During the 60s, 70s and 80s, many Cuban musicians were in search of the Afro-American musical trend known as Rhythm and Blues (R&B). _________________________________ Tomás Armenteros _________________________________ The vast majority previously attended small music academies of rock and pop music, and later of “soul music” as it is known in […]
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Colombia’s quest for justice (I): The international context
Between April 21 -23, the National Patriotic Council will convoke thousands of activists from most of the major urban and rural social movements and trade unions, human rights groups and indigenous, afro-Colombian movements, who will meet to unify forces and launch, what promises to be the most significant new political […]
The crisis that causes the crisis
Today divisions grow between banking authorities in regard to the relevance of maintaining low interest rates at historic lows. Masiel Fernandez Bolaños The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) Ben Bernanke, has repeatedly defended the monetary policy of low interest rates and insisted that the recovery will be even […]
Obama’s broken promises
Three years after being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, many of the promises that brought him to office as the country’s first black president have gone unfulfilled. Luis Brizuela Brínguez With a meteoric career and an election speech marked by his use of the word […]