Isbel Diaz

The holding of the annual “Love-in Festival” has now become a tradition here in Havana. Every year it has a different theme, and on this occasion it was celebrated as a “Festival for the Environment.”

Looking a little more closely the Granma newspaper, I discovered that in reality we don’t know who’s writing to us every day. Many of the articles go unsigned.

The Cuban public now has available a document called “Dietary Guidelines. It deals with scientific knowledge related to nutritional requirements and food composition, explained as practical messages to help people with the selection and consumption of healthy foods.

The Guardabosques Project has discovered more information about the cutting down of a grove of casuarinas trees in the town of Santa Fe. For the time being, all of the construction work has halted.

A grove of casuarina trees was completely cut down this past July 11. This happened in the coastal village of Santa Fe, to the west of the Cuban capital. The action was carried out by a crew from the Ministry of the Interior (MININT), leaving the area’s residents in no less than a state of shock. All they could do was realize their impotence in preventing such devastation.

Two of the greatest living Cuban poets are engaged in a public brawl today. As for me, who is among that public, I’m so hurt that that I don’t know what to think anymore.

New space for girls *SEXILESB* today sat: Las Vegas (Inf and 25) CV:50MN fr 10pm to 12. After, 3 CUC. Dancers and guests. Don’t miss something special *just glamour*

On the TV news/commentary program “La Mesa Redonda” (The Roundtable) — known for its tedious monologues and a skewed approach to any subject — its producers had the surprisingly good judgment to take on the issue of environmental regulations in Cuba.

A new initiative of civil struggle for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual, transsexual and intersexual people (LGBTIs) has emerged in Cuba. And me? – of course I’ve added myself.

Some knew him as Ocha Niwe, others simply as Lazaro Ross. What’s certain is that Cuban music owes much to this artist, who lived for his art form.