The price of the embargo

One step forward, one step back… The negotiations between the US and Cuba for an opening in some areas have been jumpy since Obama came to power. Because of the inflexibility of Cuban regime and because of internal movements within the US political life.

Where is the real power?

Forbes has just published its classification of the 100 most powerful people in the world. No surprise: Barack Obama is at the top of the ranking, before Hu Jintao and Vladimir Putin. What about Latin America? Well, it seems that money makes power, as the first Latin American in the Forbes classification is also the richest one, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim.