By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on January 24, 2021
Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel attends rally of youth condemning soft coup attempt. Photo: Alejandro Azcuy
We are in the era of soft coups. Old-fashioned coups d’état and invasions get terrible press. The images of U.S. troops invading the (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on January 21, 2021
In his final hours in the White House, Donald Trump released his administration’s “Accomplishments”, a (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on December 24, 2020
Artist: Joseph Qiu
The most recent episode of Trump vs Cuba is almost funny. After more than 140 sanctions imposed since (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on December 10, 2020
Cubans protest the latest soft coup attempt by the US. Photo: Alejandro Azcuy
Invasion gets bad press – those close-ups of foreign boots marching over a beach or a neighborhood like El Chorrillo (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on November 12, 2020
“Clandestina,” a small private business selling clothing that’s Cuban-designed in Old Havana, (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on October 1, 2020
“The people who suffer most are the ordinary Cubans”, Photo: Bill Hackwell
“Criminal Obsession” is a well-known horror movie and is also the stage where the Trump administration is occupied regarding Cuba. The U.S. government struck again at the Cuban (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on August 22, 2020
Mercedes Barcha died on August 15, in Mexico City, at the age of 87. The pandemic has not allowed for the (more…)
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on July 9, 2020
Since Netflix decided to release The Wasp Network on June 19 to reach the captive audience of the Covid-19, the (more…)