Rosa Miriam Elizalde

The heroes of Hotel Saratoga

May 13, 2022 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

At first, there was an explosion. The six-story building vibrated, and a few wires snapped with the force of a whiplash. Immediately afterward, more than half of the facade collapsed without any warning, with each […]

El bloqueo a Cuba cumple 60 años

February 4, 2022 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Se dice fácil, pero han sido seis décadas durísimas que comenzaron con una ligereza desconcertante y la creencia de que el bloqueo del Gobierno de Estados Unidos a Cuba no duraría demasiado. Un par de años, […]

The blockade against Cuba turns 60

February 4, 2022 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

It’s easy to say, but it’s been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government’s blockade of Cuba would not last long—a couple of years, maybe. […]

¿Por qué Estados Unidos estuvo alimentando las protestas del 15 de noviembre en Cuba?

November 23, 2021 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

El 20 de septiembre, comenzaron a llegar cartas a ocho sedes de los Gobiernos municipales o provinciales de Cuba, en las que se anunciaba la celebración de marchas “pacíficas” durante el 15 de noviembre, convocadas por un […]

Why is the U.S. fueling the November 15 Cuba protests?

November 13, 2021 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of “peaceful” marches on November 15 by a group called Archipiélago. The motivation for these marches was a call for […]

The U.S. has an unhealthy obsession with Cuba

November 1, 2021 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave $6,669,000 in grants for projects aimed at “regime change” in Cuba, a euphemism to avoid saying “direct intervention by […]

Estados Unidos tiene una obsesión malsana con Cuba

November 1, 2021 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

La alcancía volvió a sonar. Hace menos de un mes, en septiembre de 2021, la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) otorgó 6.669.000 dólares en subvenciones para proyectos destinados a un “cambio […]

The money that never arrives in Cuba

September 4, 2021 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

With the money she earns cleaning houses in the morning and an office at night, Virgen Elena Pupo, a 47-year-old Cuban migrant, has managed to raise her family in Washington, D.C., but has not been […]

Las remesas que no llegan

September 4, 2021 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Con el dinero que gana limpiando casas en la mañana y una oficina en la noche, Virgen Elena Pupo, migrante cubana de 47 años, ha logrado sacar adelante a su familia en Washington DC, pero […]

The good people who will give internet to Cuba

August 7, 2021 Rosa Miriam Elizalde

GitHub, the largest free software platform in the world, has published an incomplete list of 60 computer programs, sites and services restricted for Cuba by the unreasonable U.S. blockade, which according to Senator Marco Rubio […]