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They’re baaack! Russian Ladas return to Cuba in streamlined shapes
The Russian car maker AvtoVAZ will deliver 300 of its latest model vehicles to Cuba this year, company president Nikolya Mor announced Friday in Havana. Mor added that his company is…
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Engagement versus estrangement
Congressman James Comer, a first-term Republican from Kentucky, just returned from a five-day trip to Cuba on a fact-finding delegation. His office released a statement about the trip:…
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Poor Little Marco
The junior senator from Florida is in a bind these days. Nobody seems to want him — in their office buildings. We’re already at two — offices in Tampa and Jacksonville — who have told…
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Entrepreneurship, between aspiring and being
On Oct. 13, 2010, self-employed entrepreneurship resurged in Cuba. For the first time ever, the nation's top leaders advocated its expansion with wide-ranging measures. However, the…
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‘Trumpfoolery,’ or the art of the lie
Donald Trump has uttered such a constant torrent of lies, distortions, and false promises that a weighty book already could be assembled describing them and debunking them. The lies…
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The emigrants
Letter written in 1905 by Friedrich Trump, Donald Trump’s grandfather, to Luitpold, prince regent of Bavaria. Trump had been ordered to leave Bavaria for failing to complete mandatory…
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Calling Rex Tillerson
To be clear, we are 43 days in and the Trump administration has made no changes to Cuba policy. We're not trying to jinx that. We're trying to understand it. Now if Rex Tillerson can be…
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Miami is not a sanctuary city, writes judge, but America is a sanctuary country
In a ruling rebuking the cowardly performance of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giménez and nine county commissioners, Judge Milton Hirsch sided with the basic rights of a human being and…
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From bad to worse for Puerto Rico
The action taken by the U.S. Congress to counteract Puerto Rico's deep and prolonged recession has led to an even more severe debt crisis. Reflecting the standard colonialist view,…
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Trump’s 10 steps for turning lies into half-truths
Don’t let Trump’s lies become near truths, insists Robert Reich in this 10-step demonstration of how the president gets away with his false statements. Be vigilant. Know the truth, and…
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