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Analysis: Pope, Castros talked past each otherauthor: Paul Haven
The spiritual leader of the world's Roman Catholics and the brothers who have carried Cuba along an increasingly solitary Communist path mixed warm smiles with the hard language of their respective camps during Pope Benedict XVI's three-day tour of Cuba.
Cuban cardinal’s prayers ignore real victimsauthor: Fabiola Santiago
Sometimes the echo of a prayer travels far, much too far.
The hypocrisy of America's Cuba policyauthor: Roland Martin, CNN
For more than 50 years, the United States has had an embargo against the island of Cuba, all because we supposedly hate communism and believe the nation 90 miles from our borders should institute democracy.
Decapitating Cubans’ hope for political freedomauthor: Jose Azel
In the study of government transitions, particularly those that took place in Eastern and Central Europe following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a pivotal argument about the sequencing of reforms took the form of a “chicken or the egg” causality dilemma: What should come first, political or economic changes? Since, in most countries economic prosperity is found together with personal freedoms, some postulate that economic reforms cause the advent of political freedoms.
Cuba's Smoke and Mirror Reformsauthor: José R. Cárdenas, Foreign Policy
The Castro regime's announcement that for the first time Cuban citizens will be able to buy and sell their own homes has spurred an outpouring of irrational exuberance that real change is finally coming to the island-prison of Dr. Castro. "To say that it's huge is an understatement," one interested observer told the New York Times. "This is the foundation, this is how you build capitalism, by allowing the free trade of property."
Troubled watersauthor: Juliette Kayyem, Boston Globe
EVERY SO often, it can be comforting to revisit the US relationship with Cuba. The world seems so chaotic and unsettling — terrorism, two wars, the Arab Spring — it’s enough to create nostalgia for the moral certainties of the Cold War. Through it all, our relations with Cuba have remained the same; simply, we don’t like the government there.
The awakening of Cuba’s resistance movementauthor: Otto J. Reich
In Guantánamo, Cuba, an important eastern city near the eponymous Naval Base, the streets recently reverberated with shouts of “Down with Fidel! Down with Raúl!” and “The streets belong to the people!” as dozens marched in open defiance of the iron-fisted rule of the Castro brothers. Even the physical attacks hurled by the regime’s paid thugs did not prevent the march from continuing.
Cuba: catching kleptocratsauthor: Nick Miroff
As soon as the government eases up its controls, company managers tend to start cooking the books.
Blogger Claudia Cadelo Speaks for Cuba's Younger Generationauthor: Erik Silk
Cuban blogger Claudia Cadelo will not tell you about her Web posting habits, at least not via phone or email. And, even though she is someone who writes and tweets regularly, the way she gets online is a closely guarded secret.
Race in Cuba: The Eternal 'Black Problem'author: Leonardo Padura
After almost five decades of Marxist revolution, the official romantic idea was that, with the elimination of certain onerous economic and social practices that promoted racial discrimination, the last vestiges of racism would be vanquished. Given the usual silence with which Cuban governmental institutions deal with the thornier issues in Cuban society -- as might be expected -- the deepest roots of prejudice remain embedded in time, the country's social structure and the Cuban people's very soul.
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2012-05-08
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