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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
Restrictions Aren’t Worth Much
Restrictions Aren’t Worth Much April 24, 2013 Dariela Aquique HAVANA TIMES — Every day, demands become louder from Cuban students for less restrictions on the Internet. This will be one of the points raised at the next congress of the Federation of University Students (FEU). Young people are demanding the right to good and broad [...] Continue reading
The Nature of Socialism
The Nature of Socialism / Rafael Leon Rodriguez Posted on April 23, 2013 The “handpicked” successor of the late comandante Hugo Chavez was elected and is not the new president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro. Starting off, his first statements addresses the aim of radicalizing the revolutionary process. On the one hand [...] Continue reading
EEUU acusa a Venezuela de intimidar opositores y denuncia autoritarismo en Cuba
19 de abril de 2013 • 23:19 EEUU acusa a Venezuela de intimidar opositores y denuncia autoritarismo en Cuba Estados Unidos denunció este viernes en su informe anual sobre Derechos Humanos que Venezuela siguió “politizando el sistema judicial e impidiendo la libertad de expresión” en 2012, mientras que acusó a Cuba de seguir bajo un [...] Continue reading
Cuba and the Enslaving System of Two Currencies
Cuba and the Enslaving System of Two Currencies / Yusnaby Perez Posted on April 16, 2013 The dual currency system in Cuba is one of the major economic and social problems of the country. Don't take my word for it, on several occasions the president of the country, Raul Castro himself (and I have no [...] Continue reading
Jorge Olivera: The History of the Cuban Dissidence is Long
Jorge Olivera: The History of the Cuban Dissidence is Long / Ivan Garcia Posted on April 12, 2013 For someone from Havana, the best thing is to walk the streets in spring. These March days, Jorge Olivera Castillo, 52, poet and journalist, is delighted by the green of the trees, the salty aroma, and the [...] Continue reading
Afro-Cuban author who complained of racism demoted
Posted on Friday, 04.05.13 Afro-Cuban author who complained of racism demoted By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com A black Cuban author, Roberto Zurbano, whose scathing criticism of racism on the island was published in The New York Times last month, has been demoted from his top job at the government-controlled Casa de las Americas book publishers. [...] Continue reading
Cuba’s most horrifying episode of child sex tourism resulted in a girl’s death
Cuba's most horrifying episode of child sex tourism resulted in a girl's death In May, 2010, Lilian Ramirez Espinosa, along with three other Cuban adolescents, was part of a sex party involving foreigners. Lilian ended up dying, though it's still not clear how. Cuban lawyer Laritza Diversent says the authorities reacted to the fact children [...] Continue reading
Cuba blocks dissident hotline
Posted on Friday, 12.07.12 Cuba blocks dissident hotline A system that allowed Cubans to broadcast their grievances has been blocked by the government. By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com The Cuban government is blocking calls to U.S. and Spanish telephone numbers once described as a 911 service for dissidents — a system they could use to [...] 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
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
If You Want to Talk About ‘Worms’
If You Want to Talk About 'Worms' October 20, 2012 Maria Matienzo Puerto HAVANA TIMES — Yesterday I had the botella (hitchhiking experience) of my life. I left my boss's house (she lives near the heavily trafficked corner of 23rd and 26th streets in the Vedado district), and proceeded to ask a Cubataxi driver for [...] Continue reading
Who Can We Ask?
