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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.

Twenty years ago, when I was studying at the Matanzas Evangelical Theology Seminary, I got to know many theologians personally.

I ask if these have been my experiences merely taking photos in the street, what does that tell me about independent filmmaking in Cuba?

I limited my efforts to encouraging my friend. We can’t allow ourselves to be convinced the current circumstances are completely defeating us

While serving coffee, my aunt began to talk about a new store that had opened, where everybody working there were Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Due to this acute crisis we are going through, I hope we reach that limit where the Cuban State is forced to make substantial changes.

When you see so many families selling their houses with everything inside, which is one of the most desolate ways of burning bridges…

I don’t have a computer now, so I decided to rely on the Joven Computer Club, which are state-run computer labs available for public use.

Clearly, bookselling has its satisfactions. When you watch people’s delight at finding the information they’ve been seeking for a long time.

“I’m going to cook” has become, “I’m going to invent something,” because that simple daily activity has become totally tragic.