Columns
The example of “Forever Young” and what Orishas has done with “Ojalá”
In 1988 after feeling the separation from his children because of his work, the great British singer Rod Stewart composed...
Businesspeople wanted in Cuba!
A phrase at the Mesa Redonda TV program on Thursday, January 9 has motivated this article: “We don’t need enterprise...
Eusebio, how did you do it?
It was 1979. Eusebio Leal was leaning on the southeast wall of the Palace of the Captains General in Old...
The economy and hope
They had spent several months working hard on their project. They had been discussing the idea since before graduating from...
Comprehensive Law against Gender Violence: what is gained and what is lost
In Cuba, that which will be the last state regulation regarding sexist violence is being discussed. So far, it is...
The gender of gender violence
In recent weeks, one of the most echoed and systematic debates in Cuba has been that of gender violence, especially...
Cuban entrepreneurs and development
It was more than the whole paragraph under the headline of Granma that caught my attention. The headline said, “Toda...
Eusebio of Old Havana: putting soul into the stones
This will not be an article on economics, although it will inexorably be related to it. Cities have become one...
King and queen of Spain in Cuba
The celebrations for the 500 years of the foundation of Havana are an ideal reason for the visit to Cuba...
The obstacles that hinder state enterprises in Cuba
Twice this week I’ve heard this idea in two different contexts, although always referring to the state enterprise. “Doing away...
Geopolitics replaces ideology: Russia looks at Cuba
President Miguel Díaz-Canel's visit to Russia is of the greatest relevance to current Cuban foreign policy. The second meeting between...
Those who sell serve, those who buy order
While this week almost all Cubans discussed this exciting matter of imagining how we are going to be able to...
Cuba: Virtues, limits and challenges of the new measures announced
Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa, flanked by several ministers, announced on the Cuban Mesa Redonda TV program that the...
Think and act for the country
We have been summoned to think as a country, and then to think with the heart. To think like this,...
Dignity is not decided by plebiscite
The 1976 Constitution, with its reforms, regulated marriage as the "voluntarily concerted union of a man and a woman." The...
Cuba beyond the energy situation: look at the Sun
There was a time when the inhabitants of the township of San Cristóbal de la Habana recognized the times of...
Cuba’s economic independence and Mr. Trump
Almost everything, even the worst of the worst, has something positive. It even happens with what used to be our...
We’ve hit the ceiling with the prices
The drunkenness began symptomatically with the national beer sold in private establishments. A bad start. If it is a question...
Less tourists vs more income per tourist
Tourism, I have no doubt, will have to remain one of those great engines that drive the country forward. (1)...
Encourage, promote, facilitate
No, I am not at all promoting the idea of creating another ministry in Cuba, the Ministry of Development or...
“Getting around the system”
The film Los sobrevivientes (The Survivors) by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Titón (1928-1996), always makes me face the same thoughts, because...
Wages and productivity: the egg and the hen
Wage increases can only be possible if work productivity can be increased. This idea, repeated over and over again for...
Miami, capital of Cuban cuisine
The sound like a giant hornet's nest made by the thousands of cars passing through Miami’s fast roads does not...
Change the mentality and all those that must be changed
It’s true, almost always, that when something new is undertaken it’s necessary to change our old ways of thinking: to...
First data on femicide in Cuba
Cuba joins the list of countries speaking about femicides. This was acknowledged by official sources at the end of last...
