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The Country of the Sigüaraya

In Cuban folklore it is attributed to Changó, the orisha who, through syncretism, is identified with Saint Barbara.

We wait patiently for the power to return so we can connect to the internet and find out what may be happening in our own country.

This is terrifying, because in passing we also commented that things here may be happening to us like the frog in the experiment.

Measures taken by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Transport have reduced the cost of a driver’s license by up to 80%.

I’m led to think that the country itself must change before these kinds of groups can arrive and share their knowledge here,.

We have learned so much from inaction… What could we not do when our creativity and effort can finally spread their wings.

My five-year-old daughter will start school next year. It’s a public school. We don’t have to pay for her schooling, however…

A friend kindly asked me if I would be willing to work at CENESEX (the National Center for Sexual Education).

What I had been wishing for, for a long time, is an electric bicycle. Not a motorcycle, nor a regular bicycle.

When I arrived at work—where Cubans and Venezuelans now make up the majority—there was euphoria, mainly among the Venezuelans.