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Cuba

Cuba returns religious property

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Apr 30, 2014
The return of property from the churches seized by the Cuban government after the triumph of the Revolution in 1959 is more and more a fact. Msgr. José Félix Pérez calls it a "'process'…
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Global South

Destination Ecuador… and beyond

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Apr 23, 2014
A couple of young Cubans who plan to travel to Ecuador say that their journey is to go "beyond" on a journey to the United States. It is one of many new dynamics in the relationship of…
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Cuba

On the trail of the missing condoms

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Apr 17, 2014
The iffy supply of condoms in Cuban pharmacies and markets in recent months has meant greater risk for some and an impediment to others who prefer to restrain their libidos rather than…
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Cuba

Internet in Cuba: Discourse and reality

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Mar 9, 2014
The willingness of the Cuban government to provide "social" access to the Internet returns to the public eye after the costs of navigating through cell phones are established. "It is…
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Cuba

Confiscation is not plunder

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Feb 26, 2014
Many imagine a distribution of the "booty" among Cuban inspectors after each incoming flight, but that's not what happens to the confiscated products. Unofficial sources say that the…
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Cuba

From numbers to food, Cuba’s economy topic of discussion

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Feb 17, 2014
Inviting Cubans to talk about finance almost always leads them to sidestep macrostructural explanations. What's important is what reaches the dining-room table and people's wallets.
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Cuba

Change comes in a taxi

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Jan 22, 2014
What was an experiment between Havana and Varadero, from this month on will turn the Cubataxi Group into a conglomerate of car rental agencies and transportation providers.
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Cuba

Corruption on video; not for broadcast

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Nov 27, 2013
The contents of USB memory sticks and DVDs now circulating informally in Cuba reveal 3 realities: cases of corruption. In the most illustrative of the cases, the accused stole more than…
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Cuba

Intransigence doesn’t clear hurdles

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Nov 13, 2013
There's a story in Cuba that in recent months has become a long telenovela. It has everything: jealousy, accusations, joys, deceit – and doesn't seem to run out of energy. It is the…
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Noticias

The banning of 3-D movies, or, ‘I’m the boss here’

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Nov 6, 2013
Invoking order and discipline, the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers chose to put an end to the tolerance that had existed for several months, allowing the spread of a…
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