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The Old Age We Never Expected to Live in Cuba

“My grandmother hates goodbyes. But no one escapes them, especially not in Cuba, the country of endless farewells…”

I would like to draw attention to the many people here forced to beg for money or sleep in public spaces. It is a sad & unpleasant reality…

Talking about private companies in Cuba was a taboo subject for decades because it was diametrically opposed to the essence of communism.

The Minister of Internal Trade said that due to the shortage, milk sales for children under seven years of age will be reduced in February.

Irregularities in the rationed supply of foods increases the vulnerability of Cubans who face greater obstacles in accessing the basics.

Today nothing escapes the collapses, the discolored facades and the decay of the entire city.

I returned to the luthier’s house to pick up my guitar, which he said could be fixed. It didn’t exactly work out that way.

Perhaps the pain is more for having had to lie knowingly, for having served as a spokesperson for the absurd…

Customers who have to shop at the Plaza de Carlos III, in the only store in the shopping center that sells in Cuban pesos, are in luck.

Thanks to the unscrupulous use and control over the island’s media, they have been able to manipulate the population during 65 years in power.