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Eating Every Day

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

If you want to put a plate of food on your family’s table in Cuba, you must go to a stand or market to look for some vegetables every day.

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Female Perspectives in a Havana Art Expo

February 11, 2022

A collective exhibition of women who, with their particular vision of seeing the world and life, introduce us to a kind of parallel universe.

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A Story Between Cubans and Venezuelans

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

In 2019, a good friend of mine traveled to Spain to visit her daughter in Madrid. It was a trip they’d both been longing for.

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Being Catholic in 1970s Cuba

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021

Today, I woke up with the masochistic determination to wait in line and buy food at my neighborhood store. In reality they are crowds…

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Felipe’s Lungs

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021

My friend told me that her boy had caught COVID-19 and had to be admitted into a school that had been turned into a hospital.

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Adventures for a Pair of Jeans in Cuba

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021

In the 1970s & 1980s, getting your hands on a pair of jeans in Cuba meant seeing yourself get mixed up in a spy movie with plots and twists…

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Deciding to Have Children in Cuba

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

I have a friend who got tired of waiting for better times here to have a child. She is 38 years old and her biological clock is ticking…

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The Northern Mockingbird

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

I’ve been trying to record the song of the Northern Mockingbird, who has chosen the highest branches of my avocado tree as its stage.

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Cooking with Billy Joel

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021

Yesterday, I woke up wanting to be happy. In order to stop anything from getting in the way the first thing I did was put on some music.

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Leonardo Padura’s Latest Novel

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021

At home we are all delighting with the latest novel by Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, widely read abroad but barely mentioned in our country.

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