What’s special about this period

May 14, 2019 OnCuba News 0

Perhaps the most important thing that makes this new period special is that people have changed. I’m not going to talk about the chicken that can’t be found anywhere, nor the famous Brazilian rice so demanded and that has almost disappeared, nor the packages of mincemeat, before a second-choice recourse Read more

Eusebio Leal elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 10, 2019 root 0

The City of Havana Historian was chosen among the group of International Honorary Members which include personalities from 23 countries. City of Havana Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, along with more than two hundred personalities whose “outstanding achievements…in Read more

RESPECT Statement on New Trump Cuba Policy

April 22, 2019 ProximityCuba 0

National Security Advisor John Bolton’s statement on new policy guidelines for Cuba is a continuum of historical efforts to maintain the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 and disrupt and undermine an independent country. The campaign against Cuba dates back to the Cuban Revolution of 1959 and has continued fairly unabated with Read more

Trump just made it harder to travel and send money to Cuba

April 18, 2019 John Haltiwanger 0

“The Obama administration’s policies toward Cuba have enabled the Cuban colonization of Venezuela today.” The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new restrictions on travel to Cuba and on the amount of money Cuban Americans can send to relatives in the country. Former President Barack Obama eased restrictions on economic activities Read more

Cuba: The New Constitution Comes Into Force Today | News | teleSUR English

April 10, 2019 TeleSur 0

The new Cuban legal framework recognizes the importance of private property and extends individual rights. The National Assembly of the People’s Power (ANNP) will proclaim Wednesday the new Cuban Constitution during a session honoring the 1869 Constitution of Guaimaro, the first supreme law that the ‘Republic under Arms’ adopted while fighting against the Spanish crown. “Neither Read more