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Panic Doesn’t Help Anything

It was almost 4:30 pm, in Guantanamo when a large group of people piled into the first vehicle that arrived at our dilapidated bus stop.

See Cuba First and Then Go Abroad

This TV ad must be directed at a special race of Cubans because the exact opposite happens for the majority.

The New Normal: Chronicle of a Pandemic 4

Today the virus acquired a face. The daughter of a friend in Europe. Even though she’s a young person, strong and well taken care of, it makes me nervous.

Cuba: Quarantine or Tourism?

Diana and I are long-distance friends. We’ve been sharing our dreams, happiness and woes over instant messaging for about two years now.

Yohy Suarez’s Spiritual Purification

The viewer’s eye wanders in this huge gallery, where Yohy Suarez’s paintings astonish us with their grotesque overload and misdirected neglect.

Cuba, the Way I See Things Right Now

An honest, sincere person who does their work properly so they can “supposedly” contribute to the household with their worker’s wages, risks losing…

Venezuela, Official Hysteria

Fear is the emotion that controls every human reaction and behavior in general. Now, talking about Coronavirus isn’t a synonym of fear, but terror.

Further Thoughts: Chronicle of a Pandemic 3

What we’re living through has no parallel. It’s not a war where we know who and where an attack is coming from. Neither is it an earthquake…

Thankful to Live in Honduras

I have expressed recent frustration at hearing Hondurans bad-mouth their nation. It does get ever so tedious.

COVID-19, My First Report from Guantanamo

It’s 4:20 p.m., Monday March 17th. I leave my new job and head towards Guantanamo city center; I need to buy some basic items before I go home.