Ultimos Posts 1. 20/05/2012 10:31 - Here's the Place to Be Tomorrow: Cuban Economy Colloquium, Bildner Center Bildner Center Colloquium: Economic Transformation in Cuba MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 8:45 AM ? 6:00 p.m. The Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street) After 2008, the newly installed presidency of Raúl Castro launched several initiatives to revamp the highly centralized form of socialism for which Cuba had been known. Though Cuba's Actualización dra... 2. 17/05/2012 18:32 - UPDATE: Mariela Castro's academic paper for LASA: "Sexual Education as State Policy in Cuba, 1959-Present" I for one am glad that the US State Department has taken the high road in granting a visa to Mariela Castro Espín (*see professional bio in Spanish below) so she can attend the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) conference. If I fight for Yoani's (or anyone else's) right to leave Cuba (without having to pass some ideological test), I think I should also stand up for th... 3. 17/05/2012 15:44 - Facebook Raises $16 Billion in I.P.O. That Values It at $104 Billion Breaking News Alert The New York Times Thursday, May 17, 2012 -- 4:29 PM EDT ----- Facebook Raises $16 Billion in I.P.O. That Values It at $104 Billion As investors raced to get shares, whose price Facebook set at $38 each, the sprawling social network raised $16 billion on Thursday in an initial public offering. The I.P.O. signals a rapid evolution for the company. In just eight y... 4. 17/05/2012 12:46 - Siro del Castillo: Apoyo el importante juego de ideas Pull Quote: "It's a very bad and insecure country that fears the visit of a person to its shores, or that fears that one of its citizens visit another country." NOTA DE UN ACTIVISTA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS Mariela Castro hija del jefe de Cuba general Raul Castro ha recibido una visa de los Estados Unidos para participar en San Francisco en la reunión de LASA (Asoc... 5. 15/05/2012 20:04 - Cuba's Paradise Lost - Carlos Fuentes Cuba's Paradise Lost ( en Español ) April 20, 2003 Carlos Fuentes Carlos Fuentes is the author of numerous books, including "The Death of Artemio Cruz" and "The Years With Laura Diaz." (H/T Ariana Hernández & CafeFuerte ) LONDON ? When I arrived in Havana on Jan. 2, 1959, Fidel Castro had not yet entered the Cuban capital. He was advancing slowly by jeep along a victory route... |
