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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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Rep. Sam Farr and an inevitable dinner in Havana
By Elíades Acosta Matos
A Democratic Congressman from California's 17th District has just coined a fortunate phrase to illustrate what's irrational and absurd about the policy of…
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It comes from all of us
By José Alejandro Rodríguez pepe@juventudrebelde.cu
From Juventud Rebelde - Oct. 4, 2009
“It comes from above.” “It has already been established.” Those habitual excuses, which chill…
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Capitalism in the dock
By Manuel E. Yepe
Despite relatively scant publicity in the major media, a great stir was caused by the new movie by U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore, “Capitalism: A love story,” which…
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A humane view of the blockade
Yet, it exists…
A humane view of the blockade
By Luis Sexto
“The embargo? What embargo?” Juan Clark told El Nuevo Herald, and then added: “U.S. companies already are sending Cuba…
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An outworn experience?
Toward the Party Conference (Part 7)
An outworn experience?
By Jorge Gómez Barata
While the Bolshevik Revolution and the advances of the people of the old Czarist empire in the…
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‘Congress-in-arms’
Toward the Party Conference (Part 6)
By Jorge Gómez Barata
In the mid-1980s, as Fidel Castro criticized the errors and negative tendencies derived from the mechanical transfer of…
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Cuban women kidnapped in Cancun by a prostitution network run by the Zetas
By Jean-Guy Allard,Cubadebate
A CubaNews translation. Edited by Walter Lippmann
The four Cuban women kidnapped by the Zetas, the murderous gang linked with Miami mafia rings, would…
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