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Digging into the agricultural sector
From Havana
Digging into the agricultural sector
The pebble in the shoe
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
Alimentary security – defined as strategic – and farm production are intimately…
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The famous Cuban bloggers
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
The Cuban bloggers are the world's most famous. I refer to the “dissidents,” of course, because the first idea that they try to convey is that there are no…
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The conflict in distributing loaves and fishes
From Havana
The conflict in distributing loaves and fishes
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
Some years ago, I regularly chatted with a friendly Jesuit priest – who, lamentably, has since died…
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‘With half a peso I bought a goat…’ And with 15 pesos?
By Aurelio Pedroso
Years ago in Cuba, a very popular song listed what could be purchased with only half a peso. Thanks to the homespun humorist who wrote it, the new generations have…
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A rout can become a route
A date and a reflection
By Luis Sexto
With its early sunsets, November reminds us of the Russian Revolution, also known as the October Revolution because of the Julian calendar, which…
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Yoani Sánchez and the censors of utopia
Two versions of the freedom to dream
By Enrique Ubieta Gómez
From Cubarte
I don't know how to begin these reflections. I have just seen the premiere of “Nevertheless, it moves…
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Sage advice for Obama on Afghanistan
By Manuel E. Yepe
A CubaNews translation
Journalist Mark Danner offers President Barack Obama very good advice in his new book, Stripping Bare the Body, and in an interview with…
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Musings on Halloween and Christmas, Havana-style
By Aurelio Pedroso
In Spain, the start of the Christmas holiday season is set off by the El Corte Inglés megastore. It fires the starting gun and triggers the shopping spree. In Cuba…
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A concert in Havana: An unfinished dialogue with the furies
By Elíades Acosta Matos
On Oct. 27, 2009, a Boeing jumbo jet from New York should have landed at Havana's José Martí Airport after a scheduled three-hour flight.
According to plan,…
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The current problems with Cuba’s migratory policy
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
(Editor’s Note: The first part of this article appeared last week. Today it appears in its entirety -- including part 1. After reading it carefully and…
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