Different Types of
Monument in Honor of Jose Marti
Hundreds of monuments dedicated to Cuba’s National Hero Jose
Marti are found across the island, in plazas, parks and
other public places, but in the municipality of Placetas
there is a different one in honor of the most important
independence leader in the country.
Integration: Way to go!
The fact that the recently concluded Porto Alegre Social
Forum has taken on examples like the real integration of the
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is an
indication on the region´s new course that is gaining
growing recognition in the world.
Notary Services is Extended and Improved
The efficient and quality service of the notary offices in
the country require not only adequate material conditions
but workers that gather the requirements demanded by law.
The Genius of Chavez
Reflections by
Comrade Fidel Castro
Cuba
President Chavez presented his annual report on activities
carried out in 2011 and his program for 2012 to the
Venezuelan Parliament. After thoroughly carrying out the
formalities required by this important activity, he
addressed the official state authorities, members of
parliament from all parties, and supporters and opposition
members who had come to the Assembly to participate in the
country’s most solemn act.
The Fruit that Did Not Fall
Reflections by
Comrade Fidel Castro
Cuba found
itself forced to fight for its existence against an
expansionist power located a few miles off its coast that
had declared the annexation of our island and that believed
our destiny was to fall into their lap like a piece of ripe
fruit. We were condemned to cease to exist as a nation.
The U.S. Tour by La
Colmenita: a Song of Love and Peace
In October 2011, the Cuban Children's Theater Company La
Colmenita toured for 19 days several U.S. cities. The quest
of love and goodwill began in Washington, went to New York
and culminated in San Francisco.
Martí Forge: six decades of consciousness and patriotism
“Immense pain must be the only name on these pages. Immense
pain, because the pain of imprisonment is the rudest, the
most devastating pain, which kills intelligence, and dries
the soul and leaves on it footprints that will never be
erased.
USA: Aimed at Controlling the World
The United States has historically imposed its mandates onto
other nations that are not of the liking of the Oval Office.
Washington believes it’s got the “divine right” to think
that it has the perfect, the more just, democratic, free “civilization”,
protectors of all and destined to impose
its thinking onto so called “useless, hateful and corrupted
nations”.
Homage to Adolfo Alfonso
Poet, improviser, singer of ten-verse poems, “verseador” (as
they call them in the Canary Islands) ... Adolfo Alfonso is
all that and more: a humble son of Cuba that, until his
death, is proud to have chosen the difficult way of
stringing words and make them rhyme.
Cuba: To the Marti Forge
this Friday in March of the Torches
Revolution’s “new pines” will return this Friday to the
Marti Forge, in a new edition of the March of torches, to
anticipate the arrival of January 28 and honor the national
hero of Cuba in the 159 anniversary of his birth.
An Angel that Fought the
Nazis
Warsaw
Ghetto Angel is not a biblical or mythological figure. It is
the nickname known to the world for Irena Sendler,
extraordinary woman that faced the German Nazis and secretly
saved 2,500 Jewish children from being killed in the
extermination camps in occupied Poland.
At
Casa de las Americas with Galeano, Bluntly, From Sobs to
Laughter
There
are exceptional authors with ideal voices to read their own
texts, as the great Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, that
when you listen to him you think you are by a huge, deep,
gentle and unfathomable river that flows directly to the
human soul.
A Good Year for Cuban
Tourism; 2012: Will be Even Better
Cuban
tourism sailed with a good wind in its favor in 2011 and a
tendency which local authorities predict will increase in
2012.
La Plata: First Victory of
the Rebel Army
After
a dangerous landing of the Granma yacht, on December 2nd 1956,
the defeat at Alegria de Pio on the very first days and the
reunification of the combatants in Cinco Palmas, the Rebel Army
did all they could to clash with the enemy to demonstrate that
they were there to stay.
World Peace Hanging by a
Thread
Reflections by
Comrade Fidel Castro
A Yesterday I
had the satisfaction of having a pleasant conversation with
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I had not seen him since 2006, more
than five years ago, when he visited our country to
participate in the 14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
of Countries in Havana. During the summit, Cuba was elected
for the second time as president of the organization for a
three-year term.
Half a Century of National Baseball Series for All
The
Cuban people are ready to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
the first National Baseball Series on January 14th.
Having to Deal with
Abuse and Dangers in a US Federal Prison
They
live with the realities that occur in a US federal prison,
where the prisoners coexist with rapists, murderers and drug
traffickers. Within this tough reality, Gerardo Hernandez,
Fernando Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino and Antonio Guerrero, live.
Cuba: Economic Debates
in Work Centers
The New Year
will begin with profound reflection and intense work for the
Cuban people with barely time to rest, as said by Cuban
President Raul Castro in his recent speech before the
National Assembly (Parliament).
The Best President for the
United States
Reflections by
Comrade Fidel Castro
A well-known
European news agency yesterday published from Sydney, Australia
that a group of Australian researchers at the University of New
South Wales announced the creation of an electrical cable ten
thousand times thinner than a strand of hair, capable of
carrying as much
electricity as a traditional copper cable.
The March Towards the Abyss
Reflections by
Comrade Fidel Castro
It is
not a matter of being optimistic or pessimistic, knowing or not
knowing elementary things, of being responsible or not for
events. Those who would like to be thought of as politicians
should be thrown onto the trash heap of history when, as the
norm goes, they have no idea about everything or almost
everything related to it in that activity.
Latin America: New Era
With
fresh, open and transparent speeches which characterize the
majority of the new popular leaders in Latin America,
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa recently recalled in an
interview that the region has said no to the neo-liberal
model and have taken on their own destiny.
The oasis of Formerie
When it seems that humans can not stop the evils caused by
their uncontrolled aggression to the environment, the spirit
is refreshed on a piece of land where sustainable economy
flourish, along the permanent care to the environment and
high productivity.
Bloody Christmas: days of
horror in 1956
Rafael Orejón
Forment would be the first in the list of the 23 youngsters that
were murdered and massacred by the end of December 1956 on the
north coast ofthe former province of Oriente, in an operation
luanched by the Batista dictatorship under the code name
“Christmas Gift” that passed into History as the Bloody
Christmas.
Latin America, the hard work
ahead
Days ago, the
meeting of the Common Southern Market (MERCOSUR), held in
Uruguay, reminded us, Latin Americans, that efforts for regional
integration and unity are moving ahead in our area, but still
will find obstacles and constraints, simply because neither the
outside powers nor the narrow interests of local power groups
have given up their coercive efforts.
Cuba-US.: the Swap policy
The news, although
they didn’t come as a surprise to anyone decently familiar with
the US hostile approach to Cuba, is still a warning of how
powerful the Miami reactionary sectors are, and of their
influence upon the US government that allows them to impose at
least part of their bitter criteria.
Nueva Gerona Celebrates its
181st Anniversary
As the watch marked
1:00 a.m. this December 17, Nueva Gerona, in the Special
Municipality of the Isle of Youth, turned 181 years old.
