By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on May 7, 2025 from Havana
It is common to hear many people ask how it is possible that an individual like Donald Trump could be elected president of a country that, although it does not guarantee universal education, has research centers, universities, and institutions of advanced thought in various fields. (more…)
By Dr. José Ramón Cabañas on on March 25, 2025
Paper presented at the International Seminar on Cultural Diplomacy, organized by the Instituto Superior de Relaciones Internacionales “Raúl Roa García”, ISRI, Havana, March 25-27, 2025. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on March 6, 2025
The so-called State of the Union Address is currently a verbal presentation by the President of the United States to a joint session of Congress (House and Senate) in a plenary hall of the Capitol, which is also attended by members of the Supreme Court, senior government officials, the accredited diplomatic corps and a select list of guests. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on December 17, 2024
Celebration in Washington DC after the return of the Cuban 5 to their homeland. photos: Bill Hackwell
On that December 17, Cubans, Americans and citizens from all over the world began the day with news and rumors that foretold that it would be a singular day. It was reported that at midday both Army General Raul Castro Ruz and President Barack Obama would make public announcements. (more…)
By Zoe Alexandra on November 4, 2024
photo: Bill Hackwell
As the people of the United States head to the polls, people across the world are left to wonder how a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris victory will impact their countries, given the global hegemon’s central role in geopolitics. This is especially true in the socialist Republic of Cuba, which for over 65 years, has faced a comprehensive economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the US government and maintained continuously by different Democratic and Republican administrations. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez, October 2024
photo: Bill Hackwell
Introduction
In September 2024, the United Nations (UN) launched a call for a Pact for the Future to guide the achievement of global development goals for humanity. Around the same time, in mid-October 2024, the 25th anniversary of the Budapest World Science Conference was celebrated. This event, held under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Science Council (ISC), was the greatest effort by the global scientific community to alert society and governments around the world to the opportunity to choose a commitment and priority to promote ways of achieving sustainable development and to provide the world with a code of conduct and a framework for action that could lead to the creation and consolidation of a global knowledge society, which in turn could build a sustainable future (UNESCO, 2000). (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on August 15, 2024
The “senior official” who preferred to remain anonymous knows as well as all of us that what is needed to advance U.S. relations with Cuba is political will. In the Caribbean we call it “pants”.
Two days ago the U.S. publication Politico published an article entitled “Washington and Havana are stuck in a diplomatic impasse”, that compels us to make some clarifications. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on August 8, 2024 from Havana
The Kamala-Trump-Walz-Vance equation (Jessica Sosa Sosa / Cubahora)
While Walz exhibits concrete results at all levels, Vance appears to most voters as a question mark… (more…)