Fabiana del Valle, Author at Havana Times

Cuba Is an Island in Mourning

This is my island, where there were believers willing to put their lives on the line in trenches for inconceivable causes.

Trying to get anything done in Cuba right now is torture. I’d been waiting months to try to see a dentist, but there are never any resources.

Dariel left his home that day. Those four walls suffocated him & the rain that had been falling for days had begun to filter through the walls…

Marina identified with and was moved by Amelia’s live stream video. She recognized her own anguish in Amelia, this angry speech was her own.

I used to lose myself in the magical world of cartoons, every time my old black & white Russian TV let me (it was broken a lot of the time).

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.

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.

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

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

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