THE WORD ON THE STREET

THE WORD ON THE STREET

DISCONTENT HAS APPEARED IN THEFORM OF bitterly sarcastic underground jokes-something I never heard in the four years I lived in ...
THE WAR GOES ON

THE WAR GOES ON

ON JANUARY 31, A CUBAN MERCHANT SHIP IN international waters refused a U.S. Coast Guard order to stop and be ...
OCHOA'S LEGACY

OCHOA’S LEGACY

ON JUNE 12 OF LAST YEAR, GEN. ARMANDO Ochoa Sdnchez of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) was arrested on charges ...
Comment

Comment

On Nicaragua The analysis of your Nicaragua is- sue is a welcome relief from a polarized debate. On few topics ...
PUERTO RICO A Talk with a "Machetero

PUERTO RICO A Talk with a “Machetero

Seven years have passed since a Wells Fargo employee drove off with $7.2 million in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1985, the ...
In Review

In Review

The Uncompromising Revolution, a film by Saul Landau (available from IPS, 1601 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009), 1988, 78 ...
THE SOVIET SUGAR DADDY MYTH

THE SOVIET SUGAR DADDY MYTH

THOSE CRITICS OF CUBA WHO RECOGNIZE THE revolution's economic and social accomplishments often dismiss them as products of Soviet largess ...
Does the Economy Work?

Does the Economy Work?

VISITORS TO HAVANA ARE INVARIABLY struck by how run-down the city looks: buildings that haven't seen a coat of paint ...