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Is there no accounting for excess?
Why hasn't anyone deigned so far to tell us how much the organizers of the Fast and Furious movie spectacular and the recent haute-couture show paid for their performance rights, to…
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Foreseeing a boating boom, Cuba hurries to expand marinas
On the heels of the announcement that a Key-West-to-Havana speedboat rally will be held this week, the Cuban organization dealing with marinas and boating, Marlin S.A., is appealing for…
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Florida-Havana powerboat rally will be staged next week
The first Florida-to-Havana powerboat rally in 58 years will begin next Tuesday (May 17), marking the revival of this nautical activity between the United States and the island.
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An indefensible amendment from a member of Congress
There is legislation now pending in Congress to sever "any bilateral military-to-military" contacts between the U.S. and Cuba. It orders that no matter the gravity of a potential…
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A complicitous silence
Never has the United States been so isolated in the continent as in this century. While Obama tries to appear as a defender of democracy facing regimes such as Venezuela and Cuba, we're…
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The political debate in Cuba
Contrary to the perception of many abroad, political debate is a constant element in the daily lives of Cubans. It is present throughout the social fabric and is expressed in a…
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‘The Cuban Quintet’ (+1) is warmly greeted in Moscow
The five Cuban intelligence officers who spent many years in U.S. prisons after their arrest in South Florida in 1998 were in Moscow this week to attend the annual Victory Day…
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Models in Cuba: Behind the runway
Contrary to the "princess myth," most of the Cuban models study or hold other jobs. "They have to do something else, because they really can't make a living from this," says Giselda de…
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Michael Ratner: Activist for justice (1943-2016)
An irreplaceable activist has left us. Michael Ratner died Wednesday at the age of 72. The Nation magazine described him perfectly: “He pursued justice fearlessly, in the face of…
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Kuwaiti prince visits Cuba to discuss Olympics in Brazil
ANOC President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah concluded a two-day visit to Cuba where he met with Cuban National Olympic Committee president José Ramón Fernández Alvarez as well as…
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