El Yuma

Rejecting the derogatory term "Gringos" and the accusatory epithet "Yanquis," Cubans prefer to refer to us, their North American neighbors, as "Yumas." This blog is simply one Yuma's way of sharing his thoughts on all things Cuban, a subject that often generates more heat than light.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Declaración “Por el reconocimiento de la legitimidad de la sociedad civil independiente cubana”

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  Reunion en Madrid de una representación de la sociedad civil independiente cubana Madrid, 26 de febrero de 2014 Por el reconocim...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Padura Itinerary in NYC (Feb. 24-26)

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REMINDER : Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura will be visiting us in New York City early next week, appearing at four public events between ...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Do you know who YOUR comrades are? Find out tomorrow night at the NYC New America Foundation!

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Tomorrow night, Tuesday, February 18, 2014, here in NYC at the New America Foundation  (RSVP here ), the intrepid tech journalist Emily Pa...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Another Miami event w/ Padura, Feb, 20th

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Another event w/ Leonardo Padura at Coral Gables Congregational Church on Feb, 20th The Cuban Research Institute ( CRI) along with Books ...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Public Events in NYC with The Man Who Loved Books - Padura's Itinerary (Feb 24-26)

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As announced in my previous post, Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura will be visiting us in New York City in late February and appearing at four...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura in the NYT & coming to NYC!

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Translated by Anna Kushner  576 pages. $35. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Yesterday's New York Times carried a very detailed ...
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Friday, January 3, 2014

Brother can you spare $264k?

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Photos courtesy of CNN's Patrick Oppmann. And we thought the price of "public" Internet in Cuba was high... I...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Cuba, 2013: The Year of Travel

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There was a lot going on in Cuban affairs this year, what with the two-steps forward and one-step back rhythm of what I like to call Raúl Ca...

Property Rights in Cuba & AP article on cuentapropistas - A Reader Responds...

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Earlier this week, the AP put out an article on self-employment in Cuba  entitled, " Lack of Customers Dooms Many Cuban Businesses ,...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

"Lo cortés no quita lo valiente" - entre apretones y palabras!

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See video at NYT here . My two cents on what every Cubahead is talking about today: There's an old Spanish saying: " Lo cort...
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Soy original de Pensacola, Florida - "La Riviera de los Redneck". Ávido de rodar por el mundo escapé a Massachusetts para hacer la universidad. Luego enfilé proa hacia el sur y vine a tirar el ancla en Ecuador, donde enseñé inglés durante 18 meses. De regreso a los EE.UU. hice escala en “La ciudad que el viento se llevó y el gobierno olvidó”: Nueva Orleans, que me acogió como suyo por 7 felices años. Ahora sin embargo soy un orgulloso neoyorquino. Mis ciudades favoritas son Nueva Orleans, Nueva York y La Habana. Actualmente imparto clases en la Universidad y me encanta enseñar. También me place mucho ofrecer hospitalidad a los amigos que llegan de visita a esta ciudad, cuyos mil y un barrios suelo explorar en mi bicicleta. @@@ I'm from the heart of the Redneck Riviera (Pensacola, Florida), escaped to Massachusetts for college (Holy Cross), and again to Ecuador for a few years. I lived for 7 blissful years in "The City that Care Forgot," New Orleans, Louisiana, and am now a proud New Yorker. My favorite cities are NOLA, NYC, & La Habana. I'm a college professor here in NYC, love teaching, hosting friends visiting the city, and exploring the 1,001 different neighborhoods on my bike.
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