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Jorge Milanes’s Diary

Jorge Milanes's Diary 

Cuba’s Food Problem With or Without the Pademic

July 13, 2020 Jorge Milanes 0 Comments

It’s useless to sit with your arms crossed or to try and cheat your stomach when it rumbles to let you know that it has reached its limit.

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Cuba, the Way I See Things Right Now

March 20, 2020 Jorge Milanes 0 Comments

An honest, sincere person who does their work properly so they can “supposedly” contribute to the household with their worker’s wages, risks losing…

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Three Months of Hard Work for One Night?

January 14, 2020 Jorge Milanes 2 Comments

Even though Cuban families have been slogging their way through very tough times, we recently celebrated a “Happy New Year”.

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And They Used to Throw Eggs…

December 21, 2019 Jorge Milanes 1 Comment

I went to the market today to pick up a packet of cigarettes and I could see the huge number of people lining up to buy eggs with their ration booklet.

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Position Shuffling at My CDR Neighborhood Committee

November 28, 2019 Jorge Milanes 1 Comment

Most people who hold positions at the CDR (Committee for the Defense of the Revolution) on my block, have aged. Others simply left the country.

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Only Warm Drinks at Havana’s State-run Cafes

November 5, 2019 Jorge Milanes 2 Comments

Most State-run cafés in Cuba, clearly losing operations, have appeared on their last leg for many years. Jorge Milanes brings us one of the reasons why.

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Fishermen in the Sand?

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Jorge Milanes 0 Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve been to the beach, but I decided to go to Santa Maria del Mar today, located in east Havana, as I was invited by my friends David, Javier and Daniel who are staying at Villa Coral.

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Their Word against Mine: Proselytizing in Cuba

August 29, 2019 Jorge Milanes 23 Comments

“Good morning my brother, we here are here to bring you God’s word. Do you have time for us?” A man says to me, accompanied by another, who approach me outside my home when I’m on my way to work. They were holding some leaflets in their hands.

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A Cuban Teacher, Love and Money

July 26, 2019 Jorge Milanes 0 Comments

“I love them because I taught them the power of love and now, I can see the result,” Patricia says, an elderly neighbor who has been living alone for the past 15 years. She has two children: a girl and a boy who went to the US, but they have forgotten her.

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Are Values Really Missing in Cuba?

July 23, 2019 Jorge Milanes 6 Comments

Delays, impatience and even violence are protagonists in any situation Cubans find themselves in nowadays. It’s understandable given the number of people who congregate, for example, at Havana’s bus stops.

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