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Author: Mavis Alvarez

Mavis Alvarez's Diary 

Recycling in Process (2)

August 13, 2010 Mavis Alvarez 0 Comments

Why didn’t they give me that program the day before? Why do I speak with everybody who sits beside me? What happens with me and symphonic directors?

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Recycling in Process

August 5, 2010August 6, 2010 Mavis Alvarez 3 Comments

My Havana Times colleague Irina Echarry recently published an article titled “Recycle, Recycle, Recycle.” I could relate to the topic, given how much it related to me. I am a woman formed out of love for the earth and nature, and also for people, who both live and survive as a species on this planet.

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An Older Woman on the Streets of Havana

July 1, 2010 Mavis Alvarez 3 Comments

Either things are moving too fast or I move so slowly that I can’t keep up. Over the last few months I haven’t been in the capital much; instead, I’ve been roaming and combing backcountry roads, observing and talking with women and men of the forest.

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A White? Cuban Woman Facing the Mirror

March 20, 2009May 23, 2009 Mavis Alvarez 13 Comments

I don’t remember ever having asked myself what race I belonged to. I was born advantaged in a society that discriminated against non-whites. So, am I white? The answer isn’t so simple. Let’s have a look at my genealogical tree; since racial classifications don’t work with me.

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