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Macri And The End Of Populism In Argentina

The victory of Mauricio Macri in Argentina is the triumph of common sense over strained discourse and failed emotions. It is also the arrival of modernity and the burial of a populist stage that ...

Opinion

The Prejudices We Provoke

Under the slogan of “Tanganyika breaks heads with big force” a Cuban radio serial from the 50s inculcated my generation with the idea that Africans are rude and violent. I vaguely remember that ...

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Voters vote in the second round of local elections

More than 1.2 million citizens were summoned on Sunday, 26 April, to the second round of the elections to choose delegates for the municipal Assemblies of People’s Power in 1,166 constituencies of ...

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Regime opponent Chaviano receives an additional 51 votes

Hildebrando Chaviano ultimately received 189* votes in the local elections held last Sunday, according to the final counts published on Monday. The opposition candidate was unaware of a third ...

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138 Votes for Chaviano

At polling station number 2, located on the ground floor of FOCSA, the vote count ended near seven in the evening, and Hildebrando Chaviano, the opposition candidate, came in last place. So far, ...

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The media success of a regime opponent

“Who did you vote for?” an older woman was asked by her neighbors. “For Chaviano,” she said, on her way out of the polling station in the FOCSA building, just as a reporter from this newspaper was ...

Opinion

We are 1.7 million

Years of masks, whispers and fears have made Cubans find delving into political issues as difficult as delving into enigmatic, dark abyss. The few surveys and inquiries conducted independently in ...

Opinion

The Potato, the winning candidate in Pinar del Río

On the day that Cubans voted to elect the local representatives of the People’s Power, the State markets in Pinar del Río put potatoes on sale.Chance, someone said, is the daughter of causality ...

Opinion

The vote of inertia

“He abused me, but I love him… many years together, I don’t want to leave him.” How many times have we heard this phrase in the mouths of women who suffer domestic violence from their husbands. ...

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