Diaries

Making a Difference

I’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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Should Communists Back the New Cuban Constitution?

The vast majority of appeals to vote NO that we see on the internet are being injected with propagandist anti-communism. However, here’s why I believe that people who truly believe in this doctrine (if there are any pure Communists left), have more reasons to vote NO in the new constitutional referendum than the pro-capitalist team.

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It’s Going to Be a Tough Year in Cuba

When 2018 drew to an end there wasn’t any rejoicing on our streets, in fact you could pick on people’s agony of having to keep up a tradition at all costs. Cubans have always grumbled about problems, but now they aren’t just complaining, they are also mentioning a solution almost like they used to in the ‘90s…

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Indecent Proposals

It’s no coincidence that I consider myself to be someone who is open-minded sexually, free of prejudice, given the fact that I write about sex-related topics here on Havana Times, where I have a personal diary. I love writing about sex, especially because the range of possibilities is endless.

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Recipe for “Good Luck”

Prospering and getting rid of things standing in my way, these must have been the thoughts running through the person’s head as they kicked the cat (in the photo) out on the street. I found her on January 1st, a little removed from residential areas.

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Cuban Reality and the Trivialization of Evil

A few days after the Havana Film Festival came to an end, I began to reflect upon my encounters with friends, colleagues, acquaintances, who are becoming more and more distant as the years go by. It isn’t because they have changed, it’s quite the opposite in fact.

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Sixty Years of the Cuban Revolution and Still Going Strong!

The Cuban people have just celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Revolution. The road here has been rough and bumpy, and we have had to navigate many obstacles that US Imperialism has placed in our way to make the project fail. We have a free and independent country, which continues to be a reference for every revolutionary in the world…

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New Year, New Dreams?

Every December that draws to an end seems to be another opportunity for us to shake off everything that is dragging us behind. Even if it is just something symbolic and the numbers of months and years that try to organize this mysterious thing we call Time is also symbolic.

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