I recently read Tania Bruguera’s statements about an artist’s rights. One of them referred to the artist’s right to dissent. Within an authoritarian system, the artist begins to live a double dissidence, first in art, then in society.
Read MoreFor us Cubans, who find ourselves at a crossroads for the country, of looking for new paths forward, learning a little more about Ghandi’s legacy and his ideas would be of help to us.
Read MoreFor some reason I don’t understand, people’s hopes begin with a new year. They hope to have health, achieve professional success, go on trips, always good things. But, our reality isn’t the things we want, but what can be seen in everyday events.
Read MoreWalking down a street in Alamar, I heard a young woman say to another: “An old man fell from the 5th floor trying to get in through the balcony because he had left the key…”
Read MoreIn the Guiteras neighborhood, right on 19th street and Casa Blanca Ave., there is a pothole which continues to exist and literally seems like it has been cut out by a human hand. Everyone who travels there every day can give testament to my words.
Read MoreWhen I read the news that Varadero’s International hotel would be knocked down because it was built on a sand dune, which is prohibited in order to protect the ecosystem, I felt a certain degree of nostalgia and even the urge to write an article against this decision.
Read MoreThe existence of social classes is an undeniable facet of human societies. Cuba, blessed by the “Hammer and Sickle”, suppressed these differences between its citizens, as one of its most-talked-about achievements.
Read MoreTwo hours of wasted time in the face of the timid look of the young girls who were checking our suitcases without knowing why. Asking their supervisors, who were nearly the same age, what they should touch and how to write the final report.
Read MoreA relative told me when I came out of prison: “It was Marti who ruined you, for reading all those books. Reading these things in this country is trouble, because “these people” have everything locked down and they crush whoever raises their head.”
Read MoreOut of all the dogs in the pack, the hippie dog was always the one everyone loved the most. He arrived when he was still a puppy and he learned to dance straight away to the sounds of drums, maracas and the four dogs who were regulars in the yard.
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