Nelson Dominguez’s Exhibit
“Self-portrait” Attracts Crowds
Six locations in the
eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo: the Mariana Grajales
Revolution Square, the headquarters of the provincial Assembly
of the People’s Power, the Plastic Arts Council, and the
Salcines Palace, attract crowds as they are exhibiting more than
150 pieces that belong to a project called “Self-portrait”
carried out by 2009 National Plastic Arts
Award-winner Nelson Dominguez.
Cuba:
Speleological Finding in La Gegira, Gibara
The vice president
of the Karst Speleological Group from the eastern province of
Holguin , Jose Pino, heard of a peculiar natural pit in La
Gegira, in the municipality of Gibara, from a friend that lives
in Tierra Buena, a town in the nearby area.
The International Film and
Television School: Necessary and Eternal
On December 15, the
International Film and Television School, located in the
municipality of San Antonio de los Baños, in Mayabeque province,
will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its creation as a source
of creators of New Latin American and Caribbean Cinema.
State of war... in sports?
Chris Easton, the
former executive director of INTERPOL reponsible for preventing
football threats by gamble scammers said that “sports is in a
state of war”, during an interview with a German news outlet.
Carlos Sorin’s
Successful Return in Havana’s Int’l Film Festival
Carlos Sorin’s film “El gato desaparece”, competing in the
33rd International Festival of Latin American Cinema of
Havana, in the category of fiction films, shows that its
producer does know how to tell a story.
"Juntos para siempre" to
Compete in Havana’s Film Festival
The film
"Juntos para siempre" (Together forever), by Argentinean
Pablo Solarz, is competing in the 33 rd International
Festival of Latin American Cinema of Havana, in the category
of opera prima.
Latin America: a start
point
With the
official foundation of the Community of Latin American and
Caribbean States (CELAC), this new organization faces a huge
challenge as it undertakes its journey.
Cuba is facing an urgent need to rescue traditional exports
For the
past few decades, the Cuban economy has suffered the effects
of the global crisis as to cash-flow in foreign currencies,
which is manifested in a deficit in the balance of payments;
and current and capital accounts have carried on with this
debit balance.
Mercenary Journalism in Miami
For journalists, honesty is as vital as the air we breathe;
and objectivity says a lot about the people that chose to
tell daily life and make no distinctions among the present,
the previous, or the following day.
Sports Medicine, 45 years of Praiseworthy Contribution
Modesty apart, it is unquestionable that without the
contribution by the Institute on Sports Medicine (IMD) and
the cooperation of other institutions to Cuban sports, the
Caribbean island would not have been able accomplish so many
successes worldwide in this field.
Now, Nine Baseball Teams
in Western Cuban Region
The 51st Cuban National Baseball Series is about to
begin now with nine teams for the first time in the western
region as the Metropolitans team was saved from disappearing
though many people thought otherwise.
Montane Darde: Legacy for
Cuban Science
The legacy of doctor and initiator of physical anthropology in
Cuba Luis Montané Dardé continues among new academic generations
that have taken up this science in the country after 75 years of
his death.
When Terror Ended the Life of Young Manuel Ascunce Domenech
A humble bohio (house in the countryside) belonging to Pedro
Lantigua Ortega and his family was located in a remote
mountainous area of the Escambray Mountains, relatively
close to Topes de Collantes in the central part of Cuba.
International Gathering in
Holguin Demanded the Return of the Cuban Five
Holguin, a city located some 700 kilometers east of Havana,
gathered men and women from all continents to voice their demand
for the release of the five Cuban political prisoners
incarcerated in the U.S. for fighting terrorism.
Cuban Sugar Industry
Ready to Continue Production Recovery
More than an economic doctrine, neoliberal thinking is an
ideology that expresses the essence of the extreme right
wing bourgeois in contemporary capitalism, according to
current renowned figures.
Rafael María de Mendive:
Outstanding Educator
Almost all of the exceptional people have had a great
teacher or instructor to guide them throughout their lives. This
is the case of Cuba´s National Hero Jose Marti who talked kindly
of Rafael Maria de Mendive (Havana, 1821-1886).
In Maracuba Everyone Counts,
Says Marathon Director
A lot of joy is
noticeable in Cuban streets a few days from Maracuba, a marathon
in which everyone counts regardless of race, age, gender, and
physical disabilities, which will take place on November 19.
Neoliberalism: Failed
Ideology, But Still Alive and Kicking
More than an economic doctrine, neoliberal thinking is an
ideology that expresses the essence of the extreme right
wing bourgeois in contemporary capitalism, according to
current renowned figures.
Washington Fears Occupy
Protestors
Our neighbor
to the North has also become an anti democratic and repressive
State within its own territory. This was confirmed by the police
brutality in recent days against the demonstrators in several US
cities which emerged from the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Latin America: The Other
Perception
Technicians and
specialists from Cuban institutions are putting into practice a
program for increasing its forest areas up to 3.2 billion
hectares, which represents 29.3 per cent of the national
territory.
Cuba gives priority to
increasing its forest areas
Technicians and
specialists from Cuban institutions are putting into practice a
program for increasing its forest areas up to 3.2 billion
hectares, which represents 29.3 per cent of the national
territory.
Latin America: Under the Eye
of the US
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez recently called on the leaders of the region´s
progressive governments to take extra precaution before the
reiterated interests of the US to organize assassination plans
as one of its favorite instruments to oust alleged rivals.
Bronchial Aspiration in Children Can be Avoided
Some
10 children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years of age
are taken each year to the Eye, Ear and Throat specialist at
the Sur Docente Children´s Hospitals in the eastern city of
Santiago de Cuba due to foreign objects found in those parts
of the body.
People in Latin America
Are Hopeful of their Progressive Leaders
There are
currently multiple challenges that Latin America is
confronting and countless are the advances achieved in the
nations of the region, thanks to the political strategies
set by the progressive governments in power.
The
Overwhelming Victory of Daniel and the FSLN
On Sunday,
November 6th, 72 hours ago, there was a general election in
which Daniel Ortega and the FSLN of Nicaragua obtained an
overwhelming victory.
As fate would have it, the other day marked the 94th
anniversary of the glorious Soviet Socialist Revolution.
Unforgettable pages in history were written by Russian
workers, peasants and soldiers and the name of Lenin shall
always be shining among men and women who dream of a just
future for humankind.
Cuban Boy Challenges Silence
and US Blockade
Alejandro Perez
Suarez already listens to the sounds of birds and the waves
of the ocean, recognizes thousands of voices especially his
mother and responds to the call of his friends to play.
Cuban New Housing Law Puts
an End to Red Tape and Illegalities
Law Decree 288,
which will partially modify the Housing General Law, will
come into effect as of Thursday, November 10, 2011, with the
purpose of eliminating prohibitions and speeding up legal
procedures for the transfer of housing ownership, and thus
contributing with soothing the housing problem in Cuba.
