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Don’t Catch the Virus in Havana or Save Yourself If You Can!

Word on Havana’s streets is that as temperatures increase, the Coronavirus won’t be able to infect us: “It won’t get us…” I’ve heard people say.

Here in Cuba We Are Not Ready for COVID-19

With all this information, it is logical that there is concern in Cuba. Before it was concern, but now that several cases have been confirmed, it is fear.

Getting Ready: Chronicle of a Global Pandemic 2

With my paranoia under control and the news – and signs – of infection dangerously closing in on our area, we are getting ready to bunker down in quarantine.

Luis Manuel Otero Is Free, Now Let’s Accumulate Experiences

After 13 days of a sustained campaign on social networks and the independent press, Cuban performance artist Luis Manuel Otero was released.

Chronicle of a Distant Week

It was summer 2006 and the II International Congress on Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Policy was about to be held in Havana.

The Flight: Chronicle of a Pandemic, Part 1

“Come back – now!” mi esposa ordered over the phone with that mixture of reason and imperial authority, so much her own and so irresistible.

Potential Cases of Coronavirus and Preventative Measures in Cuba

Word quickly got around Mayari and the population’s concerns and stress, relating to the real fear of becoming victims of this pandemic, began.

An Artistic Performance Gives Cuba’s Flag Back its Symbolic Nature

It was May 1, 2017 when a Cuban, Daniel Llorente, emerged from out of the large crowd in Havana’s Revolution Square, waving a US flag.

A Short Memoir of Crisis

I was completely aware of the crisis that began in Cuba after the USSR collaped one morning in 1991. I was 21 and had just finished my military service.

A Simple Life is a Happy Life

I have no idea why really, yet I have found myself pondering materialism – a lot – recently. Here’s what came to mind.