Thinking about Cuba and Marti
I don’t believe in visionaries but there’s no doubt that if Marti were alive, he would have made a substantial & positive contribution to Cuba’s history.
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Diaries
More than 50 colaborators write stories and reflections from the life of cuban people. You can become a colaborator too.
Drop by Drop, It’ll Surely Run Out
For years there have been energy-saving campaigns in Cuba’s national media. Drop by drop, it’ll surely run out, we’re told over and over again.
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Statements by Three Independent Artists, Considered Illegal in Cuba (+ Audio)
The recorded interrogation of an artist reveals the thinking of the Cuban government authorities regarding “illegal” art and artists.
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Being a Mother and Poor in Cuba
In flashback, a question frequently asked me was: Are you going to give birth in Cuba? Then I was very young and didn’t think about that possibility.
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Words that I Cherish from a Cuban Writer
It is not an easy thing to pull through – loneliness. Not easy at all… Someone once said: “loneliness is the ultimate poverty”. Perhaps it is.
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Café Justo: Caffeine with a Conscience
Last week I escorted a group of three US citizens, one visiting from Tucson and the other two from Pennsylvania, to Agua Prieta, Sonora.
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Jose Marti, the Highest Symbol of the Cuban Homeland
Desecrating a Marti bust is the most loathsome thing you can do to Cubans and the perpetrators should have the Law fall upon their shoulders.
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In a Hard Place Between a Plane and a Freezer
Pedro Pablo Morejon recants his January 7th, the day he found his mother dead in her room, and his efforts that followed…
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An Abandoned Building that Could Be of Great Use
The government talks about increasing national production vs. imports but in practice the agricultural policy often goes in the opposite direction.
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Three Months of Hard Work for One Night?
Even though Cuban families have been slogging their way through very tough times, we recently celebrated a “Happy New Year”.
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