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
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
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?
VISITORS TO HAVANA ARE INVARIABLY struck by how run-down the city looks: buildings that haven't seen a coat of paint
MEXICO Benita Galeana Returns
"So I have told you the history of my whole life. Judge me as you will. There are tremendous differences
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
CUBA: FACING CHANGE
AS SOON AS THE COMMUNIST REGIMES OF Europe began to tumble last year, bumper stickers predicting "Next Christmas in Havana"
Channeling Dissent
AT A PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF A BOOK ON the Cuban constitution in Havana in June, a lawyer quipped,'"Too bad this
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
ON JANUARY 31, A CUBAN MERCHANT SHIP IN international waters refused a U.S. Coast Guard order to stop and be
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
On Nicaragua The analysis of your Nicaragua is- sue is a welcome relief from a polarized debate. On few topics