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By Ignacio Estrada Cepero, Independent Journalist Havana, Cuba. The last Tuesday of January the “Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba” dawned, as it does every year, to a crowd of people at its doors awaiting the famous Letter of the Year. Religious predictions governing the fate of the Cuban nation. Throughout the morning the number of … Continue reading “Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba 2013 Letter of the Year / Ignacio Estrada #Cuba”

Let’s take a look at government predictions. According to state technocrats, Cuba’s GDP will grow 3.7% in 2013. Spokesmen for General Raul Castro claim that, in spite of an economic crisis affecting half the world, social services will remain at 2012 levels. The “good news” keeps on coming from the Palace of the Revolution. The … Continue reading “Cuba 2013; A Cautious Forecast / Ivan Garcia #Cuba”

Thursday morning will never be forgotten by thousands of people in Eastern Cuba. The wind, flying roofs, heavy rains and trees falling on streets and houses, will remain as permanent memories of Hurricane Sandy. Nor will they be able to get out of their heads that first night after the disaster in which, from their … Continue reading “Seven Proposals After Hurricane Sandy / Yoani Sanchez”

Rodrigo Chavez Rodriguez, Attorney Ask an ordinary citizen for their rights, it would be like asking how far Mars is from Earth, it would be impossible to get a precise answer, clear and consistent, but if you asked for a list of what is prohibited, they could spend a long time reciting a list. It … Continue reading “They say, and the lies aren’t mine / Rodrigo Chavez Rodriguez, Cuban Law Association”

I’m curious to know the great influences of the reggaetoner Osmani Garcia, “The Voice” at the top of the Cuban charts. Good friends should be there. Not every reggaetoner achieved the status of censored celebrity displayed today by Chupi Chupi, turned into an ugly duckling of the radio stations, but a white swan of popular … Continue reading “Guilty of Singing El Chupi Chupi / Ernesto Morales Licea”

If the rumor about Cuban baseball is confirmed, I think the bad news for the national sport will exceed that having played a tournament in Rotterdam to forget, or that of having been deprived, for the umpteenth time in recent years, of an international title (this time, by Taipei of China). The threatening rumor is … Continue reading “The Passion Kills Us / Ernesto Morales Licea”

I turned the corner located half a block from my house and I heard somebody yelling to another neighbor, ” Mercedes, they are giving out chicken instead of fish.” The piece of chicken that the Cuban State sells us at subsidize price and by their orders we must consume it in one month, is only … Continue reading “White Meat Crumbs / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”