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For the first time since it was revealed in March that former Cuban Economy Minister Alejandro Gil was under investigation for alleged corruption, a h...

The arrests are already having a chilling effect on the private sector.

Having survived the US blockade for 64 years, Cuba is enduring its worst economic crisis since the collapse of the USSR.

The answer to the question of why Cubans are going hungry is as obvious as it is simple: communism. Orlando Gutierrez Boronat echoes Manuel Artime on how malevolent policies and ineptitude always lead to hunger and misery. An Op-Ed via Red Noticias (my translation): Why is there hunger in Cuba? Manuel Artime was right This

From our Sweet Smell of Purges in the Morning Bureau with some assistance from our Bureau of Communist Musical Chairs Castro, Inc. has a fever, and the only prescription is purging, purging, purging. Twice this week, Communist Party leaders have been sacked. By now, no one can deny the pattern. Every week, one by one,

 

It's obvious Cuba's "president" is nothing more than a sock puppet, and Raul Castro, who has never possessed his brother's brains or brawn, has always depended on others to guide him. So who is really calling the shots? Roberto Alvarez Quiñones writes in Diario de Cuba (my translation): Who is really running the Cuban government?

Havana, Apr 1 (Prensa Latina) As the week and month begin, the Fiesta for Cuban Cinema opens its program today with new proposals to mark the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts and Industry (Icaic).

It is rare for a human rights activist to reach that stage because there is much behind-the-scenes work with diplomats loyal to the regime.

It's another example that Cuba is not an exception on this planet, and when people unite, governments tremble, even a dictatorship.