The time has already passed of looking in dictionaries and manuals for a definition of what is a wise man. It is a person's art for polemics and controversy. I admire those who are capable of debating with their ideological opponents without falling into arrogance, verbal violence or personal offense.
Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.24.2012
Fifty-two years after U.S. policy first sought to break the communist dictatorship with an economic embargo, the Castro regime is still in power, lording over the Cuban people, enjoying trade and diplomatic relationships with countries across the globe.
AP | Posted 05.18.2012
SANTIAGO, Chile -- A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off Chile's southern coast, but the authorities say it wasn't felt on land and discoun...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.07.2012
There are many ways to measure the physical state of a nation and one of them is listing what people loot from public spaces.
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.01.2012
May Day once again will be hijacked. The day will end without demands being made of this boss named "the State" to raise salaries, lower the cost of living, or improve working conditions. Instead, every individual who marches will be taken as a faithful "believer" in the Party.
Charles Garcia | Posted 04.14.2012
Guillen's insensitive comments and the subsequent explosive reaction from Cuban-Americans have exposed a raw, painful vein in the U.S. Hispanic experience. And such a vein should not be dismissed or ignored.
Reuters | Posted 04.01.2012
* Benedict sought the holiday in meeting with Raul Castro * Government will decide whether to make it permanent HAVANA, ...
AP | By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA | Posted 04.05.2012
HAVANA -- Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said Saturday. It was ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 03.24.2012
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich got into a game of one-upmanship at a GOP debate Monday night when discussing the potential death of Cuba's Fidel Castro...
AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 03.13.2012
HAVANA — Two of Washington's top irritants, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Fidel Castro, discussed world events for two hours, and the Iranian leader o...
AP | By PETER ORSI | Posted 12.14.2011
HAVANA -- Cuba's Communist Party announced that it is taking up Raul Castro's call to establish term limits for officials, including the president him...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 12.09.2011
Those demonized by partisan publications are thus transformed into admired beings -- albeit in a whisper -- and even those fired from the government apparatus acquire a certain aura of appeal.
Katherine Marshall | Posted 12.05.2011
We spend 15 times more to kill each other than to heal. We must correct that.
AP | PETER ORSI | Posted 11.29.2011
HAVANA, Cuba — Fidel Castro mocked President Barack Obama on Thursday for saying he's open to changing U.S. policy toward Cuba if there is chang...
AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 11.28.2011
HAVANA — Cuba legalized the sale and purchase of automobiles for all citizens on Wednesday, another major step in the communist run island's eco...
HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 11.08.2011
While the transformation of the AIDS epidemic from what Reagan termed "gay cancer" to a globally-feared disease has been well documented on TV and in ...
AP | Posted 11.04.2011
MADRID -- One of Spain's largest media groups says Cuba has revoked the accreditation of its longtime correspondent on the Caribbean island for allege...
Robin Wilkey | Posted 11.02.2011
In San Francisco, one million dollars doesn't get you much these days. An apartment in the Excelsior. A Giants World Series ticket. Parking in the fin...
Jonathan Harris | Posted 10.15.2011
You don't pay $1.6 million for a three bedroom in Noe Valley only to move a kid named Bob or Sally into the nursery. The roll call at a San Francisco preschool is more apt to include Declan, Keegan, Balthazar, and Poet.
Michael Tong | Posted 09.28.2011
When people move to San Francisco, I often hear a lot of disappointment in their tone. This was, in fact, my own impression of the city when I first moved here two years ago from Washington, DC.
Mónica Villamizar | Posted 09.05.2011
Hugo Chavez's health saga has had ups and downs, but specially has born the trademark of the Cold War era. After 24 days of absence he arrived in Caracas under total secrecy. But what exactly is wrong with Chavez?
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 08.24.2011
It would have been better and wiser for us and the world -- and worse for al Qaeda -- if we hadn't summarily assassinated Osama bin Laden.
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011
The money came in a white envelope, brought to the door by an illegal agency. "Use it to celebrate Christmas," the accompanying note read, ending with a brief, "bye."
Posted 05.25.2011
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro used some colorful language while lashing out in a new article on U.S. leadership, calling President Barack Obama the...
John McAuliff | Posted 05.25.2011
Judy Gross, the wife of the USAID subcontractor Alan Gross detained by Cuba for nearly a year, is playing a more public role on his behalf.
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.27.2012