The Gigolo State reinvents itself.

As it is too well known the best lithium depositories of the hemisphere are in Bolivia. And as it is also well known lithium to be the new oil as cars will rather soon be operated by batteries and batteries are made of lithium. Further, as solar panels mushroom all over the world to reduce carbon dioxide emissions storage of solar energy will spike demand for lithium. So as Venezuela falls more deeply into a humanitarian calamity and Cuba ceases to receive Venezuela’s generous transfers of oil and foreign exchange, taking over the Bolivian government will guarantee yet another 60 years of survival to the Cuban regime. And take over it is .

Plantados

Se les llamó “plantados” al puñado de presos políticos cubanos que se declararon en rebeldía pese a la brutal represión que el régimen de los Castro ejercía contra ellos. Los golpeaban o asesinaban a su antojo. Algunos de ellos habían tenido un comportamiento heroico y significativo contra la anterior dictadura, la de Batista. Pienso en Huber Matos y en Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo. Otros no tuvieron suficiente edad para destacarse, como Ernesto Díaz Rodríguez o Ángel de Fana, y les tocó desplegar todo su valor personal contra el castrismo, algo que hicieron (y siguen haciendo) notablemente.