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The Biggest Power Outage Ever in Cuba

There is this almost unanimous feeling that the electrical collapse that occurred in Cuba on October 17—which...

The Silent Revolt: A Dialogue

Jorge Brioso and I have spent half our lives in the United States. We arrived by different...

Hearing Cuban Voices in a Time of Crisis

The late historian Elizabeth Dore spent the final 20 years of her life directing “Cuban Voices,” a...

Ubu in Miraflores

“Merdre!” exclaims Pa Ubu entering the first scene of Ubu Rex, the classic of grotesque classics written...

Political Extremism or Affective Polarization? Notes on the Fly on the Cuban Case

It has become more and more frequent to hear people speculating about the alignment of extremist and...

Sexual Abuse and Impunity at the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba

The Investigation In May 2022, a student of the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de...

The Havana Syndrome: A True Story of Espionage, Secret Weapons, and Geopolitics

The tense plot of the so-called Havana Syndrome, a bizarre remnant of the Cold War, continues. This...

The Nightmare of Thinking about Rights: An Interview with Cuban filmmaker Ricardo Figueredo

Ricardo Figueredo Oliva (1972) is a Cuban director, producer, and screenwriter, a graduate of the International Film...