A brief flurry of excitement gripped Cuba and Cuba watchers abroad when the video of a meeting in January 2008, at which students at the University of Computer Science in Havana questioned Ricardo Alarcón, president of the Cuban National Assembly, on government policy in several areas became public knowledge through the BBC (Ravsberg, 2008) and […]
Desde Cuba con Yoani Sánchez: animando el periodismo ciudadano digital y desafiando la violencia verbal
Notes1 Yoani Sánchez nació en La Habana en el año 1975. Como cuenta en la página principal de su Blog, Generación Y, estudió durante dos cursos en el Instituto Pedagógico “Enrique José Varona” la especialidad de Español y Literatura. En el año 1995, se trasladó a la Facultad de Artes y Letras de la Universidad […]
The Role of Blogs in Breaking the Media’s Embargo and Telling the Truth about Cuba: Comment
In order to comprehend the role that blogs play in Cuba, it is important to first understand the space blogs occupy in the rest of the world. A number of American journalists have expressed their disdain for bloggers culminating with author and columnist Buzz Bissinger’s recent expletive-filled tirade on Bob Costas’ TV show. Bissinger argued […]
The Dirty Side of Moa Nickel: A Critical View from Space
Notes1 Cuba’s reserves of lateritic nickel minerals are estimated to be the world’s second largest after Zaire. Most of these lateritic deposits are located in the Moa and Nicaro areas, on the northeast of the island. On December 15, 1994, the Cuban Government and Canadian company Sherritt International established the joint venture Moa Nickel S.A. […]
Cuba’s Power Sector: 1998–2008
The last decade has been one of mixed results for the Cuban electrical power system. From 1998 to approximately 2004, some progress was made. However, the reliance on domestic oil as fuel and the age of several units produced breakdowns in some of the major plants and an overall crisis in the system. The Cuban […]
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