News Theme Song

This is no longer the song used to open the broadcast--which could be heard coming from all directions, walking through any neighborhood at 8pm.



I would like to hear a hip hop beat sample this song.

I Am (Uncle) Sam meets Yo Sí Puedo

A great gringo actor does mediocre journalism with Hugo Chávez & Raul Castro--but gets inadvertent scoop that Cuban president considers Guantanamo Bay a "neutral place".

Why would Raul Castro propose Guantanamo Bay as a neutral locale to meet with Obama?

Doesnt Cuba maintain claims of full legal possession of the entire island?

It seems to me that implying Guantanamo as neutral is tantamount to conceding Cuba's sovereign right to the area and saying its OK for the US military to continue to occupy it.

Explanation eludes.

To Love Your Country is to Love Humanity

Cuban press "controlled", copied by Spanish press

El Pais newspaper from Madrid calls the "official" Cuban press "controlled" by the state.

The Spanish journalist lists a litany of illegal and informal economic activities currently found in Cuba. Such as stealing gas, illegally manufacturing plastic bowls, stealing iron from telephone poles, and others previously covered here like selling plastic bags and "cannibalizing" garbage bins.

All of which the so-called reporter learned about directly from critical articles in Cuban newspapers.

If the Cuban press really were as controlled as El Pais insinuates, this journalist might not have anything to write about.

Circling in on Public's Complaints about Media

Longtime resident, Circles Robinson reports on the general popular sentiment regarding the press in Cuba.

It is not clear whether his testament on the Cuban street comes first hand or is more an assessment on the government's broad understanding of the grievances aired regarding aggrieved airtime and faultily spilled ink.

Regardless, they seem like very plausibly nuanced comments.