Irina Echarry’s Diary

How Do We Survive the Pandemic & Crisis in Cuba? I always ask myself, how does my neighbor Nerys, and everyone else out of work, get by?

For days now, Cuban television is providing constant coverage on Police operations against illegalities in each daily news broadcast.

Every morning, I wake up and enjoy the silence I’ve been longing for years, which is only interrupted by the sounds of Nature.

Deploying their military or police forces, governments are keeping a close eye on citizens and controlling their actions.

Many people believe that humanity will be different from now on. I would like to share this optimism, but reality is a slap in the face.

2020 has had a rough start… in January alone, I discovered there had been three femicides and two minors had been raped. Now, I’ve just discovered…

Damaris enters the room with a wide smile, as white as her uniform. It’s 1 PM and her patient is having lunch, but that doesn’t matter.

My neighbor follows the Cuban TV news closely, the US is celebrating Human Rights Day, violating those rights, she says without any explanation.

When a Zoonosis car pulls up somewhere, it doesn’t matter whether an animal has a home and has just gone out to pee…

Gender-based violence has many forms, it has become so naturalized that nobody can escape it and we all become victims to a greater or lesser extent. That is why it is necessary to deconstruct it when we see it happen and analyze it so we can understand it better.