Yesterday were our elections, and once again I decided not to exercise my right to vote. I don’t support the circus that has been staged to legitimize the regime. But neither did I sign the “Urgent Call for a Better and Possible Cuba.”
Read MoreThe absence of the right to travel abroad since the sixties has been a major source of discontent among Cubans. With the measures recently adopted by his government, Raúl Castro is now trying to lower the intensity of that discontent by making the existing rules to leave and enter the country more flexible, and in the process, achieve other goals.
Read MoreHis comeback was more than public this time. He met for five hours with Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua, and then accompanied the visitor from his home to the National Hotel, where Fidel then spoke with some of the workers there for about 30 minutes.
Read MoreAll around the world people are writing stories and articles on the internet telling about their lives as well as discussing what’s happening in their neighborhoods, provinces and countries. Cubans are one of the few peoples on the planet who can’t do this freely, at least not the way we’d like.
Read MoreFidel Castro was seen in public on Saturday in Havana after several months of absence and amid a wave of rumors about his alleged deteriorating health.
Read MoreAround eight million Cubans are expected to go to the polls today to vote for their neighborhood delegates, some of whom will make it to the Poder Popular city councils.
Read MoreThe La Franja Theater Project recently concluded its performances of the play “The Man Who Wasn’t There”, a text belonging to the young Cuban playwright Liliam Ojeda. The show featured the artistic direction of Anaysy Gregory Gil. (19 photos)
Read More“Are you guys ‘underground’?” a young woman asked us recently, as Jimmy and I were going to visit a friend in the hospital who was about to have a baby. Of course the question didn’t end there.
Read MoreVictor Pellegrini, the Argentine guitar virtuoso, offered a beautiful concert recently at the Pablo de la Torriente Brau Centro Cultural in Havana, performing pieces by composers from Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina , Ecuador and Venezuela. (16 photos)
Read MoreYesterday I had the botella (hitchhiking experience) of my life. I left my boss’s house (she lives near the heavily trafficked corner of 23rd and 26th streets in the Vedado district), and proceeded to ask a Cubataxi driver for a free lift.
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