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‘Eargate’ feels like a U.S. operation to undo Obama’s Cuba opening
Since the beginning it has been a strange case. A “Who done it?” of international intrigue. Logic, history and common scientific sense tell us that the culprits are Americans working to…
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Venezuela: between negotiations and harassment
Clearly, Chavism is not a perfect form of governance; it has been unable to shed the corruption and inefficacy that are endemic in Venezuelan politics and has been powerless to…
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Irma arrived at a bad economic time
It took the passage of Irma, that demon in a black wedding dress, to remove any doubt of the importance that Cuba has placed on tourism. The State knows this well. Maybe this would be…
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Florida nursing home tragedy NOT a who-done-it
The worst loss of human life in Florida in the wake of Irma didn’t happen on one of low-lying towns on the lower Florida Keys where the eye of the storm first made landfall with full…
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A damage report (and what we’re doing about it)
In Havana's neighborhoods, the first thing that some people do when the electricity comes back is to connect the refrigerator. Next, they turn the radio on -- loudly. It's their way to…
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The DREAMers, Trump’s blackmail card
Last Wednesday (Sept. 13), Donald Trump met with Democratic leaders of Congress to reach a legislative accord that might protect the DREAMers, undocumented youths who came to the United…
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Donate to Irma relief for Cuba
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Cuba faces a long and difficult road to recovery. CDA is working with organizations on the ground in Cuba to provide emergency items such as water,…
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Despite the horror of Irma, Cuba Va!
“It looks like the end of the world,” a stunned Cuban man said to a Spanish-language TV reporter in the city of Remedios after the passing of Irma, the monstrous storm that caused…
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Garbage everywhere in Havana
Five days after the passing of Hurricane Irma, which only touched the Cuban capital with tropical storm winds, there is rotting food and garbage in many of the streets that already…
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Cruel cones of uncertainty
In the midst of Irma and its cone of uncertainty, the Trump administration decided to create its very own cone of uncertainty by removing protection from deportation for nearly one…
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