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...will have more than one choice for president on their ballots.The formal transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul Castro marks the first transfer of power in 49 years. For most Harvard students, this is the first time they’ve witnessed a change in Cuba??s leadership in their lifetimes. But, according to Lage, Velo-Arias, and Balmori, Raul’s election may not signal progress toward the democratic Cuba that so many Cuban-Americans and their families envision for the future. Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista—sensing his eminent downfall?...
...Besides Cuba??s questionable success in reducing infant mortality, health care in other respects is decidedly lacking. Cubans are indeed granted free diagnosis, but they lack free care. Cuba lacks the resources to treat its patients, who are expected to supply their own pillows and water during hospital visits. These hospitals are in decaying condition, a fact made more appalling by its contrast to the exemplary hospitals which only foreigners have access...
...truly free educational system should operate unconditionally. But in Cuba, your education comes at a severe price: forced labor in escuelas del campo (countryside schools), to which junior high students are sent for work ranging from picking tomatoes to cutting sugar cane. Entrance into Cuba??s universities is conditional on involvement with the Communist Party. Cuban students cannot express dissenting opinions for fear of being identified as “counter-revolutionaries,” effectively precluding them from pursuing professional careers...
...heavy criticism from the international community and inciting a trade embargo with the United States. Yet despite these atrocities, many in the global community have overlooked some of the positive changes to Cuban society made possible by the Castro regime, focusing instead on his more egregious actions. Under Castro, Cuba??s public health care and educations systems improved to be among the best in Latin America. Universal medical coverage was one of the foundational principles upon which the Castro regime operated, and the success of its health care initiatives has left Cuba with an infant mortality rate lower...
More than 170 diners feasted on coconut flan at the “Juban Celebration” jointly sponsored by Harvard Hillel and the Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association (CAUSA) last evening. The “Kosher Taste of Cuba?? dinner, which also included Cuban-style brown rice, mojo chicken, and Havana black bean soup, led into a multimedia book discussion with author and University of Michigan professor Ruth Behar. The meal drew a “really excellent” turnout, according to Associate Director of Harvard Hillel Michael A. Simon. Elena C. Casta?...