Thanks to the Cuban
Revolution I did not lose my leg, says Cancer-stricken Boy
In the morning of October 25, when little Adrian Izquierdo
Cabrera heard the Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez
mention his name and the name of other hospitalized children
at the UN General Assembly, he, his mother and the medical
staff could not hold back their emotion.
Cuban urban agriculture: an
emerging alternative
The aftermath of
global warming favors climate change, brings about serious
consequences for agricultural productivity and increases
meteorological phenomena that cause natural or technological
disasters that also affect Cuba.
Terrorism: Made in the USA
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, in one of his recent
interventions before the UN General Assembly during debates
of the US blockade against the island, said that only in a
country like the US can terrorists freely walk the streets
while terrorist fighters are incarcerated in that country.
Commendable work by the
Batallon de la Frontera through history
February, 1903,
was a fateful month for the rising and truncated Cuban
republic. Washington’s representatives and the servile
president of the Caribbean island, Tomas Estrada Palma,
signed an agreement for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and
Naval Stations, which was stated in the
ignominious Platt Amendment and represented an obstacle for
territorial sovereignty.
Terrorism: The True Face
By Néstor Núñez
At the end of
June and in harm
ony with International Day in Support of the
Victims of Torture, the relatives of the Cuban Five
incarcerated since 1998 in the US for fighting terrorism,
once again denounced before the international community the
arbitrary treatment that Ramon, Gerardo, Rene, Fernando and
Antonio are facing in prison.
Rotterdam, a setback in the beginning of international baseball
season
The recent defeat of the Cuban baseball selection in the
World Port Tournament, in Rotterdam, Holland, was a
disappointment for the Cuban baseball fans, unable to agree on
second place being a decorous performance in the beginning of
the international season.
Cuba:
convergence point for Caribbean cultures
By Alain Valdes Sierra
Cuba has become a
convergence point for the cultures of the region since the
first Festival of the Caribbean, affirmed James Millette, an
intellectual from Trinidad and Tobago.
Washington’s Blockade
against Cuba Always Present
By Néstor Núñez
The economic,
financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United
States government on Cuba has surpassed all limits.
Washington’s Blockade
against Cuba Always Present
By Néstor Núñez
The economic,
financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United
States government on Cuba has surpassed all limits.
Workers Come First in the “Pedro Sotto Alba” Nickel Enterprise
By Alexis Rojas Aguilera
The deputy
director of Human Resources of the “Pedro Sotto Alba” Nickel
Enterprise, Milagro Leyva Pino, in Moa, in the eastern Cuban
province of Holguin, was categorical when she affirmed: “The
top priorities in this enterprise are the safety and health
of our workers”.
Is 10 Years Enough to Preserve
Biodiversity?
By Lino Lubén Pérez
New initiative:
the objectives for Latin America of the Decade of the UN on
Biodiversity, related to the world body for Deserts and the
Fight against Desertification was presented in Cuba.
Jose
Maceo, the other General of the Maceo Grajales
By
Gerardo Cabrera Prieto
One of the bravest Generals of the Liberation Army, Jose Maceo
Grajales, died on July 5, 1896, in the Loma del Gato combat.
Jose was the third son
of Marcos and Mariana; he was born on February 2, 1849, in Las
Delicias farm, in Majaguabo, in the current municipality of San
Luis in the eastern Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba.
Speaking of the documentary: Oil Peak
By Marcos Alvarez Arguija
The documentary “Cenit del petroleo” (Oil Peak), broadcasted by
the Round Table TV program deals with present key elements
regarding oil issues as to its exploration-exploitation, markets,
commercialization and prices.
Pro-Arte Musical, a milestone in the history of ballet in Cuba
By Idania Rodriguez Echevarria
The year of 1931 defined the history of ballet teaching in Cuba.
Under the presidency of Oria de Albarran and Natalia Arostegui
de Suarez Pro-Arte Musical established its three schools:
ballet, declamation and guitar.
Other courses began on June 30 of that same year directed by
Professor Nicolai Yavorsky.
Joaquin de Aguero Showed
Cubans the Path for Independence
By Lucilo Tejera Diaz
On August 12, 1851, the city of Puerto Principe (today’s
Camaguey province) was shaken. Spanish colonialism executed four
men, who the previous month had taken arms to protest against
the regimen, in a place known as Sabana de Mendez, in the north
perimeter of Puerto Principe.
Fidel
Castro’s Speech for Intellectuals, Five Decades Later
In 1961, the Cuban Revolution was barely a creature that was
beginning to form itself. The world’s eyes were watching over it
to look closely every action of those “insolent” bearded men in
power.
Messi’s
Argentina for the Glory in America Cup
The America Cup, the world’s oldest football national team’s
event, kicks off this July 1st in several Argentinean cities,
and will bring to the continent some of its best players that
usually play in Europe.
The America Cup, the world’s oldest football national team’s
event, kicks off this July 1st in several Argentinean cities,
and will bring to the continent some of its best players that
usually play in Europe.
Cuba Calls for Respect and Understanding before the UN
By Nestor Nuñez
Around these days Cuba is taking forward intense activities
at the United Nations, which include discussions and debates
on the most serious and diverse issues of the present
reality of the world.
Federico
Fernández Cavada Known as General Candela
By Yolanda Díaz Martínez
Federico Fernandez Cavada y Howard considered by many as one of
the most important Generals in the Liberation Army during the
first war against Spanish colonialism known as the Ten Year War
was executed on July 1st, 1871 in Camaguey City.
Cavada was born in
Cienfuegos in 1831 and while a child, after his father passed
away, moved to the United States with his mother and settled in
Philadelphia where he graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania in Civil Engineering although he was also inclined
in the arts influenced by the landscape work of the Hudson River
School
.
L
atin America: Defending their Right to Independence and
Self Determination
By Nestor
Nuñez
It seems unreal
in these times of human development that international
entities, like the UN Decolonization Committee has to
continue debating, analyzing and demanding a few powerful
nations to comply with resolutions while they continue
attempting to control others.
South-South Cooperation: Facts Speak for Themselves
By Nestor
Nuñez
The Ibero
American General Secretary based in Asuncion, Paraguay, has
just informed that Venezuela and Cuba heads the list with
over 16 percent of projects underway regarding South-South
cooperation in that geographic region. It could not be any
other way.
Honorable Burial for the National Cuban Hero: Jose Marti
Jose Marti died
on May 19, 1895, during the Dos Rios battle against more
than 800 Spanish soldiers. It was impossible to rescue him
from the enemies and thus began the sad story of the five
burials of the Cuban National Hero.
Caribbean Festival: Three Decades Uniting the Region´s Peoples
By Alain Valdes Sierra
The 31st edition
of the Caribbean Festival will be dedicated this year to
Trinidad and Tobago and it will be a fiesta of sisterhood
among nations that share much more then the geographic
nearness.
Stem
Cells: Beneficial to Athletes
By Jesús Arrieta Alfonso
The application of stem cells treatments aimed
at the rapid recovery of
people has revolutionized medical science and the possibility of
using the
method to relieve injuries athletes suffered.
