Category: Cuba News & Analysis

Margarita Alarcón writes about the changes that have taken place in Cuba since the last visit by a U.S. President in 1928, what Obama will see when he visits, and what he won’t see: “guns in the hands of children, hunger in the face of multitudes, fear, loathing, dismay or a lack of sovereignty.”

In an editorial in Granma, Cuba reaffirms its will to advance in relations with the United States, on the basis of respect for the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter and the principles of the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.

Argentine intellectual Atilio Borón writes an open letter of advice to President Barack Obama on the occasion of his upcoming visit to Cuba.

Fifty-four years ago, February 3, 1962, the signature of President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office was enough to order the complete blockade of Cuba, which went into effect four days later. While President Obama has taken some steps to ease the blockade in some areas, there are still many more things he can do.

The majority of Cubans who live in the United States were born in Cuba. The majority does not support the right-wing’s policy of hostility against the Cuban people.

This aggressive relic of the Cold War remains in force today, despite being condemned every year at the UN by the international community, even after Havana and Washington opened a new chapter in their bilateral relations December 17, 2014.

Full text of speech by Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz, to the National Assembly of People’s Power, December 29, 2015.

Declaration by Army General Raúl Castro on the occasion of the first anniversary of the announcements made on December 17, 2014, regarding the decision to reestablish diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States.