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Prison Diary XVIII: Those Who Live Off The Government / Angel Santiesteban Posted on May 18, 2013
A few days ago it was suggested to me in a letter that someday, in another government of course, I could be Minister… Continue reading
A Second Evaluation / Dimas Castellanos Posted on May 17, 2013
On May 1 the government of Cuba was the subject for the second time of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a tool of the Human Rights Council (HRC) of… Continue reading
HAVANA TIMES — Despite efforts to bolster agricultural and livestock production and reduce food product imports, the most recent government statistics reveal that Cuba’s economy is currently… Continue reading
Posted on Thursday, 05.16.13
Cuban dissident says racism remains a grave problem By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com
Cuban dissident Manuel Cuesta Morua on Wednesday called for “affirmative action” to redress what he called the “grave” problem of racism on the… Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 05.15.13
Canadian jailed in Havana corruption scandal speaks out By Julian Sher of The Toronto Star And Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@elnuevoherald.com
Speaking over a scratchy telephone line from inside a Cuban prison, Sarkis Yacoubian’s voice goes… Continue reading
Should We Criticize Mandela? May 15, 2013 Alfredo Fernández
HAVANA TIMES — A well-known episode in contemporary history is the fact that, when the government of South Africa established the apartheid regime, former South African president Nelson Mandela, then a… Continue reading
Cuba readies corruption trials of Western businessmen By Marc Frank HAVANA | Tue May 14, 2013 10:50pm EDT
(Reuters) – Canadian and British executives of three foreign businesses shut in 2011 by Cuban authorities, ostensibly for corrupt practices, have been… Continue reading
Cuba intensifies fight against corruption IANSBy Indo Asian News Service | IANS
Havana, May 14 (IANS/EFE) Corruption and illegal activities in areas like fuel distribution are of great concern for the Cuban government, the official media reported here Monday.
Those… Continue reading
Posted on Tuesday, 05.14.13
Cuba government minister reports on corruption in international deals and gas By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com
Cuban government officials must fight “a grand battle” against corruption in areas such as business deals with foreigners and the… Continue reading
Cuban spy back in Cuba hailed as a hero Posted on May 13, 2013 By Reuters Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – A Cuban agent who served 13 years behind bars in the United States for his role in an espionage ring… Continue reading
Posted on Saturday, 05.11.13
Cuban Eliécer Ávila asks tough questions that scare regime BY MIRTA OJITO Mao35@columbia.edu
Eliécer Ávila is up with the roosters every morning, shoveling pig manure in the modest farm in the province of Las Tunas, Cuba,… Continue reading
Six-day event in Pittsburgh targets discrimination in Cuba Fidel Castro declared it nonexistent, but racism is still pervasive in a country known more for its rich culture May 11, 2013 12:13 am By Diana Nelson Jones / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Think… Continue reading
Cuba’s Democratic Left on State Socialism May 9, 2013 | | Print Print | 0 5 11 32
HAVANA TIMES — A couple weeks ago we published a summary of an essay by Pedro Campos and Armando Chaguaceda on the… Continue reading
Point-blank / Manuel Aguirre Posted on May 7, 2013
… Any solution that may result somehow in violence or discord is neither a sensible solution nor can it bring us any good.
Juan René Betancourt
If there is something the… Continue reading
We Approach the Present Through the Past / Dimas Castellanos Posted on May 8, 2013
New resolutions issued by the Ministry of Economy and Planning, introducing changes in economic relations, give more attention to the re-insertion of non-state forms of… Continue reading
Cuba’s greatest export? Medical diplomacy Posted By Elias Groll Tuesday, May 7, 2013 – 7:00 PM Share
What can an impoverished island nation — one isolated by the United States and lacking natural resources of its own — do to… Continue reading
My Take on Mobile Phones in Cuba May 7, 2013 Rosa Martínez
HAVANA TIMES — I’ve been meaning to buy a cellular phone for some time now, but there’s always something more vital I need to spend my money on:… Continue reading
USAID/Cuba, a Schizophrenic Policy May 7, 2013 By Tracey Eaton (alongthemalecon.blogspot.com)
HAVANA TIMES — If Washington’s policies toward Havana were a person, the poor soul would likely be confused, maybe even schizophrenic.
U.S. officials try to starve Cuba into submission… Continue reading