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Guest Commentator

Rosa Miriam Elizalde

BC Guest Commentator Rosa Miriam Elizalde is a Cuban journalist and founder of the site Cubadebate. She is vice president of both the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) and the Latin American Federation of Journalists (FELAP). She has written and co-written several books including Jineteros en la Habanaand Our Chavez. She has received the Juan Gualberto Gómez National Prize for Journalism on multiple occasions for her outstanding work. She is currently a weekly columnist for La Jornada of Mexico City.

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Guest Commentary

Why Is the U.S. Fueling the November 15 Cuba Protests?

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde Guest Commentator

No other issue in the U.S. domestic politics, in recent weeks, has received so much attention or been the case of such obsession before these marches.

On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of “peaceful” marches on November 15 by a…

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Guest Commentary

Our Unhealthy Obsession With Cuba

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde Guest Commentator

Public funding for the anti-Castro industry in the United States seems inexhaustible.

The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave $6,669,000 in grants for projects aimed at “regime…

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