Politics of Cuba

Oswaldo Payá is credited with changing the conversation in Cuba, bringing to light grassroots dissatisfaction with the Cuban government and the direction of its policies.

The Cuban government recently announced that it’s laying off 500,000 state workers. A Cuba scholar helps people figure out what it means.

Paya, 60, was a respected member of the Cuban dissident movement and an unrelenting crusader for civil society.

Fidel Castro’s haikus extoll the virtues of growing mulberry trees, and he marvels at what yoga can do with the human body.

The Cuban government says it will slash a half million government jobs over the next six months. The idea is to shrink the government payroll while increasing private-sector jobs. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Andy Gomez at the University of Miami.