Notes1 Bienvenido, Sir Leyland! Te esperaré en la esquina señalada, no importa el chapapote, porque te siento vencedor del codazo… Y nada más, Sir Leyland, gracias por el viaje y la trompetilla sonora al roñoso del “Tío.” —Bernardo Callejas 2 The arrival of the German ship Heinrich Heine in the port of Havana the morning […]

Notes1 “La causa principal es la creciente disfuncionalidad del modelo de gobierno 2003–8, que se encuentra estructuralmente agotado.” —Heinz Dieterich (2009)2 “La crisis que afecta a Venezuela no es transitoria, ni coyuntural, ni superable sólo con el alza de los precios del petróleo.” —18 economistas (2010)3 “The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.” […]

Notes1 A mi padre. Y a todos los masones cubanos, Dentro y fuera de la Isla. Comenzaremos por aclarar al lector en que consiste el presente trabajo. Este estudio no es una apología de la masonería, ni tampoco una historia general de esta institución. Los interesados en este primer tema pueden revisar el libro de […]

Most discussions on Cuban affairs reveal deep seated discords along ideological lines. However, when the conversation centers around educational attainment issues, the tendency is to praise the levels of educational excellence achieved by Cuban students in schools throughout the island. The main criticisms since the Castro government nationalized all schools are usually about the government’s […]

For decades Fidel Castro has “exported” professionals, mostly doctors,1 to the developing world to serve as “missionaries for the Cuban Revolution.”2 These brigades of “proletarian internationalists,” as they are referred to at home,3 have two primary goals: to earn hard currency and advance other economic goals of the regime and to gain political influence, prestige, […]