Cuba

Waiting for the Next Revolution

Jordana Timerman

After fifty years of revolution, a change of leadership offers the possibility of significant change. But the average Cuban seems to have no idea how to proceed.
Castro and the Colossus

Robert Scheer : Fidel Castro

He caused the Cuban people much suffering, but the giant to the north bears even greater responsibility for the island's plight.
The Day After Fidel

Peter Kornbluh : Fidel Castro

Most authoritarians leave office in a coup or a coffin. Fidel Castro is leaving on his own terms.
Castro Helps Chávez Avert a Coup

: History

An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.

2007

The Martyrdom of Che Guevara

Robert Scheer : Argentina

The CIA's role in his assassination managed to turn a failed--and flawed--guerrilla fighter into an enduring symbol of resistance to oppression.
Remembering Vilma Espín

Rosa Miriam Elizalde : Feminism & Women

A Cuban writer pays tribute to Vilma Espín, wife of Raúl Castro and Cuba's first lady, who fought tirelessly for the rights of women in a male-dominated country.
A Dangerous Little Beehive?

Rosa Miriam Elizalde : Theater

A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
Miami Vise

Max J. Castro : Latinos

Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.
A New Stance Toward Havana

Julia E. Sweig : US Foreign Policy

The peaceful transfer of power in Cuba presents an opportunity for the US government to abandon its policy of perpetual hostility.
Watching the Reporters

John Dinges : Journalists & Journalism

After three foreign correspondents are decertified, is Cuba sending a message to the international press corps?
Ferdinand VII

Gore Vidal : History

Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?
Terror and the Counterterrorists

Peter Kornbluh : US Foreign Policy

Five Cuban counterterrorism experts are being held indefinitely in American prisons while the "bin Laden of Latin America" is let free.
The Changing of the Guard

Peter Kornbluh, Alberto Coll, Saul Landau, William LeoGrande, Philip Peters & Ramón Sánchez-Parodi : US Foreign Policy

A panel of experts explores the view from Havana.
Changing Course on Cuba

: US Foreign Policy

The US government's policy toward Cuba is imperial, irrational, arguably insane. It's time to change it.
Waiting for C. Wright Mills

Ricardo Alarcón : Cultural Criticism & Analysis

Remembering the remarkable life and work of the American sociologist who, despite FBI harassment, remained engaged in the Cuban Revolution.

2006

Test on Terrorism

Peter Kornbluh

The godfather of vicious anti-Castro violence, Luis Posada Carriles will soon be released from US custody. Is that any way to treat a terrorist?
Fidel Lives

Ned Sublette : Fidel Castro

Few Americans, especially those in government, know much about Cuba. And nowhere is that more evident than in the coverage of Fidel Castro's illness and the transition of power.
A Bankrupt Cuba Policy

Wayne S. Smith : Fidel Castro

As Iraq burns and Castro recovers, the Bush Administration's schemes to further "Cuba's transition to democracy" ring more hollow than ever.

2005

The Secret History of Rum

Ian Williams : Corporations

Long before oil dominated geopolitics, rum was the original global commodity, tying Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean in a complex web of trade and credit. And Bacardi was the original multinational.
The Posada File

Peter Kornbluh : War on Terrorism

Will the Bush Administration recognize that anti-Castro radical Luis Posada Carriles is a terrorist?