Guillermon Moncada, a Cuban
Hero of the Struggles against Colonialism
Guillermon Moncada is one of the many men that
have been qualified as heroes as a result of
their brave actions in the history of the Cuban
independence struggles.
US Oil Aggression: Cuba
Reaffirmed its Sovereignty
US economic
aggressions against Cuba increased quickly after the start
of the sabotages and bombings in the second half of the 1960´s.
During that time they used the oil issue as a way to
paralyze the country. A new stage had begun within the
bilateral conflict.
Informatics War: Destabilizing Technology
It is not new for
the Cuban people that Washington is now carrying out an
informatics war with sophisticated technologies aimed at
destabilizing the Revolution in addition to the already
existent economic, financial and commercial blockade against
the island.
Cuba
and Pierre de Coubertin: Sports for All
By
Dayan García La O
If Pierre de
Coubertin were to be born again, he would be Cuban or one of
the many friends that the island has around the world. The
Baron left his videas similar to that of revolutionary Cuba
mostly in the concept of sports.
Global
Problems for the Less Fortunate
By
Nestor Nuñez
Despite the
campaigns and goals agreed on at international institutions,
it’s absurd that at this stage of human development the
differences among the regions and peoples that call
themselves “civilized” continue.
Cuban Society: Racial Equality for All
By
Nestor Nuñez
When
international institutions like the United Nations affirms
that Cuba is among the most advanced nations in the world in
the fight against racism, it is recognition to our society
that follows the thinking of Jose Marti when he said that
“man” includes all races of a nation.
Latin
America, the new face
By Nestor Nuñez
Latin America
goes on with its permanent positive transformation, which is
becoming increasingly influent, fraternal and useful. In
this process, Cuba is not only welcomed gladly by its
brothers from the region but it is also seen as a key
referent in this new era of changes.
Cuba: proud to be a
mixture of races
By Marcos Alfonso
Rogelio, a black
man in La Hata, should be mad about his neighbour’s comments
as a result of a wonderful picture by Roberto Chile: last
Friday this black man “stole” the front page of the Granma
newspaper and several days ago he also appeared in the
Trabajadores journal. “Who would have thought of that?” he
told me recently.
The
role of employment in the process of updating the Cuban economic
model
The Guidelines of
the Social and Economic Policies approved in the Sixth
Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) for updating the
Cuban economic model rely on the role of employment.
Cuba:
Rationality, a present and future premise
By Iris de Armas
The greatness of
the work of the Cuban Revolution and its social programs has
been characterized, through its more than 50 years, by
insisting on the improvement of the quality of life of the
Cuban people.
Cuban
former combatant Speaks of Che Guevara 46 years later
By Yudaisis Moreno Benitez
Fara, Badala,
Barufo, Arobo, Tatu; this are all unfamiliar names. However,
46 years ago these names were common pseudonyms in the
African jungles where a group of young Cubans and combatants
risked their lives to contribute to the liberation movement
in the Congo.
There
are no “excluded” or “invisible” children in Cuba
By Yaniuska Macias Rivero
Cuban children
fully enjoy their rights while, as said by the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), nearly 346 million
children in the rest of the world are subjected to labor
exploitation.
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Omen of a Sad Reality for Cuba
The recent
elimination of the Cuban soccer team in the 2011 CONCACAF
Gold Cup showed the condition of this sport that raises
passion in Cuba, even tough it is not the national sport.
Prensa
Latina: Always the Truth
By Marcos Alfonso
“No one can now
hide the truth of our struggle”. The phrase was a
tactic and transparent and summarized the thinking of a
journalist which despite having passed away, continues among
his Cuban colleagues: Argentinean Jorge Ricardo
Masetti.
Cuban
Economy Demands Efficiency in Investments
By Marcos Alvarez Arguija
Throughout years,
one of the aspects more criticized in the management of the
Cuban economy is that of investment and its processes.
Cuba
Calls for New International Economic Order
By Néstor Núñez
Just recently, before the inauguration of the International
Labor Conference in Switzerland, Cuba reiterated the need to
install a more just international economic order with emphasis
in labor security that will provide workers around the world a
more decent life.
Hubert
de Blanck: Excellent Musician and Educator
By Alain Valdes Sierra
If he were alive,
Hubert de Blanck would celebrate his 155th birthday this
year. De Blanck, considered one of the fathers of artistic
teaching in Cuba, walked into the pantheon of great Cuban
musicians and educators in September, 1885, as he
inaugurated in Havana a Music and Recitation Conservatorium
under his name.
Memorable Evening for Pablo, Yolanda, and Angeline
By Madelin Ramirez Perez
The Cuban
University of Arts or simply the ISA, as everybody calls it,
was full of posters announcing a concert by Pablo Milanes
for Thursday evening as a gift for the 35th anniversary of
that institution.
Cuba:
Valuable Natural Resource Calling Out for Help
By Hernán Bosch
The history of degradation of the soil in many parts of
the world is long and difficult. It is of significant
importance in Cuba´s case because the island’s economy is
eminently agricultural.
A
Coincidence in History: June 14th in Two Epochs
By Yolanda Díaz Martínez, Historian
Few times or almost never we can find a coincidence in history
in which we commemorate two relevant figures in one day.
The case in Cuba is June 14th which is without a doubt a very
important day in history for the Cuban people.
The
Battle of Information in Latin America
By Nestor Nuñez
The United States is a monopolizing entity par excellence.
Throughout their history they have done nothing but to attempt
controlling, restricting, and centralizing everything as a
method to establish a global autocratic and absolutist power.
New
Proposals of Protected Areas in Cienfuegos
By Yudith López Ramos
Pico San Juan, Cuba´s largest elevation in the central part of
the island located in the Guamuhaya Mountain region has been
proposed to become Protected Area by the Council of Ministers.
Struggle against the Powerful
By Nestor Nuñez
Cuba has once again demanded before the UN Human Rights Council
in Geneva the peaceful solutions to world conflicts and respect
to the self determination of the nations.
Lachy,
a Little Giant
By Yudaisis Moreno Benitez and Isnail Albiza Borrego
In Caimito, a municipality in the western province of Artemisa,
Lachy had a childhood different from the rest of the children in
his neighborhood, which made him try new horizons in the
accomplishment of his dreams.
Will
We Need two Earths by 2050?
By Lino Luben Pérez
The Stockholm Conference on Human Environment in 1972 set the
bases for the establishment of World Environment Day celebrated
every June 5th and also set the beginning of the international
environment movement.
Penitence for Latin America
By Néstor Núñez
Sanctioning governments not to the liking of the US government
is without a doubt an old imperial policy.
Memories that are Part of History
By Yaniuska Macías Rivero
Carmen Perez del Risco at the age of 75 treasures in her memory
the constant exchanges with the leader of the Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro when she become Director of a Day Care Center in
1961.
