Fabiana del Valle

As parents, we wish for a box full of surprises, beach trips, ice cream, outings, & laughter. Rest becomes a physical and emotional necessity

They say that women are to be loved without haste, with open arms and an exposed soul. I don’t know if that’s poetry…

It takes courage to stop a collective ovation! In an instant, you go from being one of the crowd to being “the crazy one,” the bitter one…

Everyone says being a mother is the most beautiful thing in the world, & I have no doubt that’s true. However, if you’re a mother in Cuba…

Lately I wake up waiting for the rooster to crow at me from the window. Living on this Island is like inhabiting a version of The Flintstones.

It used to be that having a mark on your skin was almost a guilty verdict. In my childhood, we had a neighbor who gave me the shivers.

The power went out half an hour ago, and the neighbors on my block are saying it won’t be back until the early morning…

This story begins like most tragedies in Cuba: a blackout of catastrophic proportions and a now ornamental only cooking gas cylinder.

For the first time in decades, the average Cuban found in internet access a crack in the wall, a breath of freedom and a voice of their own.

Technology is on the way to assuming a central role in Cubans’ lives. However, its a road full of contradictions…