The most surprising claim of some sympathizers of the Cuban system is that it is democratic. This is argued in spite of the dictatorial one-party state and the repression that State Security carries out on a routine basis to maintain the regime in power, and that many of its most important decisions, such as the agrarian reform in 1959 were mainly carried out from above and not from below.
Havana, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday toured productive and social centers in the western province of Pinar del Río, where he checked the work priorities for 2024.
14yMedio reports from Havana via Translating Cuba: The Cuban Government Once Again Uses Military Service Recruits As Firefighters At least five people were injured, one of them seriously, as the result of a fire in a resin warehouse in Manzanillo, in the province of Granma. The accident occurred this Thursday around 5:00 in the morning
Granma, Cuba Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero on Thursday regretted a fire occurred at a shipyard in this eastern province. Local authorities reported five people injured.
Following 16 years as a faculty member and director of the Honors College, Tiffany Sippial, professor of history, will leave Auburn at the end of the semester to assume the role of dean of the Honors College at the University of Alabama beginning July 5, 2023.