Cuba

Author Achy Obejas Reveals the Best Thing About Fiction

The Aspen Words Literary Prize nominee talks about her latest short story collection and the power of language.

February 15, 2018

What Does the Death of Fidel Castro Mean for US – Cuba Relations?

If Trump wants a win on Cuba he should heed his business sense and look toward the future.

December 7, 2016

Cuban Startups Face Hurdles Silicon Valley Can’t Imagine

MarketWatch highlights results of the Global Alliances Program: “American entrepreneurs can learn a lot from Cuba’s emerging start-up culture.”

October 12, 2016

Medium: Color through Greys: The Design of Culture in Cuba

Many people are poised for something to happen in Cuba — shifting international relations, political change, connectivity, reliable infrastructure, and the tourism we’ve all heard so much about

May 27, 2016

Medium: Cuba will fail at tourism, but it can win at creative technology

In the six short months since I first visited Cuba, a lot has changed

May 26, 2016

Normalizing Relations with Cuba Is a Difficult Dance

The recent thaw of relations between Cuba and the United States is significant at the global level, but it affects citizens at a personal level as well.

March 22, 2016

Obama’s Visit to Cuba Marks a New Direction for US-Cuban Relations

President Barack Obama’s visit marks a new direction. But it is the next president and the next Cuban leader who will have the real work before them.

March 21, 2016

Medium: Emerging Innovation: How Cuba’s Creative Voices are Conquering Constraints

In Cuba, smartphone users who want to update their Conoce Cuba app  need to take their jailbroken device to a neighborhood phone shop and manually update the app in person.

November 16, 2015

Why Normalized US-Cuba Relations Benefit Both Countries

The president’s foreign policy decisions have been heavily criticized for their strategic value and lack of coherency, but in the case of Cuba his actions are pure realism. An honest review of the embargo against Cuba would yield little in the way of results and perhaps good arguments that it has been counterproductive in achieving a more fair and democratic government in the island nation.

December 17, 2014