A Visit to the La Guira National Park in Pinar del Rio
It’s a unique experience as soon as you pass through its huge medieval-style door. A landscape composed of fruit and ornamental trees, gardens, parks…
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Diaries
Long Lines in Holguin Amid Cuba’s “Temporary Situation”
The “temporary” crisis in Cuba isn’t living up to its name and is stretching out like the structural evil it truly is.
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Protestors Fight Back against Efforts to Ban “Sanctuary Cities”
I challenge our state legislators to visit one of the detention camps maintained by ICE and tell us how many gang members are there.
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A New Cultural Center for Cojimar, Havana
Cojimar hasn’t had a cultural center for more than thirty years. The old one was based in an old colonial house on Real Street…
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An Interesting Opinion on Mixed Marriage
“So… that girl’s going to get married to a gringo…” I said, whilst making conversation with an acquaintance of my age – as he gave me a lift in his Honda.
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The Headache that is Dollarization in Venezuela
Up until a couple of years ago, Venezuela was divided into two groups: “Chavistas” and “Escualidos”, or so it seemed in the newspapers or on TV.
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Long Lines in Cuba, Even for Newspapers
Long lines in Pinar del Rio city are the result of more severe shortages, so you can imagine in small municipalities and towns like my own are.
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Cuba’s Invisible Radio Magicians
Cuban radio was celebrating a few days ago. Only not everyone working in radio could celebrate as well.
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Damaging Ironies in Services Amid Cuba’s “Temporary” Crisis
Horse-drawn wagons and bicitaxis are the main means of transport in Mayari, Holguin, a municipality of 105,000 inhabitants…
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A Nurse Who Went Beyond Her Duties
Damaris enters the room with a wide smile, as white as her uniform. It’s 1 PM and her patient is having lunch, but that doesn’t matter.
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