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My Neighborhood on a Day Without Electricity

It’s 10 am and there is a planned power outage. I was about to start writing, but the imminent power cut prevents me.

“I’m going to cook” has become, “I’m going to invent something,” because that simple daily activity has become totally tragic.

Common sense screams that under these circumstances the only road is dialogue and consensus, culminating in an agreement…

I was taking my bartending course immediately after the confinement period due to Covid. The instructor recommended…

When I see houses in danger of collapse, I remember Juan Carlos, a friend who is no longer in Cuba.

It had been a month since my arrival in the United States, and I couldn’t find a job. They told me: “Don’t worry, something will appear.

I feel happy every time I encounter a curb cut, or any other accessible modification to the architectural barriers on the streets where I walk

Many think that “having the use of reason” or saying “since I have had the use of reason” is something that happened at a very early age.

As we entered the airport, we were pointed to three different lines: US Citizens, US residents, and those arriving with humanitarian parole.

These human masses in waiting share the same fears: connection failure, running out of money, or a power outage. Any of these can happen…