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Why Chicanos love Fidel Castro but hate Cuban exile politics
Gabriel San Roman writes that while many Cubans in the United States danced to the news of Fidel Castro's death this weekend, many Chicanos mourned what they felt was an extraordinary…
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No cause for celebration
The demonizers celebrated on Calle Ocho this weekend. But most Cubans in Miami, whatever they thought about Castro, realize the inherent moral indigence and political counterproductive…
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Fidel, history has absolved you
One is struck by the dichotomy of coverage in the media with outpourings of condolences and recognitions of Fidel’s legacy coming from the island, Latin America and the world countered…
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Black America and the passing of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro has a special significance for countless Black Americans. When he took up residence in the Hotel Theresa in New York’s Harlem, later meeting with Malcolm X, the Cuban…
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Fidel: A man with the courage to try to change the world
Fidel Castro has staked his place in Cuban history. One hundred years, two hundred years forward, his name will hold a special and lofty place. Fidel’s name will go down as one of the…
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Nine days of mourning in Cuba
The Organizing Committee for the funeral of Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro announced that the country will remain in national mourning for nine days because of the death of…
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Fidel Castro, leader of the Cuban Revolution, is dead
The death of Fidel Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, was announced by his brother and current Cuban president, Raul Castro Ruz, on Cuban television on Friday night, Nov. 25.
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Building is a pain, in more ways than one
Any Cuban can tell hundreds of stories about the art of building. There's a thousand ways to find the space, but no one can avoid the need to -- at the very least -- recover a wall,…
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Prejudice empowered: The nightmare begins
It didn’t take long for the hate and division incited and enabled by Donald Trump’s campaign to rear its ugly head. In the wake of the Republican candidate’s victory, numerous…
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Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new neo-fascist era is here.
The neoliberal era in the United States ended with a neofascist bang. Donald Trump’s election was enabled by the policies that overlooked the plight of our most vulnerable citizens. We…
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