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Improvised Nurse

Now, as I write with my body and nerves exhausted, I wonder: will there be anyone with the strength to take care of me when I fall ill?

The sense of cultural belonging and the sense of decency and good musical taste have been lost in Cuba.

Routine is something that repeats itself, that’s why it’s called that. However, sometimes unforeseen events occur…

Today I woke up feeling very pensive. Actually, I wake up more like this every day. I grabbed my ration book & went to get my daily bread.

All of Venezuela has suffered the consequences of corruption and death of institutionalism. However, the elderly have lost the most.

Due to this acute crisis we are going through, I hope we reach that limit where the Cuban State is forced to make substantial changes.

I arrive early, almost at dawn, and always find more than a dozen men, all Cubans, waiting for a contractor for some occasional work.

“There is no better place than here” is a phrase that can be as dangerous and subversive as shouting “Down with communism!” on May Day…

When you see so many families selling their houses with everything inside, which is one of the most desolate ways of burning bridges…

A friend was telling me she felt like she was in an involuntary obstacle race: “Every day, the bar I have to jump gets higher!”