Adolfo “Fito” Cabrera and Miriam “Mirita” Real are a couple who have taken up the challenge of independent artistic production. In a country marked by institutional inertia and the omnipresent shadow of censorship, they defend thematic autonomy and opt for dialogue whenever possible.
Read MoreNot long ago my mother turned 71. An event that mattered to few but made me reflect deeply. I remember the sort of feeling of immunity she gave us, my sisters and me, when we were little.
Read MoreWhenever I’m forced to come to grips with our waning cooking-oil ration (even though I pour it in a bottle whose eyedropper cap allows me to manage it carefully), I think back to an incident that I experienced years ago with a tourist from Curacao, a friend of the family.
Read MoreOn Wednesday I watched the Mass officiated by his Holiness Benedict XVI on television. I confess that despite all the political tensions that the event caused (implicitly and explicitly), despite the rapidly deployed machinery of improvised tolerance and ecumenism, I felt a huge relief with respect to the tone of the speech.
Read MoreDue to my almost non-existent internet access (a distressing condition), I’ve had no dialogue with you, the readers of my articles, though I always appreciate your attention. This time I would like to dedicate a few words that were prompted by the comments to my post titled “Civility Threatened in Cuba”.
Read MoreJoaquin P. Gonzalez Cabrera flashes past like a whirlwind skating down Alamar Avenue. In one hand he grips a rubber tube to protect his knees and elbows in case he falls and on his head he has a helmet that says “Alamar, Lone Skater.”
Read MoreI saw a Cuban documentary about elementary school education here. To teach the pronunciation of the letter “f,” the teacher used the word “firearm” – not flower, or fiesta or fun…words that are closer to children. With an emphatic pause, she pronounced: FIRE-ARM, and proceeded to make those innocent students repeat those same syllables.
Read MoreCuban poet and performer Luis Eligio Perez Meriño has been a controversial figure even outside his most common center of action: The Omni Zona Franca Project, which has inspired opinions ranging from mythical to the scandalous. (14 photos)
Read MoreOne of the greatest examples of dignity I’ve ever seen in my life was shown to me by a little sparrow, that bird that’s so common in cities, the ones that search for crumbs on sidewalks and streets to the indifference of passersby.
Read MoreI have to say that this might sound unbelievable, but I assure you that it’s 100 percent true. Some time ago, I started experiencing a strange anxiety every time I had to go to a store (one that sells goods in hard currency).
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