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Author: Fabiana del Valle

The Cuba I’m Forced to Live In

May 3, 2022May 4, 2022

The first time I heard about the “Special Period”, I was 7. I was at school & the teachers were very concerned when talking about the subject.

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Tears and Farewells

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022

I know the bitter taste of farewells all too well. As a child, I would go to Havana with my grandparents to say goodbye to my aunts.

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A Medical Power Without Doctors

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022

He spent the entire night sitting in the living room. The pain was more intense when he laid down, his blood pressure went up…

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Pyramids, Mogotes and an Ambassador

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

My daughter was excited all week. The days passed by and she imagined the moment she’d hold the prize for her work.

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What Will I Buy Next?

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

This is the dilemma many families have, trying to survive on an island where even breathing is a punishment.

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Electronic Patients Lying on the Bed

February 14, 2022

My brother has his refuge. This place he goes back to every day, the space that shelters him when things aren’t going well.

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Another Day in Cuba

January 31, 2022

When Yamila’s grandmother told her for them to go and live with her, they didn’t think about the consequences.

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Mario and Nara, Trapped in the Socialist Utopia

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022

It was 1978 and Mario was in the fifth year of his Veterinary degree. He had a girlfriend who he was planning on marrying after graduating.

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Let Me Tell You about Artist Liduvino Echevarría

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

Ever since he was little, he paid close attention to colored images, he studied paintings and tried to copy them on every surface he could.

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She’s Just a Little Girl

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

She’s ten years old and she’s no longer the little girl that came to my daughter’s birthday party one year, holding her mother’s hand.

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