News from Cuba concerning a crackdown against entrenched corruption have circled the world in the last few weeks. A former food industries minister, Alejandro Roca, is serving a 15-year sentence. The president of Cubana de Aviacion was fired and 14 executives of that airline and a tourism agency were sentenced to prison terms. Officials from the …
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Letter to The Sun
Sir: As a Cuban Canadian author, I am concerned about how The Sun has reported and commented recent events that have taken place in Cuba. In what regards the case of Cody LeCompte, I have two observations. It is a mistake to equate a government with the people it rules. If the notoriously incompetent Communist government …
The worst enemies of capitalism
In late 2002 or early 2003, residing in Spain, I read a laudatory article on capitalism in a prestigious, pro-market, right-of-centre British magazine that included this assertion: “Some capitalists are the worst enemies of capitalism.” Twenty or more years earlier I had concluded that a number of politicians and religious leaders are the worst enemies …
My first e-book
Dear readers: I have made available exclusively here “The Fool,” a novel that I wrote 16 years ago and was published in Japan and Italy. To read on screen (or print) its preface and first four chapters for free (a total of 34 pages) all you have to do is click here. Once you reach the …
The regressive nature of Communism
The human race has been unsuccessfully trying to crack a number of nuts for several millennia. In our time, billions of people all over the world are greatly concerned with the 21st century’s social problems. Most wealthy democracies confront predicaments such as terrorism, wars abroad, global warming, crime, drugs, illegal immigration, ever-increasing prices and taxes, …
The influence of promotion on the entertainment and cultural markets
Sellers go to marketplaces to make money by offering goods and services, and the same rules apply to marketplaces the world over. Make, harvest or extract something, price it accordingly and offer it for sale. It seems, though, as in the last one hundred years the ever-increasing role of promotion has profoundly changed the buyer-seller …
Reality in crime fiction
I appreciate this opportunity to share with you my views about reality in crime fiction. I look forward to learning your opinions on this topic and answering your questions after a brief introduction. Although I strive to create, and prefer to read, realistic and believable novels, I am not against good unrealistic fiction, the key …
