Economy and professional frustration
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
HAVANA - The number of university graduates among fellow Cubans is impressive. According to the National Office of Statistics (ONI), in 2010 Cuba’s work force was 6,829,100 strong. Of those, 5,112,500, people were active – 74.9% of the work force.
Thirty-three years of impunity:Who killed my father?
By Carlos Muñiz
As recently as November 2011, we received some documents that give evidence of the people responsible for the murder of my father, Carlos Muñiz Varela. The documents – partially declassified by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) through the efforts of attorney Alejandro Olivero – confirm that the FBI knew the identity of those responsible.
Cuban-Americans’ contributions to Cuba’s future
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA – Much is being said about the possible contribution of Cuban-Americans to the future of Cuba. Some have even described them as the nation’s “saviors”; others have totally dismissed their importance, even their convenience, to the country.
Doi Moi and ‘actualization’: The urgency to generate a consensus
By Lenier González Mederos
HAVANA – If anything has characterized the project of reforms put forth by President Raúl Castro, it has been the silence that surrounds the stages of its unfolding.
Cuba related heat in Miami
By Dawn Gable
HAVANA TIMES — It's not only the basketball team and the sun that is causing temperatures to rise in Miami lately. Rather it is fire bombs, campaign investigations, new state laws and new candidates that are keeping Miami, and consequently Cuba, on everybody's radar.
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The Republicans are the problem
By Max J. Castro
A dirty word not so long ago and a sure-fire political loser, right-wing extremism is back with a vengeance.
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
Data for a new religion
By Dalia Céspedes
They say that religion once meant the act of reuniting (religare). If I haven’t misunderstood Socrates, just as philosophy is love for something you don’t have (wisdom), one reunites that which should not be separate.
The prizefight election
By Saul Landau
Six grueling months remain until the November election. “Dogs for Romney: Brisk Head Winds Build Character” and “Dogs Against Romney: Pat Us, Don’t Strap Us To The Car Roof” bumper stickers may well highlight the campaign publicity.
Imagine a heavyweight fight announcer introducing the contenders at the debate!
Al’s Loupe
With all respect: It’s not enough
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
I’m glad I spent part of last week and the weekend in the Washington, D.C., area. The first several days were peaceful – I spent them in Virginia with one of my sisters. We brought each other up to date. This country is so big that moments like these are priceless.
As an additional pleasure, spring was on our side. Cool days and evenings, some rain but not enough to keep us from taking our daily strolls. And the flowers! How quickly they grow around here at this time of year.
ALEC retreats, the right wing freaks
By Mark Engler
Customers should be able to know if companies that they are supporting with their purchases are busy spending money on groups that undermine environmental regulations, attack workers’ rights, promote “Stand Your Ground” gun laws, advance discriminatory “Voter ID” laws, and otherwise bolster the right-wing legislative vanguard. And if these consumers don’t like this behavior, they should be at liberty to take their business elsewhere.
What a waste
By Bill Press
After hearing the latest daily take from the John Edwards trial, now under way in Greensboro, N.C., you almost want to take a shower. It's better (or worse) than any daytime soap. It makes tabloids look tame.
In essence, what sounds like a weighty case – "The United States of America v. Johnny Reid Edwards" – boils down to a prizefight between two liars. In one corner, former Senator John 
Edwards, once a rising star in the Democratic Party. As a candidate for president in...
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