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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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Cuba: Things happen and don’t
By Aurelio Pedroso
Little over seven years ago, when an ordinary citizen tried to reach the end of that monumental work of engineering that is the cobblestone road leading to the keys…
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The current problems with Cuba’s migratory policy (Part I)
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
It is no secret that the topic of emigration has been at the center of the debates in Cuba for the past 50 years and that, at present, many believe that a…
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The other side of the numbers
From Havana
The other side of the numbers
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
Last Aug. 6, I published in this column an article titled "Meditating on the basis of numbers," where I pointed out…
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On the beach, with Pánfilo
A Progreso Weekly exclusive
By Aurelio Pedroso
What a coincidence. According to a not-so-recent census, there's almost 12 million Cubans (Havana has almost 2 million), and right in…
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Third-generation socialism
Toward the Party Conference (Final Part)
Third-generation socialism
By Jorge Gómez Barata
Although other origins are attributed to it, socialism was born as an essential part of…
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