Fidel Castro
Un ‘Google cubano’ que responde a intereses del Gobierno El buscador C.U.B.A. sigue sin ganar popularidad Lunes, julio 17, 2017 | Eliseo Matos
LA HABANA, Cuba.- El buscador de contenidos C.U.B.A , una especie de Google nacional para acceder a… Continue reading
Cuba Awaits New Trump Proposals / Iván García
Ivan Garcia, 14 June 2017 — What you lose last is hope. And those who have plans to immigrate to the United States maintain bulletproof optimism.
Close to a small park in… Continue reading
Familia de violinista que tocó para Trump niega acusación de Cuba de que su padre mató a Frank País LUIS DE LA PAZ Especial/el Nuevo Herald
Durante la visita del presidente Donald Trump a Miami el 16 de junio, el… Continue reading
Trump administration again suspends a part of Cuba embargo By JOSH LEDERMAN Published July 14, 2017 Markets Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is suspending for another six months a provision of the U.S. embargo on Cuba.
The State… Continue reading
Cuba’s Raul Castro dismisses harsher US tone under Trump – Castro’s comments to Cuba’s National Assembly were his first on Trump’s June announcement of a partial rollback of the Cuba-U.S. detente – He also rejected any “lessons” on human rights… Continue reading
If Trump Ends Our Remittances? / Iván García
Ivan Garcia, 8 July 2017 — Without too much caution, the CUPET tanker truck painted green and white begins to deposit fuel in the underground basement of a gas station located at… Continue reading
Cuban Couple Prefers to Face the Jungle Rather Than the Law in Cuba
14ymedio, Mario J. Penton, Panama City, 2 July 2017 – They managed to escape Cuba to leave behind traces of corruption and negligence that, according to Yudenny… Continue reading
Food scarcity, another Castroist crime ROBERTO ÁLVAREZ QUIÑONES | Los Ángeles | 10 de Julio de 2017 – 10:40 CEST.
If you were told that in a Latin American country almost 60% of the fertile land available for agriculture is… Continue reading
School Diplomas
14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 5 July 2017 — They arrived, enthusiastic and happy, to their party for the end of the school year. One mother brought a macaroni salad with mayonnaise, another brought from home some disposable plates… Continue reading
Perverse Uchronia* / Regina Coyula
Miguel Coyula: So after editing it in Miami [the novel Red Sea, Blue Sea] I sent it out to Union Publishers and also ICAIC Publishers, but this is already four years ago.
The universe of… Continue reading
Fidel Castro In Humor And Oblivion
14ymedio, Generation Y, Havana, 3 July 2017 — For decades Cubans were bombarded by official propaganda filled with materials about Fidel Castro’s supposed genius. In these vindications he was not only a father, but… Continue reading
They fled to avoid prosecution from a web of corruption that is part of daily life in Cuba BY MARIO J. PENTÓN mpenton@elnuevoherald.com
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA The couple fled Cuba to avoid the web of corruption and negligence that they… Continue reading
The Impossible Letter
14ymedio, Generation Y, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 29 June 2017 — “Today we are going to practice writing a letter,” announced the fourth grade teacher at a school in the Plaza of the Revolution district in mid-June. Immediately,… Continue reading
The Death Throes of a Formerly Great Cuban Department Store
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, 28 June 2017 – The shit, not the metaphorical kind but the kind that stinks, makes it nearly impossible to read the name Fin de Siglo, End… Continue reading
Cuba and the United States Return to the Trenches / Iván García
Iván García, 19 June 2017 — For both countries it amounts to a remake of the Cold War, this time in version 2.0. It will take time to… Continue reading
Commentary: The real reason Trump wanted Cuba restrictions OPINION By Jonathan C. Brown – Special to the American-Statesman LYNNE SLADKY Posted: 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 24, 2017
President Donald Trump’s reversal of his predecessor’s Cuban policies proves once again that… Continue reading
How to get off the eaten track in Santiago de Cuba A trip to Santiago de Cuba should start with dinner at a paladar (family-run restaurant) and end with drinks on the roof of the Hotel Casa Granda. By JENNIFER… Continue reading
Citizen Kastro-Citizen Alcides / Regina Coyula
Regina Coyula, 14 June 2017– Jorge Enrique Lage interviews Miguel Coyula (excerpts) 4
… at many times during the interview, Alcides interrupted himself and began to speak to Fidel as if he were right… Continue reading