Terrorism: Cuba Transparent Position
By Néstor Núñez
The recent decision to circulate among the UN member nations an
official document reiterating Cuba´s condemnation to all type of
terrorism once again shows that the island not only responds to
ethical and moral principles but in addition demonstrates the
harsh experiences of the Cuban people as victims of such
criminal acts.
Spring Time Has Arrived and
Animals Celebrate
As soon as nature shows the first signs of spring, animals go
wild and it is possible to see insects on their nuptial flights,
chicks fluttering around, and mammals mating.
Cuba
Also Overcame Biological War
By Ángel Rodríguez Álvarez
On June 1st, 1964, the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel
Castro condemned the US for using biological war against Cuba, a
new type of aggression by Washington in its attempts to destroy
the Revolution.
Importance of the Non Aligned Movement
By Néstor Núñez
The Movement of
Non Aligned Nations has commemorated half a century of
existence.
During the days of the world’s division in military blocks
and opposite ideologies –one side the United States and NATO
allies and on the other side the former Soviet Union and the
eastern European socialist community- leaders from several
Third World nations including Cuba decided to create the Non
Alignment in 1961.
Cuban
Actress Eslinda Nuñez: Performing was Truth inside Me
By Jose Armando Fernandez Salazar
It might
seem ironic, for someone who has never agreed to perform in
a movie for the sake of fame and eternity, that her face is
one of the icons of the Cuban cinema. Perhaps, that is the
result of her obsession for running away from being
identified with a specific kind of role and her
need to always play different characters.
Cuba
and its Biological Diversity
Lino Luben Perez
The biological diversity in Cuba is the largest in the Antilles
thanks to the richness of its species and level of endemic
samples above all in the western, central and eastern mountain
regions.
Cuban Academy of Sciences
Created on May 19th, 1861
Lino Luben Perez
Cuban scientists had to wait close to 40 years for the Spanish
colonial government to approve the creation of the Royal Academy
of Medical, Physics and Natural Sciences on May 19th, 1861 in
Havana.
Death
in Combat of Jose Marti in Dos Rios
Yolanda Díaz, Historian
When Cuba´s
National Hero Jose Marti fell in combat on May 19th, 1895 in
Dos Rios, Maximo Gomez wrote in his dairy “(…) in an instant
of pleasure, another of bitter pain”.
Fidel Castro: Lies and Mysteries Surrounding Bin Laden´s Death
The men who executed Bin Laden did not act on their own: they
were following orders from the US Government. They had gone
through a rigorous selection process and were trained to
accomplish special missions. It is known that the US President
can even communicate with a soldier in combat.
Fidel Castro: The Assasination of Osama bin
Laden
Those persons who deal with these issues know that on September
11 of 2001 our people expressed its solidarity to the US people
and offered the modest cooperation that in the area of health we
could have offered to the victims of the brutal attack against
the Twin Towers in New York.
Cuba:
Unbreakable Example
By Pablo Soroa Fernández
The 2nd Peace Seminar and the Elimination of Foreign Military
Bases underway in the eastern province of Guantanamo adds to its
already declared anti war struggle another important aspect:
Cuba’s unbreakable position in defense of its sovereignty.
Osama Bin Laden and the
“Electoral Tricks”
By Marcos Alfonso
The White House information on the death of Osama Bin Laden in
the Pakistani city of Abbottabad has signs of electoral purposes
and media propaganda.
Stones Along the Path to
Victory
By Néstor Núñez
The Project of a Latin American and Caribbean Community States
as a free regional entity without the presence of the United
States and Canada is consolidating its presence and influence in
the area of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our
America, ALBA.
Cuba: Biological Diversity
Envied by All
Cuba: country with the largest biological diversity in the
Antilles due to the richness of its species and the amount of
endemic ones, shows such characteristics in its insular platform.
Fidel Castro: A Fire that Could Burn Everyone
You may agree or not with Gaddafi’s political ideas, but no one
has the right to question the existence of Libya as an
independent state and member of the United Nations.
Fidel Castro: My Absence
from the Central Committee
I had previously read the main report by Comrade Raúl to the
Sixth Congress of the Party.
He shared it with me several days before,
on his own initiative, as he has done with many other issues
without my asking him to do so because, as I have explained,
I relinquished all my responsibilities in the Party and the
State in the Proclamation of July 31 of 2006.
Media War: Alternative
Theater of Operations
By Bárbara Vasallo Vasallo
On April 19th, 1961, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro read
Communiqué No. 4 on events at Playa Girón. Among other details
the document said: “(…) Playa Girón, last position of the
mercenaries, fell at 5:30PM. The Revolution was victorious (…)
the enemy suffered a crushing defeat (…)”
True Popular Democracy
By Aixa Alfonso Guerra
It is encouraging for the Cuban people to listen to the
delegates to the 6th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party
debate important aspects in the country´s economic life in a
transparent and realistic way.
True democracy is expressed in the active participation of the
people in the analysis of issues that affect the population as a
whole.
Fidel Castro: The Congress Debates
Today, Sunday, at 10:00
a.m., I listened to the debates of the delegates to the Sixth
Congress of the Party.
There were so many
Commissions that, obviously, I could not listened to all those
who spoke.
Fidel Castro: The Fiftieth
Anniversary Parade
Today I had the privilege of watching the impressive parade with
which our people commemorated the Fiftieth Anniversary of the
proclamation of the Socialist character of the Revolution and
the Playa Girón Victory.
The Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba was also
opened today.
Hillary
Criticizes Others, While Ignoring Serious Domestic Problems
The
United States continues concerned about Venezuela, Cuba and
Nicaragua who are the “little ugly ducklings” of this new farce: the
annual human rights report presented by Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton. What is new this year is the length of the book which
includes 192 countries except the US, whose objective is to “measure
the advances of democracy around the world” and recognize or
sanction its allies of enemies. No comments.
Encanto
Department Store: Another CIA Crime
By
Ángel
Rodríguez Álvarez
After the triumph of the Cuban Revolution the terrorist plans
against Cuba sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA and
its extreme right wing Cuban American puppets were on the rise.
After the triumph of the Cuban Revolution the terrorist plans
against Cuba sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA and
its extreme right wing Cuban American puppets were on the rise.
What Happened to Uncle Sam´s Envoys?
By
Ángel
Rodríguez Álvarez
On the dawn of April 19th, 1961, 48 hours after the
mercenary invasion began at the Bay of Pigs, organized from
the United States against Cuba, the theater of operations
was very different from that reported in the US and
international media outlets.
Cuban Revolutionary Party: Superior Phase of the Independence
Struggle
By Yolanda Díaz Martínez, Historian
Among the main conclusions that Cuba's National Hero Jose Marti took
from his experience of the Ten Year War (1868-1878) was the need for
coherence and unity of the independence activists in the creation of
an entity aimed at organizing and heading a future struggle. The
Cuban Revolutionary Party was created on April 10th, 1892 by Jose
Marti with the support
of a number of revolutionaries.
