Cuba

By Manuel Alberto Ramy From Ramy's “A Correspondent's Notebook” blog Cuba has said goodbye to summer with block parties. The press has said goodbye with a couple of articles that may…
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By René Vázquez Díaz From Rebelión, Aug. 30, 2009 The insults aimed at Juanes for announcing he'll sing a concert in Cuba address issues of principle that must be clarified. All…
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By Elíades Acosta Matos What in February was reason for the optimistic headline "Obama tears down wall with Cuba" and in March was reduced to a cautious "Obama eases the pressure on…
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By Manuel E. Yepe The sale and purchase of sports talent among nations damages the self-respect of the people from poor countries (euphemistically called “developing countries”) but is…
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By Jorge Gómez Barata On Aug. 1, President Raúl Castro, Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, announced the postponement of the organization's Congress and issued a call to a…
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Countryside schools By Luis Sexto The school year that begins in September writes the first words of the epitaph for countryside schools. It is not this article’s intention to publish…
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Juanes will sing on the Mexico-U.S. border A conversation in Havana By Manuel Alberto Ramy “After going to Cuba, the idea is to go to the border between the United States and…
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Interview with Silvio Rodríguez By R. A. Hernández La Jiribilla The announcement in Havana of the concert Peace Without Borders, promoted by the Colombian musician Juanes for Sept. 20…
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By Manuel E. Yepe “Smart power” has been practically officialized by the Obama administration as a weapon of U.S. foreign policy, with Hillary Clinton as its main spokesperson. At the…
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By Elíades Acosta Matos Violence reigns not only on the streets of Honduras, crushed by the putschist boots. It also reigns in the silent libraries, in the bookshelves and especially in…
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