The purpose of this note is to describe the agricultural production of tomatoes and peppers in Cuba using modern cultivation methods. The production model described in this note has been developed, tested and put into action with very satisfactory results. It has met limited internal demand. Its potential development on a larger scale will be […]
Notes for the Cuban Transition
Notes1 Hegel argued that “everything that was once revolutionary becomes conservative.” All revolutions are designed to transform, to subvert the base of the existing system, model, or paradigm and, in this way, bring it down. The truly revolutionary act is an abrupt gesture, a moment of rupture from the established order. Thus, the very logic […]
Notes on the Current Situation in Cuba
Watching the sunset from Miami Beach the other day and thinking of friends who might be looking at the exact same spectacle from the Malecón in Havana, I could understand why one might think little has changed since Fidel Castro ceded power five years ago. The distance remains huge compared with the actual miles. And […]
Notas sobre una estrategia agropecuaria para Cuba
“Para verdades trabajamos, y no para sueños” José Martí Unpublished Work Copyright 1991 Raúl Fernández La inevitable terminación de la tiranía castrista dará a los cubanos una singular oportunidad de replantear la estructura de la nación. De la forma en que el pueblo de Cuba aproveche tal coyuntura dependerá en gran medida el destino del […]