Cuba

By Francisco Aruca and Manuel Alberto Ramy The journalist and political analyst Francisco Aruca, who, with Edmundo García hosts “La Tarde Se Mueve,” spoke on Nov. 6 in Havana with…
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By Elsa Claro The biggest fears now felt in Cuba, notwithstanding others, refer mainly to two topics. The tax system and the layoffs. Dámaso Rielo, a carpenter who became a furniture…
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By Guillermo Rodríguez Rivera The recent decision by the Cuban government to remove from its bloated payrolls more than one million workers who earn wages without really contributing…
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Announcing its first Communist congress since 1997, Cuba is examining ways to create jobs and ease private sector controls By Richard Gott From the guardian.co.uk Raúl Castro, president…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera As overwhelming as it may seem to us, the Democratic defeat in the recent midterm elections is not a rarity in American political life. It has been quite…
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By Elsa Claro It is not a goal of the type that makes soccer history. It is not even a home run, but undoubtedly Cuba scored a pair of runs in just 48 hours. On Monday, the European…
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By Patricia Grogg From Inter Press Services HAVANA (IPS) - The risk of meningitis outbreaks rises during the dry season -- December to June -- in some 20 countries of sub-Saharan…
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By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA – Cubans living in the United States visited their country of origin in 2009 as never before in half a century and this…
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From Cubadebate   The use of nuclear weapons in a new war would mean the end of humanity. This was candidly foreseen by scientist Albert Einstein who was able to measure their…
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Bob Woodward’s new book, Obama’s Wars, on the administration's debates over the Afghanistan war, reveals a president deeply leery of open-ended commitment – and a military pushing for…
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