In the Nuevo Vedado neighborhood, the internet went out. The external wifi networks had been disconnected to avoid inconveniencing the National Assembly deputies who were staying the hotel....
There only four drinks you should ever be able to order at a real Cuban ventanita: a cafecito, a cortadito, a café con leche and a colada to share. To many people who've enjoyed Cuban coffee for most of their lives, Starbucks coffee is...
Igor believes that a government has to govern on behalf of all its citizens, not just its supporters. “That is the main problem with the Cuban system,” he says. “Its leaders don’t listen to those with different opinions. Most of the island’s current politicians don’t...
"Díaz-Canel is inheriting a real nightmare, because the Party's top brass expects him to solve the problems that Raúl did not know how to solve, or failed to, or was afraid to...
Nobody dares to touch Castroism. Why? For two reasons: 1) governments' and democratic forces' fear of the aggressive mobilizing and destabilizing power of leftist parties and organizations, and 2) few presidents and politicians want to provoke the Left. Rather, they want to pacify it...
"I lived for eight months in that neighborhood, and from the beginning they warned us that we had to leave because houses could not be built on that land," said Silvia Sánchez Díaz, who has a son and is currently pregnant....
"Raúl Castro will hold onto power because he is very afraid and distrustful of Díaz-Canel or any other replacement. His circle of friends is his family and his old brothers in arms. In any case, Raúl is a very old man and will not...
The Cuban delegates shouted Liar!” at Luis Almagro and “Down with the worms!” at the Cuban opposition activists in the room during the summit in Lima. “Today we had a very clear example of the levels of intolerance and how they want to...
A decade after my visit, Gastón Baquero having passed away, I was to repeat his expeditions through Madrid's old bookstores....
"The country will remain stagnated in a cul- de- sac. Life in Cuba will improve little while the Party continues." - Jaime Suchliki, Cuban Studies Institute...