 percent, apparently because of deep cuts [...] Continue reading
Cuba drags feet on foreign investment
Cuba drags feet on foreign investment Marc Frank Reuters 12:44 p.m. CDT, May 15, 2012 HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba's reform plans to attract more overseas investment are off to a slow start as the government focuses more on regulating existing foreign joint ventures than encouraging new ones, businessmen and diplomats say. In fact, Cuba has [...] Continue reading