It all began with the mess of an unplanned urbanization, letting things turn out as they came along, and “let whoever comes behind fix it.” The irregularity with which the Havana township of San Cristóbal was formed is reflected in the Cabildo (town council), where an alderman screamed out that Read more
Born in Pennsylvania, Joe Biden (1942) earned a degree in History and Political Science from the University of Delaware (1965) and a law degree from Syracuse University in New York (1968). Shortly after, in 1972, he was elected to the Senate for Delaware: then he was the sixth-youngest senator in Read more
Let’s imagine for a moment that there were three parties in Cuba, named the Renewed Socialism Party, the Cuban Revolutionary Party and the Fidelista Party. Let’s imagine that the three of them went to elections and governed according to popular vote, with platforms dedicated to the construction of a socialism Read more
It seems obvious that you can’t look ahead without noticing where you are, and what is around you. In the Cuban case, this exploration is equivalent, as Rubén Matínez Villena would say, to an “exercise of brave discipline” to overcome the avalanche of perorations, opinions and counter-opinions that saturate the Read more
With the support of Cuban specialists, the Venezuelan health authorities inaugurated this Saturday a new molecular biology laboratory that will allow analyzing around a thousand daily tests to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a crucial contribution amid the rise in positive cases in the South American nation. With almost 10,000 active Read more
The Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC), a cultural institution located in Havana, received the prestigious 2020 Travellers’ Choice award, conferred by tourists’ opinions on TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel platform. “The award has been possible thanks to the opinions of all those who have lived the experience in our beloved FAC. Read more
This is exciting and we must act fast: We have a rare chance to hold — and win — two historic votes in the Congressional House of Representatives rolling back parts of U.S. sanctions on Cuba on food, medicines, and remittances. These are amendments to a spending bill that will Read more
Where did one of the architects of President Kennedy’s main program for Latin America, godfather of baptism from the Alliance for Progress, come from in 1961? In what hands did Ronald Reagan (1981-88) and George W. Bush (2001-2008) place their most important offices for the western hemisphere: those that coordinated the Read more
“Cuban blacks look directly into the eyes of whites,” noted an impressed North American visitor in 1907: “For the American in his country, considering black as an equal in social, political, or even labor terms is an affront, an offense, at least; for the Cuban, no. This is because [the black in Read more
One year after the centenary of the ILO was celebrated, Cuba as a founding country, presented its experiences in labor protection during this stage of confronting the new coronavirus pandemic. Labor measures adopted in Cuba before COVID-19 In Cuba, various measures were adopted to prevent and confront COVID-19, from the Read more
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