Who Can We Ask? October 13, 2012 Esteban Morales* People buy newspapers but usually do so only by inertia, because day after day they won't find anything of interest in them. Photo:Caridad HAVANA TIMES — For people like me who enjoy writing, we also like it when others read our work. But this isn't enough. [...] 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
La peste viene de arriba
La peste viene de arriba Miércoles, Septiembre 26, 2012 | Por Pablo Pascual Méndez Piña LA HABANA, Cuba, septiembre, www.cubanet.org -Nada de videos. Ya han pasado diez meses desde que Raúl Castro anunció la divulgación de las películas sobre los escándalos de corrupción estatal y de firmas extranjeras, acontecidos hasta el 2011, y cuyo título [...] Continue reading
Some Challenges Facing Cuba’s Press
Some Challenges Facing Cuba's Press September 17, 2012 Esteban Morales* HAVANA TIMES — Everything seems to indicate that there are now two presses in Cuba. There's one that some want all of us to read, and another one that reaches only 10 percent of the population (though summaries of it are broadcast over "Radio Bemba" [...] Continue reading
Goodbye to the Blog: The Digital Controversy
Goodbye to the Blog: The Digital Controversy / Yoani Sánchez Translator: Unstated, Yoani Sanchez When a friend leaves… says a song performed by Alberto Cortez, it gets the tears flowing in anyone. Well, that sorrow of goodbye referred to in the song occurs not only when someone very close leaves. It also hurts when we [...] Continue reading
Cuba’s Changing Government Examines Asia Model
Cuba's Changing Government Examines Asia Model by Nick Miroff August 21, 2012 Cuba is one of the world's last remaining communist states. Cuba's allies in China and Vietnam also maintain firm one-party rule, but have prospered by introducing market principles to their economic models. With Cuban President Raul Castro easing government controls on property rights [...] 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
Atleta cubano captado en cámara vendiendo habanos en Olimpiada de Londres
Atleta cubano captado en cámara vendiendo habanos en Olimpiada de Londres Publicado el Jueves, 02 Agosto 2012 16:18 Por Redacción CaféFuerte El atleta Carlos Veliz, integrante del equipo cubano de atletismo a los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres, fue captado por una cámara oculta mientras intentaba venderle a un reportero una caja de habanos. En el [...] Continue reading
Complicidades peligrosas
Relaciones Cuba-México, PRI, Fidel Castro Complicidades peligrosas En su estancia mexicana, Fidel Castro aprendió muy bien cuáles eran los pilares de lo que Vargas Llosa llamó “la dictadura perfecta” y gradualmente los aplicó en su terreno con un extremo rigor Rebeca Montero, La Habana | 28/07/2012 11:51 am El apelativo “caudillo” significa “hombre que, como [...] Continue reading
Cuba’s Customs Office Tightens the Screws
Cuba's Customs Office Tightens the Screws July 18, 2012 Fernando Ravsberg* HAVANA TIMES — The Customs law that goes into effect in September is one that will have the most social impact, since in one way or another it will affect the majority of Cubans, making everyday life a little more difficult and a lot [...] Continue reading
Citizen Demand for Another Cuba – 536 Signatures and Counting
Citizen Demand for Another Cuba – 536 Signatures and Counting Translating Cuba Citizen Demand for Another Cuba As Cubans, legitimate children of this land and an essential part of our nation, we feel a deep sorrow at the prolonged crisis that we are experiencing and the demonstrated inability of the current government to make fundamental [...] Continue reading
Crisis en Cuba por cable submarino
Crisis en Cuba por cable submarino Altos funcionarios caribeños vinculados al programa han sido removidos FRANK LÓPEZ BALLESTEROS | EL UNIVERSAL lunes 9 de julio de 2012 12:00 AM El funcionamiento y negociación del cable submarino que permitirá desde Venezuela mejorar las comunicaciones hacia Cuba se convirtió en un misterio, y la destitución de funcionarios [...] Continue reading
Who Are The Criminals in Cuba?
Who Are The Criminals in Cuba? / Lilianne Ruíz Lilianne Ruíz, Translator: Unstated The faces of some who died in the 13 de Marzo Tugboat incident A friend called to ask me an important question about criminality in Cuba. Is Cuba a safe country with a crime rate lower than other countries in Latin America? [...] Continue reading
How Cuba Became a ‘Happy’ Country
June 26, 2012, 6:49 p.m. ET How Cuba Became a ‘Happy’ Country Citizens flee on rafts. But environmentalists know better. By MATTHEW SINCLAIR In what league does Iraq beat Britain, Haiti beat the United States, and Afghanistan beat Denmark? Political corruption? Violent crime? Temperature? No, welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Happy [...] Continue reading