Cuban government has responded to 15N for what it is: a dictatorship
The Cuban government is proclaiming victory for having thwarted street demonstrations similar to those it faced on July 11th (11-J) after the civilist group Archipiélago called for a civic march on November 15th (15-N). Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez described it as...
CUBA: A DIRTY WAR AGAINST THE PEOPLE
During the last decade, Cuba’s new military oligarchy carried out a quiet coup d’etat against the legal foundations of the communist regime, promoting a gradual transition that has transformed the totalitarian communist state ─endorsed by the Constitution─ into a...
Cuba: The Scream of the Excludables
The old Cuban government – the oldest in the world today – is beginning to show the ailments of its old age. It has become so stagnant that it is no longer able to devise creative responses to the emergence of a new generation that is not interested in a...
The New Ruling Class in Cuba
Shortly after the historic popular uprising in Cuba on July 11 and 12, the media and other observers ignored the protesters’ cries for “Freedom” and identified as causes of the crisis what were really its catalysts: lack of food and medicine, skyrocketing...
The government’s deceitful maneuvers no longer deceive Cubans
The expression “carrot and stick” usually describes a two-prong strategy of rewards and punishments, soft and hard power, to achieve a particular end. In international relations it can combine a promise of economic aid and a threat of military action. It...