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Author: Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov

Dmitri Prieto's Diary 

An Explosive Pill for Pigs: a Cuban Urban Legend or Animal Cruelty?

July 31, 2017August 1, 2017 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 4 Comments

The subject of explosive pills for pigs is really quite shocking. Especially when you take into account the fact that the pill was clearly not made for pigs. However, vox populi associates them with these animals.

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Spiritual War in Havana?

March 17, 2017 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 3 Comments

One afternoon, I was walking near the old Tallapiedra thermoelectric plant, a place close to where I normally catch the bus home and also near a primary school. Something with a white outline really caught my eye on the pavement.

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Was the “Special Period” a Cuban Invention?

November 19, 2016November 19, 2016 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 2 Comments

The “Special Period” is still used to describe the era that began in Cuba in the mid-1990s. Fidel Castro had warned the Cuban people that there were chances that the USSR – the Caribbean island´s main supplier and trade partner at that time – might collapse and disintegrate.

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Asbestos, Hurricanes and Cancer in Cuba

November 7, 2016November 7, 2016 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 4 Comments

When Hurricane Matthew swept through Guantanamo province in early October, news about how Cuban industries making building materials readying to help the victims, immediately appeared on our TV screens.

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Who Are Cuba’s Native People?

November 2, 2016November 3, 2016 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 13 Comments

On October 20th – Cuban Culture Day – there was a very interesting event held at the Cuban Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC) headquarters, which was dedicated to Cuba’s native peoples.

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Cuba: Efficiency

July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 3 Comments

Efficiency in being demanding when committing deeply to work hard slowly but surely to further accelerate progress towards the optimization of efficiency improvement.

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Is July 26 the Happiest Day in our History?

July 26, 2016 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 2 Comments

“The 26th is the happiest day in our History”; this is what the repetitive chorus of an old song says, which was aired on the Cuban TV new’s programs, in the days leading up to the 26th July celebrations, the day of National Rebellion.

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Brexit and Bureaucracy

July 16, 2016July 16, 2016 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 5 Comments

This whole business of the UK leaving the EU – BREXIT – can be read and interpreted in many ways. A part of this controversy has caught my attention and isn’t really touched upon in the analyses I’ve read. This is the subject of bureaucracy.

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I’m Liking Havana less and less

June 22, 2016June 27, 2016 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 11 Comments

This Havana that I wanted for years to call my home, this Havana where I studied at its University and where I’ve already worked for a fair bit… this Havana that I like less and less every day.

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The New Cuba Says: Kill, God forgives

June 17, 2016 Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov 3 Comments

A small businessman had this sign up on his stand, located on Havana’s Infanta Street. A threatening portrayal of the new Cuban race, a fearful fragment of theology, which inverts St. Augustine de Hippo’s philosopy of “Love and do what you will.”

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