Author: Pedro Morejón

The thing is people have stopped believing in their leaders’ crazy delusions, after so many unfufilled promises and food adventures.

It is a well-made cement prefab house that has been left abandoned for over 20 years, and a dark legend has been woven around its existence.

What’s happening with rice in Cuba today reminds me of that dark time in the 1990s known as the “Special Period in Times of Peace.”

Rural Cuba has stories which, if compiled into a book of fables, would be called “Cuban rural mythology”. They are about peasants, especially, the elderly.

With the pandemic and economic crisis, charcoal for cooking continues to be in high demand today, in spite of gas stoves or electric cookers and stoves.

What happened with the phones didn’t come as a surprise. I went to watch one of the meetings when they would tell locals who was going to get one.

I have to admit, I was left quite surprised. In spite of so many decades of promises and upbeat speeches, I still haven’t lost the ability to be amazed.