Global crisis: slow recovery and little optimism

In recent events held in Havana, such as the Seventh International Meeting of Accounting, Auditing and Finances - Accounting 2011, and the Tenth International Convention on Cooperativism and Development Problems - Cooperat 2011, a reoccurring topic brought up by specialists from several nations is the complicated global panorama.

Everyone agrees that the world stage is characterized by the deep global economic crisis that began in the second half of 2008, more than 30 months ago, and which continues to worsen; although some analysts dare point to signs that the world is emerging from the crisis.

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The U.S., Beyond the fear of an oil spill off the Cuban coast

A new campaign by the Miami Cuban American mafia, led by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and David Rivera, is underway with the pretext of an alleged danger posed to the security of the Florida coasts, while their real intention is to prevent de advancement of Cuban economy.

In a recent article posted on the online version of The Voice of Russia titled "Oil is more important than communism," the author Boris Volkhonsky stresses that the recent discovery of huge deposits of oil in the Cuban coast has triggered a wave of controversial reactions by the United States.

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The cyber dissidence has no link with the Cuban reality

That is the opinion of journalist and writer Enrique Ubieta in an interview with La Republica newspaper

Enrique Ubieta is an intellectual accustomed to swimming against the tide, but never between two waters, he is clear that his bank is on the coasts of Cuba, from where he looks out on the reality of inside and outside of the Island. For Ubieta the  Cuban Revolution continues being an ethical option, a way to overcome these stormy times. Director of "La calle del medio", one of the most followed publications by the Cuban youth, he talked exclusively with La Républica on the current challenges of the youth, the blogger phenomenon and the media.

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