Diaries Archives - Havana Times

We Must Care for Our Spirit, No Matter What

While walking down Maceo Street in Holguin, I noticed a poster for the 3D Room, formerly the video screening auditorium.

This story is common to most Cubans, except that some have saved themselves from “dancing with the worst of it.”

A woman crossing the ruined floating promenade to throw a flower is an act full of symbolism. An image that stays with us & makes us reflect.

In my experience as a bookseller, I know which books will sell quickly, which ones will sell over time, and which ones will never sell.

Now my new challenge is to overcome the fear and frustration of knowing that my future here depends on the decisions of an old egomaniac.

The first time I spoke with him I was working as assistant director of a TV program and our team went to his apartment to interview him.

When my aunt told me about this, I couldn’t believe it. This experience wasn’t even lived during those grim and monstrous 1990s.

When the text of “Objective Lies” came into the hands of my poet friend, he was so fascinated by it that he wanted a copy.

The monthly amount to be paid is manageable for our family income, which currently is around 5,000 reais (about 800 US dollars)…

The truth is that decay increases by the day. The urgent solution is to lock oneself in and create a micro-world to survive this disaster.