Cuba

Magazine articles on politics and society in Cuba.

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Reason May 2008 Brian Doherty	Artifact: Castro Shrugged The Bush administration's reluctance to change its ill-conceived embargo against Cuba, even post-Fidel, shows that Castro isn't alone in misunderstanding "the essence of this new world" or the role of relatively unrestricted international trade in spreading wealth and liberty.
Home Theater April 3, 2008 Mark Fleischmann	Semi-Liberated Cubans Buy Electronic Goods The new government in Cuba will allow the purchase of electronic goods such as TVs, DVDs and computers, but prices are aimed at the wealthy population.
AskMen.com Jennifer Cox	12 Questions With Mayra Veronica Mayra Veronica is famous in her native Cuba for being a star on Spanish television. Her work in North America, however, is best-known for its uber-sexiness.
Reason January 2008 Ronald Bailey	Starvation Diet Castro's weight loss plan: The Cuban economic collapse occasioned by the withdrawal of massive Soviet subsidies between 1989 and 2000 helped the Cuban people slenderize.
Smithsonian August 2007 Jorge & Diana Rodriguez	Book Excerpt: "On Cuban Wings" The rise and fall of Cuban aviation, as explored in "The Country Where Nobody Flies," is one of the most dramatic in the Americas.
ifeminists August 23, 2006 Tony Zizza	Rethinking Elian Gonzalez The real issue at hand was, and is this: Does Elian deserve a chance to live in freedom or do fathers' rights and immigration law as constructed in America, mean he must live in a totalitarian regime?
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006 Frederik Balfour	Cuba: Visit To An Island Frozen In Time One reporter finds scant evidence that Cuba is poised for change after Castro.
Reason September 2005 Matt Welch	Quien es Libre? The U.S. government tightens its Cuban embargo policy by restricting fringe religion-related travel there.
Wired December 2004 Douglas Starr	The Cuban Biotech Revolution Embargo or no, Castro's socialist paradise has quietly become a pharmaceutical powerhouse. (They're still working on the capitalism thing.)
Fast Company February 2004 Fiona Haley	Viva Recycling! Now here's what we call creativity. In Cuba, where new things are rare, a phone gets turned into an electric fan, and a plastic bottle becomes a taxi sign.
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