Sugar! In Cuba, We Make Magic with the Bare Minimum
A friend is visiting me and makes a comment while laughing. We’ve gotten used to laughing at everything, even when it’s not exactly funny.
Lien Estrada
They Are Not Extraterrestrials, Just Extraordinary People!
I belong to a project in Holguin which was created by a group of young people dedicated to charitable work. Here I’ll share a little about it.
Before Arriving in Guisa and Visiting Its Botanical Garden
This summer, I wanted to treat myself by visiting a place completely unknown to me: the Guisa Botanical Garden.
Supply Without Demand and Vice Versa
The difference from the 1990s crisis is that there is an abundance of supply, which is incredible. Now the conflict is money.
Low-End “Popular” Vacation Facilities for Cubans
I was conducting a survey & took a bus arriving at a place that seemed like a camping facility (a little like a hostel) I hadn’t known before
Another Luxury in Cuba: Working in What You Studied
He was my coworker at the Botanical Garden. He had just graduated in Biology from the University of Oriente, in Santiago de Cuba.
The Unforgettable Words of Milton Schwantes
Twenty years ago, when I was studying at the Matanzas Evangelical Theology Seminary, I got to know many theologians personally.
Does Independent Cinema Really Exist in Cuba?
I ask if these have been my experiences merely taking photos in the street, what does that tell me about independent filmmaking in Cuba?
The Pricy Dilemmas of Health Care in Today’s Cuba
I limited my efforts to encouraging my friend. We can’t allow ourselves to be convinced the current circumstances are completely defeating us
A Jehovah’s Witnesses Store Appears in Holguin, Cuba
While serving coffee, my aunt began to talk about a new store that had opened, where everybody working there were Jehovah’s Witnesses.