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Goodbye to Havana

On December 27, 2022, we left Havana on our journey towards Brazil. It was excessively cold, even for winter.

I grew up in an atmosphere where it was natural to be available to relatives, friends, and neighbors for whatever was needed.

We are living in an era of war, where, evidently, those with the most power squeeze the rest without caring at all.

Everything we talk about, or plan or experience, revolves around how to subsist, trying to maintain the same status of subsistence…

Some evenings, after working out, I go for a walk, covering a mile or two. My partner came & we explored the neighborhood where we are living

The difference from the 1990s crisis is that there is an abundance of supply, which is incredible. Now the conflict is money.

In mid-2022, my wife and I decided to leave the country. The first step was to find a destination country, and it wasn’t easy.

In 2018, I started making videos. My son played the role of editor. A friend of mine taught him an editing program, which he quickly learned.

Ordinary Cubans have few options for summer vacations. Tourism still takes center stage, but I can’t say it’s been a bad summer for me…

The first time I thought about leaving Cuba was in 2016. I remember it was night, and I was swimming in the pool of the Hotel Panamá,