Foto de Yoandy Izquierdo Toledo. Violence is an unjustifiable evil in Cuba as in any other part of the world. It is a primeval lag of a mode of interrelating given to incivility, of a primitive conscience and of a world that allowed itself to be ruled by hate, resentment and the repression of whatever was different. A society is headed in a very wrong direction in the way it relates and of how it defends an idea or power itself, when it uses imposition,...

Foto tomada de Internet. Cuba faces and unprecedented juncture. Internal and external situations have connected in a way that is bringing about an unheard of and also critical scenario. Cuba should seek out a way out. The crisis We are entering a new deepening in the systemic crisis inherent in the economic a political model that doesn’t work and one which has demonstrated its inefficiency and unviability. Despite measures to “updated”...

Foto tomada de Internet Cuba is approaching a citizen consultation exercise. On February 24, 2019, a text of the Constitution that has been drafted by an ad hoc Commission, elected by those in the government and/or in the only Party, will be submitted to a referendum. A new Constitution should have been drafted by a Constituent Assembly, directly elected by the people to represent all political, religious, economic and social options. It is true that...

Human labor, honest and worthy, is a source of personal and social development. It is the origin of prosperity, progress and the quality of life of the citizen and the nation. Jesus Christ tells us in the Bible: “the worker deserves his wages” (Luke 10:7). Therefore there is a close relationship among work, wages and human development. In Cuba, however, there is a huge gap between honest work and the salary it earns. The insuficciency...

“… people never pour new wine into old wine bags”  (Matthew 9:16 ) During these months Cuba finds itself in the midst of a process of constitutional change. The reason being put forward for change is that the Constitution of 1976, having been modified several times, has become obsolete, reality having overtaken it. The need to adapt to internal and external crossroads has caused it to in fact break down, or for it to be ignored by the force of the...

Cuba is facing the possibility of expressing its opinion yea or nay regarding a new text for a constitution which has not come about -as it should have been- from a constituent assembly freely elected by all the people to be then submitted to a referendum for final approval or rejection. Now we will have the opportunity to take advantage of the space provided for all amendments to be heard from each and every Cuban, coming from both lungs of the single...

Cubans in the Island and in the Diaspora, as well as many international observers, are today asking ourselves a question: What will happen in Cuba with Díaz-Canel as president? Many respond: We must wait. Other responses go from one extreme to the other, as is normal when the uncertainties of the immediacy of generational change, and the diversity of public opinion, lead to a complex range of expectations. And we believe that nobody, either in the...

Nobody can predict the future. Ancient Biblical prophets were not fortune tellers. They were men and women of God who would learn from the past, analyzing the present, and, as a consequence of the lessons of history and the potentialities and dangers of the times in which they lived, would announce the future so that the people “who walked in darkness” would see the coming lights. In Cuba, regardless of what the future holds for us, with...

Once again a historic opportunity for change appears at the hands, minds and will of all Cubans and the authorities of the Country. New opportunities open up to change the rate of transformation, making it deeper and stronger. It would be reckless and irresponsible to once again waste time as well as circumstances favorable for an honorable, peaceful, gradual and orderly transfer towards a democratic, prosperous and happy society. The year 2018 marches...

Project Convivencia is reaching its 10th anniversary. It considers itself the inheritor of the Center for Civic Training known as the Centro de Formación Cívica and of Vitral magazine (1993-2007) belonging to the Diocese of Pinar del Río, since most of its founders participated in both of these. It makes for 25 continuous years. This is not a small matter for Cuba, given that they are all projects of an independent civil society. Some friends have...