Monthly Archives: August 2006
El papel de Cuba en el narcotrafico
Europa, la sonrisa del cielo
POLITICA
Europa, la sonrisa del cielo
Luis Cino
LA HABANA, Cuba – Agosto (www.cubanet.org) – Me contó un periodista
independiente que hace varios días se quedó dormido durante una
conversación con un embajador europeo. Junto a otros colegas, había
acudido a una sede diplomática a recabar ayuda. No pedían cosas
extraordinarias. Sólo que les facilitaran acceso a Internet para
trasmitir… Continue reading
Communist leaders fail to attract younger Cubans
Posted on Mon, Aug. 21, 2006
CASTRO’S GOVERNMENT
Communist leaders fail to attract younger Cubans
Cuban leaders are desperately trying to win over disinterested young
people across the nation.
BY FRANCES ROBLES
frobles@MiamiHerald.com
As a 24-year-old Havana potato vendor who makes $10 a month — double if
he finds side jobs — Ricardo doesn’t have anything against communism or
Fidel… Continue reading
Bloggers poke fun at questionable Castro photos
Posted on Fri, Aug. 18, 2006
Bloggers poke fun at questionable Castro photos
Technology makes it easy to alter photos, but bloggers are quick to
criticize pictures they find amiss
BY JOSEPH TARTAKOFF
jtartakoff@MiamiHerald.com
Fidel Castro is still alive — chatting with Venezuelan President Hugo
Chávez in a video shown this week. But that hasn’t stopped bloggers from
speculating that… Continue reading
Cuba: a curious relic of 20th-century history
The Times August 10, 2006
Cuba: a curious relic of 20th-century history
Thomas Catan
The Left boasts that Castro brought his people literacy: but what’s the
point if they can’t read what they like?
COMMUNISM always seemed far more appealing in the Cuban setting of sun,
sea and salsa than it did in Siberia. And Fidel Castro is incomparably
more… Continue reading
Una revolucion que se rajo como una cana brava
Raul Castro: un lider instantaneo
Raúl Castro: un líder instantáneo
Los medios de comunicación cubanos han iniciado un proceso de
metamorfosis y ensalzamiento de la figura del hermano de Fidel – Sus
únicas apariciones públicas han sido mediante discursos a través del
diario oficial «Granma»
Luis F. Millán Enviado especial
Bitácora Cubana, 6 de agosto de 2006 – La Habana
Como el café soluble, como… Continue reading