A US judge has suspended the enforcement of the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that had prohibited military personnel from asking about the sexual preference of its members and prevented recruits from revealing if they were gay or lesbian.
I can’t say that I’ve seen any direct repercussions, but there has indeed been something insinuated: If the decision makers and experts in these areas have opted for this path, we can imagine that our timid hopes for the legal recognition of unions different from heterosexual ones are far from being realized.
This past November 6 marked the first anniversary of the “March against Violence” that was led by a group of young people along Havana’s 23rd Avenue.
I had discovered another nature lover: Alberto Muñoz, a former Cuban medal winner in wrestling. Now with the years weighing on his shoulders, he is determined to make his humble garden flourish.
Officials of the Cuban Institute of the Art and Film Industry (ICAIC) arbitrarily prevented me from accessing the Last Thursday forum, a monthly setting for debate organized by Temas magazine.
Through the Cuban media we’ve been called to go back to working the land. While there’s nothing more legitimate than this, I have to ask myself why there are so many obstacles to engaging in such productive undertakings.
I sowed Ceiba tree seeds for the first time, and now they’ve sprouted. The procedure is very simple, and I want to share it with you readers.
My sister-in-law doesn’t know what she’s going to do. The new school year has already begun but she still doesn’t have the full uniforms needed for her two children.
This summer I went to visit my family in my tierra natal: Pinar del Rio Province. I have to admit, though, that I wasn’t prepared for the flood of both agonizing and appealing images that appeared; that’s why I wanted to share them. (30 photos)
My niece Isabela was just born. As occurs with all Cuban babies, she had to come into the world in one of our “vigilant” hospital institutions. In this case it was the renowned Maternidad Obrera hospital in Havana.