The Federación de Mujeres Cabanas. (Federation of Cuban Women) is the large, popular women’s organization of Cuba. The FMC has an immense responsibility: to untie the “other hand;” to liberate the Cuban women from traditional roles. This means overcoming the …
Over 100,000 of the Cuban people, including Fidel, have donated blood for their Peruvian sisters and brothers who just suffered a huge earthquake. When the call for blood donors went out, 10,000 pints a day were given. The people responded …
In Cuba, the accent is on youth. Everything is done for youth; everything is expected of youth. The finest residential area of Havana is the Miramar section, where the rich whites formerly lived. This is where thousands on thousands of …
I wonder how Alfredo is taking it—not making the 10 million that is. We all worked hard to reach that goal: 10 million tons of sugar, the largest in Cuba’s history. In March and April, when we were cutting cane …
I was born in the Sierra Maestra in 1934. I am 36 years old. My mother is from Camaguey and my father is from Oriente and my grandfather is French. My grandfather lived and worked in the countryside but my …
As of 1970, all homes in Cuba are rent-free. In Cuba, medical care is free. Since 1967, there have been no cases of polio in Cuba; immunization of children is free and carried on each year. In 1970, some cities …
To The Fifth Estate: I ask that you print this letter in the next issue of your paper in order to repair some of the damage I fear has resulted, inadvertently, from an inaccurate report of an interview I gave …
To the Fifth Estate, As a result of the Airports and Airways Bill, which was passed by Congress recently, all air travel within or from the U.S. commencing after July 1, will involve changes in U.S. Transportation taxes. The local …
Dear Fifth Estate: We’ve stumbled upon your paper at the right time. Our heads have been infiltrated with “lifer” propaganda. We’re becoming radical and have developed a leftist attitude. It’s hard to accomplish in the Army but we continue …
Dear F.E. A few months ago we read a blurb in your “letters” column from a couple of prisoners in an Ohio penitentiary who wanted to hear from any of your readers. We wrote, expecting to join the hundreds …