The Best and Most Intelligent
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Yesterday, because of a lack of time and space, I did not write one
word about Barack Obama’s speech on the Libyan war that he gave on
Monday, March 28. I had a copy of the official version that the US
administration had provided to the press. I underlined some of his
statements. I went through it again and concluded that it was not
worth wasting too much paper on.
The Socialist Character of the
Revolution Was Defined
By
Ángel
Rodríguez Álvarez
The dawn of Sunday April 16th, 1961 was warm with clear skies and
tension was dominating Cuban society concentrated in the criminal
bombings against three of the island’s airports carried out the
previous day. The attacks were ordered by the White House inflicting
the deaths of 7 people and dozens wounded.
Giron: Imperial Invasion and its
Lies
By
Ángel
Rodríguez Álvarez
Cuba’s victory over mercenary forces that were backed by the US on
April 19th, 1961, not only constitutes imperialism’s first military
defeat in Latin America but was also a political failure.
Cuba-US Diferendo: The Failed
Adventure of the Brigada 2506 in Bay of Pigs
By
Reynaldo Gonzalez Villalonga
When John F. Kennedy swore in as President of the United States on
January 1960 he wanted to apply a more flexible policy towards Latin
America, with the ideological doctrine called “peaceful revolution”
based on the bourgeoisie reformism.
War in Libya: Rich Delicacy
By
Daniel Alejandro Benítez Quiñones
The world is going through an intense economic crisis; budget
readjustments and fiscal cuts on a daily basis in the
industrialized nations many of which destine millions of dollars
to the war against Libya.
The
Disaster in Japan and a Visit from a Friend
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Today I had
the pleasure of greeting Jimmy Carter, who from 1977 to 1981
was the President of the United States, the only one, in my opinion,
who had enough serenity and courage to tackle the issue of US-Cuba
relations.
Cuba: The Protection of Wonderful Beaches
By Alexis Rojas Aguilera
The reduction of the line of the sand to the sea in beaches is a
phenomenon found in all parts of the world, including the Caribbean.
Researchers confirm that it is a problem that is even affecting the
coasts where people are not directly involved.
The Lesson in Libya
By Néstor Núñez
NATO has recently taken over the interventionist operations in Libya:
a new attempt to “internationalize” the military maneuvers directed
against a nation totally different from the western world and led by
Washington despite all its disguises.
Obama: Demagogy as Usual
By Marcos Alfonso
During US President Barack Obama’s recent trips to Brazil, Chile and
El Salvador, his behavior has been the usual: Demagogic. “The right
of nations to choose its future” (Cuba included of course) was his
usual slogan. The act of unburying the Alliance for Progress (which
almost trapped the continent, almost placing it in the hands of the
great capital aimed at sinking the regional nations to the oceans).
NATO’s Fascist War
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
You didn’t
have to be clairvoyant to foresee what I wrote with great detail in
three Reflection Articles I published on the CubaDebate website
between February 21 and March 3: “The NATO Plan Is to Occupy Libya,”
“The Cynical Danse Macabre,” and “NATO’s Inevitable War.”
Not even the fascist leaders of Germany and Italy were so blatantly
shameless...
Between Emigration and Crime
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Latin
Americans are not born-criminals nor did they invent drugs. The
Aztecs, Maya and other pre-Columbian human groups in Mexico and
Central America, for example, were excellent farmers and didn’t even
know about growing coca.
The Real Intentions of the “Partnership of Equals”
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Yesterday was
a long day. I was paying attention to the ups and downs of Obama in
Chile since noon, as I had done the day before with his adventures
in the city of Rio de Janeiro. That city, in a brilliant challenge,
had defeated Chicago in its aspirations to be the home of the 2016
Olympic Games when the new president of the United States and Nobel
Peace Prize laureate was looking like a rival of Martin Luther King.
Tuberculosis:
Preventable and Curable Disease
By Iris Armas
Padrino
Tuberculosis,
infectious and contagious disease has once again become a
world health program when many have forgotten the existence
of the ailment. The increase in the number of tuberculosis
cases is due to the rising population rate, mainly in cities
that lack of health assistance, have HIV-AIDS, among other
factors.
My
Shoes Are Too Tight
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
While the
damaged reactors spew radioactive smoke over Japan and
monstrous-looking planes and nuclear submarines launch
deadly charges tele-directed onto Libya, a North African
Third World country with barely six million inhabitants,
Barack Obama was spinning a tale for the Chileans that
sounded like one I used to hear when I was 4 years old: “My
shoes are
too tight, my socks are too warm; and I carry in my heart
the little kiss you gave me”.
Partnership of Equals
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Saturday
evening, the 19th, after a sumptuous banquet, NATO leaders
ordered the attack on Libya.
Good Conduct Certificate
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
In these
bitter days we have seen pictures of an earthquake that
reached 9 on the Richter Scale with hundreds of strong after-shocks,
and a tsunami 10 metres high whose waves of dark waters
dragged tens of thousands of people between cars and trucks
over homes and 3 and 4 storey buildings.
Women and Agriculture
By Marcos Alfonso
ACN Special Service
The UN Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that if women in
rural areas of the planet had the same access to the land,
technology,financial services, markets and education as men do, the
number of hungry people would have been reduced in nearly 150
million.
The Disasters Threatening the World
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
If the speed
of light would not exist; if the star closest to our sun would not
be four light years from the Earth, the only inhabited planet in our
system; if ETs really existed; the imaginary visitors to the planet
would continue their voyage without understanding all that our
humankind is suffering.
Water: Strategic Gold
By Pausides Cabrera
Balbi
The United
Nations established March 22nd as World Water Day; source of life
and one of nature´s most abundant and precious resources. But the
current lack of water has turned into a key element for the most
powerful countries in the world.
Renown
Cuban Journalist Dies in Matanzas
By Barbara Vasallo
Vasallo
Herácleo
Lazco Garcia, who was barely some hours ago President of the Union
of Cuban Journalists in the province of Matanzas, is now part of
history for those that are honored and proud of our profession.
Prevention:
Before any Climatic Situation
By Marcos Alfonso
The strong
earthquake that shook Japan last Friday, registering 9.0 on the
Richter scale, whose preliminary casualties is estimated at some
thousands of deaths and incalculable natural damages has put the
South American and US Pacific coasts on a state of alert.
Fidel Castro: Two Earthquakes
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
A strong 8.9
on the scale earthquake shook Japan today. The most worrying is that
early news reports were talking about thousands dead and missing,
figures really unheard of in a developed country where all
constructions are quake-proof.
Fidel Castro: NATO´s Inevitable War (Part 2)
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
When at just
27 years old Gaddafi, colonel in the Libyan army, inspired by his
Egyptian colleague Abdel Nasser, overthrew King Idris I in 1969, he
applied important revolutionary measures such as agrarian reform and
the nationalization of oil. The growing incomes were dedicated to
economic and social development, particularly education and health
services for the reduced Libyan population living in the immense
desert territory with very little available farm land.
