Irina Echarry’s Diary

Cuban TV dedicates primetime spaces to attack San Isidro Movement members, & the young people who went to the Ministry of Culture on Nov. 27th

How can it be? Because Cuba has become a country of excesses. And poetry has turned out to be a very serious matter.

It isn’t easy to take photos in Alamar, trust me. You really have to be passionate, and emotionally ready to face the ups and downs…

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.