Author: Dariela Aquique

As part of the “Evangelization” being carried out by the highest office in the Vatican, the island will be visited by the supreme pontiff, which will make him the second pope to do so, following John Paul II’s 1998 visit.

Racial differences are being felt in Libya. Today bitterness and inequalities between ethnic groups and districts are realities experienced by this people following the demise of Gadhafi. Displaced black groups now wander about the streets of Tripoli.

From the time of the eclogues of Homer, people have spoken about wars in which people died in foreign lands in the name of “causes” that were as alien to them as the foreign battlefields on which they fell.

From a friend I received an e-mail from a friend with an interesting article titled “On the Press in Cuba” (Sobre la prensa en Cuba), by journalist Guillermo Rodriguez Rivera; it was taken from Espacio laical, a publication of the Archdiocese of Havana.

At that time, my late mother was barely 16 years. She was the daughter of parents who identified with the revolution and—herself deeply moved by everything that was happening—she joined the brigade.

A new method is now emerging in Cuba as a way to help with supply and demand in the black market. Through this you’ll hear the soothing words: “You can pay in installments.”

Every seemingly innocent and simple picture has its own life. Its speech is so powerful in itself. The figure is there, posing its challenge by imploring “Look at me!” This is photography in today’s Cuba.

There’s a curious Russian anecdote about a police officer who arrested a man for talking about the dictator in public. He was taken prisoner and sentenced to be shot. Stalin, who used to sign the execution orders, was curious about the charges against this individual.

A curious and interesting report by journalist Marais Suarez was featured on the national television news recently. In it she interviewed dentistry specialists who explained the need and importance of people replacing their toothbrushes three or four times a year.