Pedro Morejón, Author at Havana Times

My Greatest Fear

It’s been a good while since dying stopped being my greatest fear. I no longer believe in the biblical Hell for those that reject Christ…

My friend Luisa is going to Nicaragua. In a couple of weeks, she’ll soon be on a plane heading towards the Central American country.

I was on my way to work and I stopped under the bridge on the highway to “hitch a ride” just like I do every morning. Here’s what happened…

Suddenly, a modern car with tourist plates stopped in front of me. Two almost identical people were traveling in that car…

This was a song by Los Van Van, back in the ‘80s. It was about the phenomenon of Cubans migrating to the capital from the country’s interior.

My phone rings & when I pick it up, I have my little girl’s voice on the other end asking: “Papa, what did the Three Kings bring me?”

Rocco & Frida met over two years ago. They clicked so well that they knew from that moment onwards, nothing would ever separate them.

An official from the company I work at came and told me a few weeks ago that it was “my turn” to keep guard the following day…

If the country doesn’t change, children today will be the ones to put the final nail in this Dictatorship’s coffin…

Political control mechanisms on Cuban employees are not only limited to fake unions, that’s not the case at all.