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A Small Versailles in Havana

In the very heart of El Vedado, Havana, on the corner of 17th and E, rises a mansion that seems frozen in time.

Many Cubans suffer to some extent from “anthropological damage,” which theoreticians define as “damage to the human condition as such.”

My neighbor, a friend and a person I consider a good man, has landed a job at the Customs’ Office that many would envy.

Life is measured in steps. I came to this conclusion while swatting insects and clutching my fan during a long blackout night

The debate about how much longer we Cubans will have a ration book for basic essentials has been around for a long time

Small, almost secret places where generations of Habaneros have learned to swim, to dream, and sometimes to forget.

With 12 days left before the opening of the downtown supermarket, the department heads were called in to take part in the final touches.

I learned in the upper grades of elementary school that one important trait of a cultured individual is being well-informed about everything.

Mental health in Cuba stopped being a secret kept inside consulting rooms; today, it is part of our daily conversations.

When this new nationwide blackout happened, on September 10th, at 9 in the morning, my son and I were in the middle of some errands…