July 26

Raúl’s silence

July 28, 2010

Today’s ABC (one of Spain’s influential dailies) has an opinion piece on Raúl Castro’s silence during the 26 of July celebration in Santa Clara on Monday, which is indicative of a “resounding plea for more ferocious inaction”: Raúl’s silence compared with the speeches he made in previous years, which threw light promises—has been a resounding [...]

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Land must be put to better use

July 26, 2009

Via AP: In a speech marking Revolution Day, Fidel Castro’s successor, Army General Raul Castro, said that the global economic crisis means tougher times ahead for Cuba, but the country has no one to blame but itself for poor farm production that leads to frequent shortages of fruits, vegetables and other basics.

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