Pedro Morejón, Author at Havana Times

July 11th, a Historic Day for Cuba

It was approximately 2 PM on July 11th. I was in the fields, suffering one of those regular blackouts when my phone rang.

When will mass vaccinations begin? It’s a question that is on everybody’s lips nowadays here in Pinar del Rio, and nobody knows the answer.

Yep, it’s true, while dictators have many detractors, but you can’t refute the reality that they have quite a significant social base.

I thought I was going to spend several hours waiting endlessly for transport under this bridge on the highway. It’s normal.

Her husband left her back in 1994. That night, Fidel Castro went on TV to give the green light to anyone who wanted to leave Cuba.

I recently stumbled across a Latin American forum with opinions about Cubans’ quality of life. The reality is we have a bad reputation.

I recently needed to make a trip. Transport is awful right now. To tell you the truth, it’s always been bad, but it’s worse with the Pandemic.

I’ve known him for years. He’s from my town and it still feels like I see him there, playing soccer with other kids…

Everything here in Cuba is in shortage, in a nutshell. From food to medicine to treat scabies, to a simple sheet to cover yourself at night.

All of us here know that there is a song that came out recently, released by well-known Cuban artists, that went viral on social media.