The most surprising claim of some sympathizers of the Cuban system is that it is democratic. This is argued in spite of the dictatorial one-party state and the repression that State Security carries out on a routine basis to maintain the regime in power, and that many of its most important decisions, such as the agrarian reform in 1959 were mainly carried out from above and not from below.
HAVANA — Cuba is frozen in time. The natural beauty and dynamic culture are still evident, but this island nation, under six decades of communist control, is facing its toughest
Reading Ross’s account one is struck by the dichotomy between the popular demonology of Cuba as a totalitarian dictatorship in U.S. political discourse…
Havana, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today recalled the occupation by the United States in 1903 of the territory of Guantanamo (east), where it maintains a naval base.