NATO’s
Inevitable War
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
In contrast
with what is happening in Egypt and Tunisia, Libya occupies the
first spot on the Human Development Index for Africa and it has the
highest life expectancy on the continent. Education and health
receive special attention from the State. The cultural level of its
population is without a doubt the highest. Its problems are of a
different sort. The population wasn’t lacking food and essential
social services. The country needed an abundant foreign labour force
to carry out ambitious plans for...
Book Fair: Another Breath of Fresh Air
By Yaymara Villaverde
Marcé
The
International Book Fair which began in 1982, became one of the main
cultural events in Latin America and the Caribbean and a fiesta for
book lovers across the island.
What Did
Cuba Do Months Prior to the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
By Ángel Rodríguez Álvarez
The early US aggressions against the Cuban Revolution forced the
island´s political leaders to accelerate plans to strengthen, create
and organize the defense of its armed forces in a little less than a
year.
Neighbors in the Face of the Imperial Power
by Arnold August
How emotional it
was to see the neighbours in Santiago de Las Vegas and Nuevo Gerona
greeting, respectively, Moisés Rodríguez and Carlos Serpa with tears
of joy and pride, with hugs and kisses, with slogans to express all
their political feelings.
Giron:
Victory of the Cuban Youth
By Ángel Rodríguez
Álvarez
On December
of 1960, when the Battalion 113 of Cuba´s Revolutionary National
Militias was formed, Arnel Hernandez del Rio was a young steel
worker who was about to celebrate his 19th birthday.
THE
CYNICAL DANSE MACABRE
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
The policy of
plundering imposed by the United States and their NATO allies in the
Middle East has gone into a crisis. It has inevitably unravelled
with the high cost of grains, the effects of which can be felt more
forcefully in the Arab countries where, in spite of their huge
resources of oil, the shortage of water, areas covered by desert and
the generalized poverty of the people contrast with the enormous
resources coming from the oil possessed by the privileged sectors.
United
States: Not as well as Some Pretend
by Néstor Núñez
US President Barack
recently presented his national budget proposal for the 2011 fiscal
year and as expected the Head of State attempted to make people
believe in a promising future.
The Nato Plan Is To Occupy Libya
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee
transnationals; through this energy source they had an instrument
that considerably expanded their political power in the world. It
was their main weapon when they decided to easily liquidate the
Cuban Revolution as soon as the first just and sovereign laws were
passed in our Homeland: depriving it of oil.
50th Anniversary of the Victory against the Bay of Pigs
Invasion: History of the Mercenary Invasion
The historic
diferendo between Cuba and the United States dates back to
1767, a decade prior to the declaration of independence of
the 13 British colonies.
Cuba: 35
Years of the Socialist Constitution
By Ángel Rodríguez Álvarez
On February 24th, of 1976, almost 15 years after the
proclamation of the socialist character of the Revolution and 8
decades of the Necessary War led by Cuba’s National Hero Jose Marti,
the Cuban people selected their own social project.
The Revolutionary Rebellion In Egypt
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Several days ago I said that Mubarak’s fate was sealed and that not
even Obama was able to save him.
The world knows about what is happening in the Middle East.
News spreads at mind-boggling speed. Politicians barely have enough
time to read the dispatches arriving hour after hour. Everyone is
aware of the importance of what is happening over there.
Great Love
Stories in the History of Cuba
By
Yudith López Ramos
The history of Cuba includes heroic actions and exceptional people
that gave their lives for the country´s independence and sovereignty.
But with so much passion for the Homeland, there was also space for
love between couples, “that like a crater boils”, according to the
words of Cuba’s National Hero Jose Marti.
Latin America: A New Stage
The presence of progressive and revolutionary administrations and
politicians in Latin America transforms the region and gives it a
new meaning with new tools against imperial mandates, weapons for
independence struggles and the wellbeing for the people in the
region.
Cuba: Second National Orchid Festival to be Held in May
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 8 (acn) The Cuban Botany Society and other
institutions are sponsoring the 2nd National Orchid Festival
to be held in Old Havana from May 3rd to the 7th.
Fidel Castro: Mubarak´s Fate is Sealed
Mubarak’s fate is sealed, not even the support of the United
States will be able to save his government. The people of
Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who
left their mark on civilization. “From the top of these
pyramids, 40 centuries of history are looking down upon us,”
Bonaparte once said in a moment of exaltation when the
revolution brought him to this extraordinary crossroads of
civilizations.
Uncommon
Insect in a Generous Biodiversity
By Yaniuska Macías
Rivero
A new species for Cuba
and Latin America has been registered, the Monopelopia tillandsia,
insect originally from the US state of Florida according to a report
from the Environmental Research Center in Camaguey province.
Maria
Cervantes: Music Is My Life
By Idania Rodríguez
Echevarria
Maria Cervantes passed
away at the age of 96 in Havana on February 8th, 1981 and a year
prior to her death she told writer Hamilé Rosada: “I expect the day
that I die, I would be sitting at a piano. If I would never be able
to play again, life will escape so quickly that death would
not be able to detain me¨.
115th
Anniversary of the Battle of Rio Hondo
By Yolanda Díaz
Martínez, Historian
The town of Rio Hondo,
located in the western province of Pinar del Rio, west of Candelaria
and east of San Cristobal was the scene of an important military
action between the forces of Lt. General Antonio Maceo and Spanish
Colonel Enrique Segura on February 7th, 1896.
Truth will Prevail in Favor of Gerardo Hernandez
Jose Pertierra, Immigration attorney in Washington DC, and
associate of the Pertierra & Toro, P.C law firm, receives us
honest, friendly and uninhibited in Havana. He has more than
a few websites on the case of Cuban Five open in his
computer, and then starts pouring his reflections
on the progress of the process that seeks for justice for
Gerardo Hernandez and his four other comrades unjustly
imprisoned in the United Status.
Care of
Wetlands in Pinar del Rio Highlighted
By Elena Milián
Salaberri
Los Palacios, Cuba, Feb 2 (acn) The protection of the Yaguasa
criolla, endemic bird in the Caribbean only found in few islands of
the region, is prioritized in the wetland areas of Pinar del Rio;
ecosystem that make up some 10 000 square kilometers of the Cuban
archipelago.
Fidel Castro: The Serious Food Crisis
Reflections by Fidel Castro
Just 11 days
ago, on January 19, in a reflection titled “The Time has
Come to Do Something,” I wrote:
“The worst is
that to a large degree the solutions shall depend upon the
richest and most developed countries, the countries that
shall reach a situation which they are really in no
condition to face unless the world they have been trying to
mould…”
The State of the Union
Reflections by Fidel Castro
After his January
12 address at the University of Tucson, Arizona, on the
massacre that had took place four days earlier, people
awaited with interest for the US president’s speech on the
same topic. Six people died and fourteen were injured,
including young Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords,
who was elected to the United States Congress for the
third time and had been opposed to the anti-immigration law
in Arizona, a state that was part of the territory snatched
from Mexico in the unjust war of 1848.
