Watching the Freddie Mercury biopic and the incarnation of Queen’s band members, I remembered my gay friends from the ‘80s, when there were police raids and they were locked up in jail cells, which they called “pateras” (maybe because they referred to patos or ducks, birds with a feminine appearance).
Read MoreCuba. Havana. These are places that come back into my life like pulses; accidents that I never go in search of. A friend says that I’ve even lost my accent and that I speak like a Mexican from a “globalized” future, he’s exaggerating.
Read MoreIt’s absurd to question Nicolas Maduro’s leadership as Venezuela’s constitutional president. He was elected into office again after winning over 67% of the vote in general elections held on May 20, 2018. It’s shameful that a group of countries who march to the beat of Washington’s drum are recognizing a member of a National Assembly as the president of Venezuela,
Read MoreIt’s a well-known fact that serial killers start out by experimenting their barbaric acts on animals, domestic animals a lot of the time. Astonishingly, the danger of this psychological profile hasn’t been argument enough for zoosadism to be criminalized in our country.
Read MoreAfter a by-chance meeting at Havana’s Coppelia ice-cream parlor, I ran into a married couple of Protestants and had the opportunity to discover many nuances of intolerance. “We are in favor of original design,” the husband replied dryly when I asked him his opinion about legalizing same-sex marriage.
Read MoreShe used to spend her days at a dump. She blended right in with the earth because of her brown skin and people would throw garbage on top of her; she’d run away afraid and then come back. With her long legs and her slim body, she would walk slowly as if her existence in this world weighed her down.
Read MoreEmigrating seems to be on everyone’s lips nowadays in Mayari, Holguin. It is the most recurring topic of discussion in homes, on the street, between passengers in a shared taxi, at work or at school. Almost everyone wants to leave and many of them are preparing their departure to follow in the footsteps of groups who have already embarked on this journey…
Read MoreI recently read a comment written by one of those people who try to give the Empire a helping hand in its mission to do away with the Cuban Revolution, and the person said that the Cuban Communist Party was above the Constitution and the Law. Nothing could be more absurd, malicious and further away from the truth.
Read MoreCuba is a strange island, a country with a warped timeline, a dimension apart in this planet where the present is ten years away from us, in the future. A country where the capital is made up of buildings that are over 60 years old, many of which are in ruins, and last century’s cars drive along its streets, while technological progress is only thanks to the First World’s left-overs.
Read MoreI’ve recently had a special guest at home. Her owner named her Princesa, however, she practically lives out on the street. Her beauty and charisma have suffered the hardships of time, abuse from male cats, repetitive pregnancies and births. Her litters are now on the street and are at risk of suffering the abuse of children, parasites, malnourishment…
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