Nelson P. Valdés

Wealthy elites in the United States and Mexico follow the same democratic strategy: modernized election theft.
The exiles and government officials who upbraid him have yet to thank Fidel for providing them with long-term employment.
Necessity forced Cuban leaders to adopt an environmentally friendly, self-reliant strategy that can aid the Earth’s well being and humanity’s survival.
In the first entry on a two-part series, we look at how Cuban leaders could forge a new environmental mission in 2012.
Can an agreement in the Central American nation satisfy both left and right?
Cuba opens its doors to religion freedom, while the U.S. ignores all progress in Cuba and Americans continue to live vicarious lives through their TVs.
Academics making money, terrorists roaming free, and the reinvention of “Cuban Civil Society.”
Opulent religious rhetoric is once again employed to justify absurd military actions.
We’re in a recession. So why is Obama declaring the Pentagon budget “untouchable”?
The United States needs to stop supporting coups — of all political stripes — and start supporting actual democracy.
Unless the Bush administration acts fast, a vast wave of rafters may greet the next U.S. president soon after he takes office.