Global Chaos
By Néstor Núñez
In the important
book “One Hundred Hours with Fidel”, by French analyst
Ignacio Ramonet, the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel
Castro reiterated that the issue touched in his recent
reflections have come out to the public once again: the
world is on the verge of a abyss and the
people must be
aware that if this continues it will lead to an absolute
disaster.
Terrorism: From the Cradle
By Nestor Nuñez
Everyone knows the definition of terrorism: attempt to
assert one’s authority through violence.
Terrorism is not
exclusive to a person or certain group of assassin minds. In
fact it could be established as State policy in arming its
most reactionary classes to prevail inside or outside its
borders.
The Time Has Come To Do Something
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
I shall relate a
bit of history.
When the Spanish “discovered” us five
hundred years ago, the estimated population on the Island
was no more than 200,000 inhabitants who were living in
harmony with nature. Their main sources of food came from
the rivers, lakes and seas rich in protein; they were also
carrying out a rudimentary form of agriculture that supplied
them with calories, vitamins, mineral salts and fibre.
Felipe Poey: Passion for Science
By Yolanda
Martínez, Historian.
On January 28th, 1891 Felipe Poey Aloy passed away in Havana
at the age of 92. Felipe was an important naturalist and one
of the most important Cuban scientists of the 19th century.
Fidel Castro: Obama’s speech in Arizona.
Reflections by Fidel Castro
Yesterday I listened to him when he spoke at the University
of Tucson where homage was being paid to the 6 people
murdered and the 14 wounded in the Arizona massacre,
especially the Democratic congresswoman for that state,
seriously wounded by a gunshot to the head.
Work and Live: Mayan Prophecy
By Marcos
Alfonso
For some time, there have been a number of documentaries and
films that in 2012, according to a Mayan prophecy the world
will come to an end.
Climate Change: A Priority
By Jose Armando
Fernandez Salaz
An international research on the adaptation to climate
change in phase two for Central America and the Caribbean
pointed out in 2008 the main consequences for agriculture,
human health and even the style of living in the eastern
province of Las Tunas.
Lumumba: Seed and Hope for Africa
By Leonardo Pupo
Pupo
The history of the Independence wars in Africa has the
participation of several leaders from that continent, so
much desired by the colonizing and imperialist powers
throughout the years.
Another Tea Party Star
Reflections by Fidel Castro
None other than Ileana Ros, the woman who kept the child
Elián kidnapped in Miami, the promoter of coups d’état,
crimes such as those committed by Posada Carriles and other
heinous deeds, shall be travelling to neighbouring Haiti,
where the earthquake killed a quarter of a million people
and the cholera epidemic, in full swing, has taken the lives
of almost 4,000 and is a threat for the rest of the
continent
The Crime against the
Democratic Congresswoman
Latin America: Issues to Analyze
By Néstor Núñez
The
insistence of the new popular Latin American governments in
constructing what they are calling 21st Century Socialism
raises issues to be analyzed.
Without Violence Or Drugs
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Yesterday I analyzed the atrocious act of violence against
US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in which 18 people were
shot; six died and another 12 were wounded, some of them
extremely seriously, among them the congresswoman who was
shot in the head, leaving the team of doctors no alternative
but to try to save her life and avoid consequences from the
criminal act as much as possible.
The Hospital Celia Dreamed About
By Elizabeth Reyes Tasé
As
dreamed by Cuban Heroine Celia Sanchez Manduley, the
hospital that carries her name in the city of Manzanillo
guarantees medical assistance to the population in this
eastern region of Granma province.
AN
ATROCIOUS ACT
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Sad news was
broadcast this afternoon from the United States: Gabrielle
Giffords, Democratic congresswoman for Arizona, was the
victim of a criminal attempt while taking part at a
political meeting at her electoral district in Tucson. On
the other side of the border lies Mexico, the Latin American
country to which that territory used to belong when, in an
unjust ...
What would Einstein say?
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
In a Reflection published on August 25, 2010 under the title
of “The Opinion of an Expert”, I mentioned a really unusual
activity of the United States and its allies which, in my
opinion, underlines the risk of a nuclear conflict with Iran.
I was referring to a long article by the well-known
journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, published in the US journal The
Atlantic in September of that year, entitled “The Point of
No Return”
Fidel Castro: The Prime Stimulus for Our Efforts
Reflections by
Comrade Fidel
The
graphic reporting by journalist Gladys Rubio on the cholera
epidemic in Haiti that was published on yesterday’s Round
Table TV programme was so impressive that I decided to
postpone the Reflection I announced on Monday until today,
Wednesday. The aim of the report was to analyze, from a
different angle, the dramatic impact on the Haitian people
of the January 12th earthquake this year, followed in less
than 10 months by the...
Fidel Castro: The Fight against Cholera
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Julian Assange, a man who was known by very few people in
the world a few months ago, is showing that the most
powerful empire that ever existed in history can be
challenged.
The Empire On The Prisoners´ Dock
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Julian Assange, a man who was known by very few people in
the world a few months ago, is showing that the most
powerful empire that ever existed in history can be
challenged.
1956: Bloody Christmas
By Leonardo Pupo Pupo
The
Cuban people lived through a painful moment on December of
1956 when 23 young revolutionaries were assassinated by
bloodthirsty Colonel Fermin Cowley Gallegos.
Solar Energy or Right to Life
By Lino Luben Pérez
Deception would be a less violent term to characterize the
sessions of the recent international conference on climate
change held in Cancun, Mexico where the planet´s environment
is still a serious problem.
Climate Change: A Lesson for Cancun
By Néstor Núñez
Deception would be a less violent term to characterize the
sessions of the recent international conference on climate
change held in Cancun, Mexico where the planet´s environment
is still a serious problem.
Immigrants: The Other Victims
By Néstor Núñez
The games of the Imperial powers do not change. With an
aging population and times of relative prosperity, the
arrival of foreigners from the Third World to occupy bad
paid jobs and considered “dirty” by the locals, constitutes
a blessing.
Biodiversity Treasure and Cuban Archeology
By Luz María Martínez
Round
hills between 60 to 80 meters above sea level are especially
attractive for those that visit the Jumagua mogotes located
some 5 kilometers from the central city of Sagua la Grande.
MINUSTAH and the Epidemic
Reflections by Fidel Castro
Information on the European economic situation is very
alarming. Experts say that the unemployment rate in the so
called Old Continent has already reached 10 percent of the
economically active working force, figure which is out of
control when it comes at looking at some nations
individually.
World Economy: Bad Shadow
By Néstor Núñez
Information on the European economic situation is very
alarming. Experts say that the unemployment rate in the so
called Old Continent has already reached 10 percent of the
economically active working force, figure which is out of
control when it comes at looking at some nations
individually.
DUTY AND THE EPIDEMIC IN HAITI
Reflections by Comrade Fidel
Last
Friday, on December 3rd, the UN decided to devote one
General Assembly session to analyzing the cholera epidemic
in that sister country.
