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The Growth of GDP, and the Cuban Railway: Past and Present / Dimas Castellano

Dimas Castellano, 31 July 2105 — According to a report presented by the Minister of Economy and Planning, Marino Murillo Jorge, in the Fifth Ordinary Sessional Period of the National Assembly of Popular Power, during the first haf year of 2015, the GDP grew by 4.7%. In reference to transport, among other things, he said: in … Continue reading “The Growth of GDP, and the Cuban Railway: Past and Present / Dimas Castellano”

No Other Country Has Treated us Like Costa Rica / Ivan Garcia

Iván García, Costa Rica, 29 November 2015 — In the last two weeks, the authorities in Costa Rica have been forced to open new shelters to care for the more than 3,000 Cubans trying to reach the U.S. who are stranded on the border with Nicaragua. Since November 15, thousands of Cubans have been sleeping … Continue reading “No Other Country Has Treated us Like Costa Rica / Ivan Garcia”

The Language of the Enemy / Cubanet, Camilo Ernesto Olivera

Decades of stigmatization of the English language weigh on Cubans’ collective unconscious Cubanet.org, Camilo Ernesto Olivera Peidro, Havana, 27 November 2015 – It was Saturday night at a restaurant located on the downtown corner of O Street and Avenue 23. The bathroom was closed but, at least not completely. A sign, placed on the door … Continue reading “The Language of the Enemy / Cubanet, Camilo Ernesto Olivera”

Jokes from Argentina and Other Cold Cuts / Regina Coyula

Regina Coyula, 25 November 2015 — There is a joke that goes, in short, if Napoleon had owned a newspaper like Granma and lost the Battle of Waterloo, the newspaper would have acted like it never even happened. So true. Something similar occurred on Sunday evening with the presidential elections in Argentina and the victory … Continue reading “Jokes from Argentina and Other Cold Cuts / Regina Coyula”

Stories of Life on the Border / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar (Special envoy), Liberia (Costa Rica), 28 November 2015 — A uniformed policeman guards the entrance to the shelter in the church of Nazareth, in the Costa Rican region of Liberia. It is there to protect 70 Cubans who are waiting for the Nicaraguan authorities to allow them to continue their journey to the … Continue reading “Stories of Life on the Border / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar”

A Matter of Law / 14ymedio, Miriam Celaya

14ymedio, Miriam Celaya, Havana, 24 November 2015 — The crisis that has led to a bottleneck of more than 2,000 Cubans on the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua these last few days brings to the forefront the issue of the incessant flow of émigrés from Cuba to the US, creating a delicate collateral diplomatic … Continue reading “A Matter of Law / 14ymedio, Miriam Celaya”

IMO, Person of the Year in Cuba / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez

14ymedio, Generation Y, Yoani Sanchez, 28 November 2015 – December will soon be here and numerous lists of this year’s protagonists will be published in Cuba. A difficult task in a country that over the last 12 months was visited by a pope, a secretary of state and even by Mick Jagger. However, the person … Continue reading “IMO, Person of the Year in Cuba / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez”

Alarm Bells on the Route of the Illegal Market / 14ymedio, Orlando Palma

14ymedio, Orlando Palma, Havana, 27 November 2015 – Children’s clothes and sneakers were a part of the goods being called out by an illegal vendor this Thursday on Galiano Street in Havana. Although it is just four days until the migratory restrictions on Cubans announced by Ecuador take effect, alarm has already spread among merchants and … Continue reading “Alarm Bells on the Route of the Illegal Market / 14ymedio, Orlando Palma”

Cubans Propose Paying for Air Transport Out of Costa Rica / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 27 November 2015 — A group of Cuban migrants stranded in the Costa Rican city of La Cruz on the border with Nicaragua, have sent a letter to the country’s government in San Jose, and to other countries involved in finding a solution to the crisis, asking them to analyze the option of … Continue reading “Cubans Propose Paying for Air Transport Out of Costa Rica / 14ymedio”

Cubans in Nazareht, Costa Rica / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar (Special envoy), Liberia (Costa Rica), 27 November 2015 — The morning was warm and the Nazareht neighborhood had been listening for days to the distinctive Cuban accent. This point in the geography of Liberia, capital of Costa Rica’s Guanacaste province, is now one of the places where dozens of our Cuban compatriots are … Continue reading “Cubans in Nazareht, Costa Rica / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar”

My Cable and I. Fiber Optics in My Town? / Somos+

SOMOS+, Frank Rojas Torres, 24 November 2015 — It was October 15, 2015, and a success that should be transcendental for all my compatriots turns out to be nothing more than a false alarm, one more of so many expectations that remains only that. Another promise to be fulfilled in the long-term, only because “the steps taken … Continue reading “My Cable and I. Fiber Optics in My Town? / Somos+”

Henry Constantin Arrested at the Airport on His Return From Lima / 14ymedio, Luz Escobar

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 26 November 2015 — Journalist and activist Henry Constantin, director of the magazine La hora de Cuba (Cuba’s Hour), a member of the editorial board of the magazine Convivencia (Coexistence) and collaborator with 14ymedio, was arrested at three in the afternoon on Thursday at customs in the José Martí Airport, as he himself reported via … Continue reading “Henry Constantin Arrested at the Airport on His Return From Lima / 14ymedio, Luz Escobar”

Cubans Protest outside Ecuador’s Embassy in Havana / 14ymedio

[UPDATED] 14ymedio, Havana, 27 November 2015 — Hundreds of Cubans, on Friday, demonstrated their dissatisfaction with Quito’s decision to require visas from he island’s nationals as of Tuesday, December 1. The embassy, ​​located in the Miramar neighborhood, is currently cordoned off by a strong police operation preventing anyone from approaching. The agents assert that “last night several people … Continue reading “Cubans Protest outside Ecuador’s Embassy in Havana / 14ymedio”

Tania Bruguera is With Cubans in Costa Rica / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 26 November 2015 — The artist Tania Bruguera heeded the call of some of the more than 3,000 Cuban migrants who have been stuck for more than ten days ago in the north of Costa Rica after the Government of Nicaragua prevented their continuing their journey to United States. A group of migrants created a … Continue reading “Tania Bruguera is With Cubans in Costa Rica / 14ymedio”

The First Anniversary of a Truncated Hope / Rebeca Monzo

Rebeca Monzo, 26 November 2015 — Some days from now it will be the first anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the governments of Cuba and the United States, but the great expectations awoken by the desired event seem to have fallen into uncertainty and stagnation. The vast majority of Cubans believed they saw … Continue reading “The First Anniversary of a Truncated Hope / Rebeca Monzo”