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The Murder of a Medicinal Tree in Cojimar, Cuba

It was a very old tree that had never bothered anyone. It is known here in Cuba as the Sassafras tree. It’s delicious scent gives away its medicinal properties.

The Anatomy of a Lockdown

In Chinese, especially in the Mandarin dialect, the words “crisis” and “opportunity” are written with the same two Chinese characters.

Mamut Hunters and Life in Cuba

Eating breakfast is alien to many Cubans. Or maybe I’m wrong, a cup of coffee could be considered breakfast.

Personal Experience of Fighting My Mother’s Disease during COVID-19

In the early days of April, COVID-19’s appearance in Mayari was close at hand; and the first positive case would be identified at any moment.

The Cat and Mouse Game in Venezuela

Venezuela’s glorious Boliviarian government has finally taken hold of the reins of the catastrophic situation that the national economy has sunken into.

Strength and Willpower in These Hard Times

We know who is trying to put their foot down for social progress and to hold onto the value of human life above different socio-political systems.

Will There Be More Solidarity in a Post Covid-19 World?

“Solidarity” has made a great comeback, in recent times. Helping others, read here: friends, people in a vulnerable situation, abandoned animals…

The Toddler Living in a Trap House

A ‘trap house’, is a term coined by the millennial generation, which simply refers to a place in which illegal narcotics arrive and are sold from.

The Border Scene on Lockdown & Reasons Why People Migrate

Agua Prieta is quiet, there is a dusk-to-dawn curfew and the municipality supports the shutdown. The long lines at the border crossing have vanished.

Protest in the Pinar del Rio Town of San Diego de los Baños

Their complaints are founded upon the alleged risk that this elderly group could pose to the health of the town’s residents.