Tag Archives: Cuba

The Politics of Legitimacy

Posted on October 27, 2011 by jorge b.

Jorge defends Senator Marco Rubio and describes him as a legitimate son of Cuban exiles. Continue reading →

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Che, Rum and Property Rights (part 2)

Posted on August 16, 2011 by jorge b.

Jorge gives us a Cuban’s point of view on the infamous Che Guevara. Continue reading →

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Che, Rum and Property Rights

Posted on August 8, 2011 by jorge b.

In the midst of Joash purchasing his own pad, Jorge explains the challenges facing property rights in Cuba. Continue reading →

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A Cuban Prince in Buckingham Palace

Posted on June 13, 2011 by jorge b.

Like a character in a fairy tale, Elio Gutierrez, a young man who left Cuba as a five year old during the Mariel boatlift, is now cooking boliche, tostones and black beans & rice in a castle — for the … Continue reading →

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A little bit of Cuba in a corner of Apalachicola

Posted on September 22, 2010 by jorge b.

While vacationing in Apalachicola last week, I was hoping to find some “antique” marine junk, maybe a little piece of “Americana” in the form of some beach resort “kitsch” or some of the local Tupelo honey — the likes of what Peter Fonda, in the role of bee keeper Ulysses Jackson in Victor Nuñez’s wonderful movie Ulee’s Gold, was gathering on the swamps of the Apalachicola river basin. Continue reading →

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