Getting Out of Bed on the Wrong Side
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.
Read MoreTrying 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.
Read MoreDariel 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…
Read MoreMarina identified with and was moved by Amelia’s live stream video. She recognized her own anguish in Amelia, this angry speech was her own.
Read MoreI 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).
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreHe spent the entire night sitting in the living room. The pain was more intense when he laid down, his blood pressure went up…
Read MoreMy daughter was excited all week. The days passed by and she imagined the moment she’d hold the prize for her work.
Read MoreThis is the dilemma many families have, trying to survive on an island where even breathing is a punishment.
Read MoreMy 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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