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Men rarely recognize the shortcomings of those they love, nor are they accustomed to appreciating the virtues of those they hate. Confucius For some years there is painful and frequent news in various journalistic media, print and digital, which questions the ethics of teaching professionals in Cuban schools. Some teachers or teachers eat their students’ … Continue reading “Ethics in the Cuban Schools: Little of Confucius and Much of Puss in Boots / Dora Leonor Mesa”

At the last meeting of the UN General Assembly, as in the previous twenty, the Government of Cuba presented its usual complaint against the blockade (embargo actually), that the government of the United States applies to it, and also, as in the previous twenty, the voting favored Cuba. These votes in the General Assembly passed … Continue reading “A Sterile Victory / Fernando Dámaso”

In the summer of 1991 the poet and journalist Julio Martinez asked me to write the forward for a book he titled “Red Acrobatics poems against opportunism.” At that time he was still working for the newspaper Trabajadores — Workers — and fortunately I had already been fired from Juventud Rebelde — Rebel Youth. That … Continue reading “Julio Martinez’s Last Stunt / Reinaldo Escobar”

In the official newspaper — of course no others are allowed to exist — a “journalist” published an article titled “Trampling innocence,” where, exalted, he concerns himself with highlighting some children’s games where they pretend to “kill.” He tells us, “They can hide these irresponsible attitudes in the future; and although habit does not make … Continue reading “Trampling Innocence / Angel Santiesteban”

The two Decree-Laws adopted regarding the purchase and sale of Motor Vehicles and Housing, in spite of the propaganda organized around it to convince people that they represent important steps in the political updating of the model, constitute a reality of more heat than light, because it does not go beyond simple legalization (with dozens … Continue reading “Legalizing the Illegalities / Fernando Dámaso”

More than one year ago, the daily newspaper El Mundo asked me to chronicle the Ladies in White. With their street protests, the women headed by Laura Pollán, gladiolas in hand, were cornering the regime. In February 2010, after a hunger strike of 86 days, the political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo died. Each week, the … Continue reading “How Can the Persecutors of Laura Pollán Sleep Peacefully? / Iván García”

The flirtations of Castro with the Vatican are nothing new. After all, for brothers born in Biran, Holguin, 700 kilometers from Havana, in the wooden house on high pilings where they lived, God and the Bible were common in their childhood. Their parents, Angel Castro, a descendant of Galicia, and their mother Lina Ruz, worshiped … Continue reading “The Vatican: A Bet on the Future of the Castros / Iván García”

15: 00 Hours January 17, 1992, a pregnant woman loses the mucus plus. With the experience and enthusiasm of her first daughter she was walking alone to the October 10 Maternal Hospital, better known in Havana as the “Hijas de Galicia”. There she was treated by a gynecologist who told her she was 3 cm. … Continue reading “1992: Chicken Soup / Dora Leonor Mesa”

I’ve discovered something important in other to keep writing in my blog. I am not political. I am simply a deeply religious woman. It’s not the gang of mobsters who work for State Security who would say that. No, it’s a warning for me alone. Because I am counting on, one day, the prayer to … Continue reading “Against the Leaders / Lilianne Ruíz”

It weighs more than a “bad marriage,” my grandmother used to say about that enormous black telephone in the neighbor’s house. It had a very short cord and after making a call my index finger was covered with the dust from under the dial. Still, I waited anxiously for the shout that announced my mother … Continue reading “Out of Service / Yoani Sánchez”

For Harold in response to Culture, Identity and “Cubanness” Another posting I like that could have give three independent posts. I’m Cuban but I don’t live under a rock, this is the century of globalization, it we look, the only thing political boundaries have brought is war. I like baseball, Cuban music, I’m a great … Continue reading “Bad Handwriting in La Joven Cuba (27) / Regina Coyula”

Open Letter to General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba Written by: Fr. José Conrado 5 February 2009 Dear Mr. President: Fifteen years ago I dared to write to the then head of the Cuban State, Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, president of our country. The gravity of that hour … Continue reading “Fr. José Conrado to Raúl Castro Ruz”