When was the last time you checked your cell phone or PDA? Or placed an important work-related phone call or email? Check for directions? If you are as guilty as I am, it’s probably been about 30 seconds since you’ve picked it up.  The impact the mobile communication industry has had on our personal and professional lives is significant, albeit difficult to quantify. But the revolutionary change it has made on developing economies worldwide dwarfs that of developed nations.  

Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President, saved the Republic during the Civil War, ended slavery and was the catalyst for the Transcontinental Railroad that first united the East and West of America.  

Does Puerto Rico need a civil war?  I know this is like asking “Do you need a hole in your head?”  But is the United States waiting for one to develop before it realizes the implications of one fateful decision in American foreign policy in 1898?

 The CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) field has undergone significant change in the past decade as a growing number of companies integrate social impact and community giving into their key strategic initiatives.   Many more businesses are seeing it as an important part of their growth, and short and long-term goals.  Whether its financial support or in-kind donations, executives are choosing to align their brand-name or product, with a philanthropic cause.

IN MEMORIAM ORLANDO ZAPATA TAMAYO

In Cuba there is a non-written policy, yet a firm “understanding” by regime whites in power that Afro Cubans do not have a right to protest because after all the revolution was done for them. This narrative is echoed in sophisticated tones in American academia and mainstream media.