The theft of the century: “Where’s my money?”
To ordinary Cubans, the math does not add up. If you believe the Government, the 75% rip-off of the salaries that the regime takes away from the doctors it sends abroad is marked to be reinvested in the domestic health system. But that’s not what common citizens...
Housing in Cuba: Problem or Conflict?
The dismal state of Cuban homes explains why in Havana, a city once famous for its beauty and architecture, today an average of three homes collapse per day –about 1,000 units a year– mortally burying children and adults. Around 2.9 million homes are in...
Black lives should matter in Cuba too #FreeSilverio
“No more deaths from collapsed buildings” read the poster that Silverio Portal Contreras displayed in Havana’s Central Park in March 2018. The Afro-Cuban social activist, now 57, is one of the millions of black or mixed race Cubans who suffer...
CUBAN FARMERS TO BACHELET: THE DANGER OF FAMINE IS DUE TO THE INTERNAL BLOCKADE
In his State of the Union address for 1944, the year that would mark the final turn of World War II, the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, observed the following: “We have clearly understood that individual freedom cannot exist without...