Irina Pino, Author at Havana Times

To Leave Cuba or to Stay

Departures will intensify with the new 2-year sponsorship measure, of Cubans living in the US. Another way to leave & then opt for residency.

We shouldn’t feel sorry for ourselves, we’re still here, Magaly told me – a friend from my teenage years who used to live in my neighborhood

I remember an image from my youth. I see my sister and me, looking for dry branches in the flower beds to put together a Christmas tree.

Being sad is a natural state, something that comes over you all of a sudden and you can’t stop it. I’ve been sad since last week…

We all have an intimate inner world where we can do incredible things and create a better world for ourselves.

Looking back at the past is a nostalgic act, an attempt to capture the indefinite. You can’t turn back the hands of time.

It’s like we’re living inside a western movie, where only the fastest gunslinger survives. In this case, the gun is the fattest wallet.

There are long lines in Havana outside movie theaters, which is unusual to see during this time of shortages, pandemic, and other demons.

Here in Havana, the floods have been considerable in dissimilar places, such as El Vedado and other neighborhoods, however in my area…

It’s 7:30 AM, I have breakfast & get ready to go to the sea. It’s right in front of my house, so I often go for a swim depending on the waves