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Jordi Please no need to apologize. I think I may h...

2012-01-29T20:56:54.627-05:00

Jordi Please no need to apologize. I think I may have mis-interpreted your post. Indeed the Cuban revolution brought many hopes and inspirations to Latin Americans and progressives all over the world in its beginnings. Unfortunately, what has developed thereafter has left the Cuban people trapped in an absurd ideological labyrinth walled by a cult of personality and the ravages of an economic embargo.

Thanks Jimena and Fernando for your comments. Fern...

2012-01-29T20:40:07.475-05:00

Thanks Jimena and Fernando for your comments.
Fernando, I agree that Fidel and Raul today cannot be considered "progressive" figures. Although they were when Guayasamín became a famous painter in the 1960's. I agree that today Cuba has a regime ruled by a group of old conservative men, including the Castro brothers. So, I'd like to apologize to those Cubans who would like their country to be progressive and many others who have suffered unjust actions by the regime.

Beautiful paintings. But Jordi I am not sure if ma...

2012-01-28T02:10:37.621-05:00

Beautiful paintings. But Jordi I am not sure if many Latin Americans would consider Raul and Fidel Castro as “progressive" figures. Isn’t this a bit nostalgic? Perhaps at the eve of the 1959 Cuban Revolution they were. Fidel and Raul are certainly not the emancipatory figures they once symbolized, at least not for so many Cubans who can’t leave the island of Cuba given the current political conditions of totalitarianism (and other Latin Americans who have chosen a different ideological path towards emancipation).

THe city and the neighborhoods look like a patchwo...

2012-01-25T01:25:11.332-05:00

THe city and the neighborhoods look like a patchwork quilt. It seems as if they're all melding together but each square or neighborhood is so distinct. This is a very different way of looking at a city. It's very beautiful.