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Getting Closer to an Academic Milestone in a Harsh Context I have just submitted the final version of my doctoral thesis to the committee that will evaluate me in mid-July. It has been a long journey to get here, marked by the…

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Some "Intractable" Properties of Cyberspace in the Face of Censorship In his classic text "Do Artifacts Have Politics?", Langdon Wi

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Arturo Sandoval and Political Intolerance Some years ago, I was in communication with the great Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval—the godson of the unforgettable Dizzy Gillespie—through the old, abandoned Twitter. For me, tha

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Mirror neurons Another Saturday on hospital duty. This time I’m writing from a room where certain materials and equipment are stored. Nearby, I see a couple of lead aprons used for radiation protection from imag

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Putting the spotlight where it belongs Aswering this from a longtime CNN correspondent in Havana In Sagua de Tánamo, my hometown municipality in Holguín, they had gone 33 hours without electricity

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Chris Van Hollen vs. Marco Rubio on Cuba The brief exchange between Senator Chris Van Hollen and Marco Rubio this Tuesday reveals the irrationa

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The Hidden Vulnerability in USA's Oil Boom Even though the United States has become the world’s largest oil producer thanks to the fracking revolution, it still depends heavily o

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Cuba, the “Independence Day,” and the indictment against Raúl Castro As is custom

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Cuba and the crass cynicism of the Trump administration Source Right now, about a third of Cuba is disconnected from the national power system, which suffered another partial

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The Young Cockroaches There was a time when the youth purpose revolved around the concept of “chivalry”; they dreamt of building nations, philosophies, revolutions and identities. Now, this…

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