Cuba and the normalcy of barbarianism
In Old Havana three girls were crushed by a fallen balcony, and no one feels responsible. In any civilized country around the world, the deaths of three young girls are scrutinized with a magnifying glass by the institutions responsible for preserving social welfare. ...
Land state monopoly, forced evictions, and abandonment
After criticizing the private monopoly on estate and lands and the evictions of squatters by the Rural Guard during the republican era, the communist authorities now monopolize all lands and estates. Now the government uses police and officials to evict families and...
Long sentences and desecrated icons
Last week the Cuban regime announced a State attorney’s recommended sentence of nine years in prison, which it will use to get rid for a while of the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), the largest opposition organization inside the country. It is known...
Cuba’s financial and symbolic capital are both in crisis
Analysts of the Cuban conundrum pay a lot of attention to the economic and financial crisis that already plagues the country and tends to worsen. No doubt this is of utmost importance. But the power elite faces a parallel crisis that also puts them in great danger...