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Cuba: (Feminist) requests to political society and civil society in the face of COVID-19
On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) got the first coronavirus alert from Wuhan, China. Since then we...
Cuba: Lessons from this “induced coma” in the economy
The forecasts for the world economy, whether they are the most moderate or cautious, or the most catastrophic, all make...
The constitutional homeland. Céspedes, Guáimaro and democracy in Cuba
In “Elpidio Valdés se casa” (Elpidio Valdés gets married; Juan Padrón, Tulio Raggi and Mario Rivas, 1991) the mambí Colonel...
From the furrow to the table: removing obstacles and obstacle-makers in food production in Cuba
In recent years, Cuba has had to face a group of unforeseen events that could exceed anyone’s imagination. The unfortunate...
The pandemic does not discriminate; inequalities do: women cushioning the crisis
With COVID-19, the world is facing two interconnected but not identical realities: it exhibits and sharpens pre-existing inequalities and generates...
Taking care, taking care of oneself, that we be taken care of in times of COVID-19
Caregiving. That is the most recurrent word in these days of COVID-19. The whole world is saying the same thing...
Coronavirus: We’ll survive, but that’s not enough
Humanity will emerge from this pandemic. Previously, pandemics also occurred and humanity survived. It is true that in all of...
Homeland. Passion and democracy of national symbols in Cuba
In 2016 the magazine Revolución y Cultura (RyC) ―then directed by Luisa Campuzano and by an Advisory Council composed of...
Welcome Mr. Day Zero. Will the arrival of monetary unification work miracles in Cuba?
He stopped in front of everyone, stared at them and then spoke: Yes, I am Mr. Day Zero. Although it...
How to be worthy when facing the blockade?
Dignity is very important in Cuban political history. March is the month of Baraguá, Maceo is a prototype of dignity...
Emigration’s role in the Cuban economy, beyond remittances
While one of Los Van Van songs fills the premises, a professional Cuban dancer, who emigrated several years ago to...
Cuban state-run gastronomy and commerce: persistent headaches
Whoever spends time walking through the blocks that make up 23rd Street, I Street, 25th Street and F Street, will...
An abandoned corner of Santiago de las Vegas
Whoever takes Vedado’s Avenida de los Presidentes from Havana’s Malecón and keeps heading south for about forty minutes if there’s...
Fraternity, that ghost. The Cuban Republic in José Martí
The Ode to Joy, by Friedrich von Schiller, was first published in 1786. It reads: “Joy, thou beauteous godly lightning,...
Employment and the future of Cuba
The resident Cuban population at the end of 2018 was 11,209,628 and its distribution by sex says that 5,575,988 were...
The apostle’s blood
Marti's life and death are a mystery to Cubans. A man of the second half of the 19th century rules...
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...
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