Author: Veronica Vega

My Foreign Havana

It’s not every day that you wander about the city you were born in, with the same well-known places, and then suddenly be taken by surprise. (8 photos)

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Social Media Challenge with the Cuban Flag

This is an invitation for every Cuban to take a selfie with the patriotic emblem. These photos, in which natives from the island, of all ages, women and men and even from different countries where they reside, have taken over social media with the unusual development of spontaneity, wit and joy.

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Cuba: The Price You Have to Pay

I hear voices with a Cuban accent, laughter. I carry on saying “here” when I talk about Cuba. I keep thinking that those friends that I used to meet at “Torre de Letras”, or at the “Poesia sin Fin” festival, will walk through the door at any moment.

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What We Can’t Do in Cuba

The first thing that left an impression on me about Buenos Aires was a park near the hotel we were staying: Plaza de San Martin. I don’t know why the city reminded me of the French animation movie “The Illusionist”. (12 photos)

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Cuba from a Distance

I arrived back in Havana on March 20th, after a trip to three countries: Mexico, Argentina and Chile. I wanted to write a meticulous diary of my visits… (13 photos)

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Cuba: Nancy Alfaya, a Warrior of Faith

Meeting Nancy Alfaya is something quite extraordinary. She moves you with the power she emanates, from the very first moment. A combination of security and charm, mixed in with overwhelming enthusiasm. She is one of those women I would like to see in Cuban history books.

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Zoosadism in Cuba: Something Normal?

It’s a well-known fact that serial killers start out by experimenting their barbaric acts on animals, domestic animals a lot of the time. Astonishingly, the danger of this psychological profile hasn’t been argument enough for zoosadism to be criminalized in our country.

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Is Voting NO in Cuba’s Referendum on the Constitution Enough?

Friends and acquaintances have been asking me: “Will you vote NO?”, as if it were a trivial question, because they already assume I will. Even the State Security agent who “deals with us” (without us asking for his attention), paid us a visit to remind us that they wouldn’t allow any kind of protest relating to this clumsy show of a constitutional referendum.

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