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They have gone from being persecuted, insulted and accused of being traitors during the first three decades after the Communist revolution to becoming the main pipeline for the dollars that prop up the regime. The story of the Cuban diaspora in the last 53 years is marked by verbal lynchings, graffiti and artillery attacks of … Continue reading “The Only Thing That Interests The Castros About Emigres Is Their Money / Ivan Garcia”

As in all human endeavor, there were correct and incorrect decisions made during Cuba’s republican era. I believe the former were greater than the latter, which leads me to reject labels such as neo-colonialism, puppet regime, pseudo-republic and others used by the regime (and repeated mechanically by others) for purely political and ideological purposes. Over … Continue reading “Past and Present / Fernando Dámaso”

Down San Miguel. Up Guines. Walking between the suburban hills and the uncivil garbage at every corner in the neighborhood. With his pristine guayabera and his black briefcase as ridiculous as his dyed mustache. He’s the restaurant inspector from the Cuban Ministry of Public Health. The Chief Inspector who oversees the private businesses of this … Continue reading “The Inspector / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

In Cuba, the news aired by international agencies, is not directly disclosed to the public in its original form, but passed through a, ideological sterilization process, where it is stripped of everything that the authorities consider harmful or counterproductive. They don’t think of what they do as limiting information, but rather as caring for the … Continue reading “International Editing / Fernando Dámaso”

On February 15 I did an experiment. In the elevator I told my neighbors Robinson and Romualdo, “Gentlemen, it’s a shame you can not hear Radio Martí because yesterday I gave an interview talking about Love.” Silences, glances … “Well,” says Robinson-but you were speaking of Love” “If it was not only of love, it … Continue reading “The Tale of Despereaux / Lilianne Ruz”

On November 6, 2008, published my first digital article on the site Kaosenlared (Chaos on the Web). Three months earlier I had graduated in journalist at the University of the Oriente, did not have this blog, and was about to begin working at the radio station where I would be located during my Social Service. … Continue reading “My Article about Eliécer Avila… Three Years Later / Ernesto Morales Licea”

Leonardo Calvo, 84 years of age, historian and political scientist and Juan Antonio Madrazo, 42, specialist in management and food services, are now two of the most lucid and coherent voices on the map of Cuban opposition. They are dissidents for two reasons. On the one hand, Calvo for 20 years and Madrazo for six, … Continue reading “The Time for Racial Integration in Cuba / Iván García”

I wonder if Cuban television will air at least a small morsel of the delicious interview Mariela Castro Espin offered to the cameras of Radio Netherlands Worldwide during her recent visit to the Red Light District in Amsterdam. The material is priceless. It’s a real gem, a supreme example of the cynicism that this lady, … Continue reading “Mariela and the Red Light District: Bad Girl’s Romance / Ernesto Morales Licea”

To give you an idea of how Cubans are informed, this is news report from Radio Reloj — Clock Radio — (the only news station whose slogan is the title of this post), for the August 9, 2011 at 11:00 am. Cuba, a health example to the world for its fight with dengue fever. Company … Continue reading “Information Par Excellence / Regina Coyula”