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Author: Safie M. Gonzalez

This Is a Real Story

June 23, 2022July 2, 2022

In a town in the Pinar del Rio province, there’s a young 18-year-old girl; whose real name I won’t disclose here for obvious reasons…

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A Recent Visit to the Havana City Zoo

January 26, 2022

Last Saturday, a friend invited me to the “26th Street Zoo”, in Havana. It had been closed for a good while because of the pandemic…

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Waiting in Line for Something… Anything

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

Every day, my elderly neighbor Margarita wakes up early and goes to the closest kiosk (retail point) to her house.

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A Friend’s Not So Pleasant Hospital Experience

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

If there’s one thing they tried to drill into us, it’s that all Cubans are equal, that there is no “difference between social classes” here.

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Facebook Shopping for Cubans

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

The time came when most of these stores were left empty, only those big stores taking precedence, which then began selling in US dollars.

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Cuban Hotels’ Astronomical Prices for Nationals

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021

If there’s been one issue that has made headlines in Cuba in recent months, it’s not exactly been the famous COVID-19, but increasing prices.

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Prices Continue to Rise, Inflation Hits Cubans Hard

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

It was 11 AM and I was in the middle of Vedado, and the sun was at its highest point in the sky, dehydrating anyone underneath it.

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A Woman I Really Admire

September 12, 2021September 12, 2021

If there’s one person I’ve admired for a long time now, it’s my neighbor Mariana. She has a moving story and she inspired me to write this.

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My Family and I Were Lucky

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021

We’ve been looking after ourselves a lot, our hygiene measures were extreme, but the virus got in somehow and we’re all sick.

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Stay at Home?

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

We see it on the TV, we hear it on the radio, but can we really stay at home? The situation in Cuba has become even more depressing.

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