CUBAN TRANSITIONS

Habanastation As the semester has progressed our class has been exposed to Cuban society at many different stages of revolution and progression. Through the movies, documentaries and videos we have seen, we have experienced Cuban society during the special period, and post special period but have not, until now, really gotten a view of Cuban […]

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Today there is an escalating inequality in the United States as higher education becomes more and more reserved for the elite. With an increasing disparity between not only who is being enrolled in the nation’s university system, but a similar issue also rises in the “quality” of the universities themselves. The right name, plenty of […]

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Ideally situated between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, benefits from very high amounts of direct sunlight and rainfall. Natural sciences tell us that heat and water are key components to life, and the combination of both result in some of the most extensive biodiversity levels found on […]

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I think it’s a shame that the UK-based Bitter Lemon Press decided that Havana Fever should be the title of the English edition of Leonardo Padura’s most recent novel in the Mario Conde series, originally titled La neblina del ayer. The sizzling nightlife of pre-Castro Havana is where we meet the beautiful yet elusive Bolero […]

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