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My New Professional Challenge

After a year and a half without taking a vacation, the butcher department manager where I work has taken a month off.

Technology is on the way to assuming a central role in Cubans’ lives. However, its a road full of contradictions…

It’s clear that Cuba is going through its deepest crisis — not just socially, but more importantly, morally and spiritually.

It wasn’t entirely legal at first. The license had to be in the name of a retired person. Since I wasn’t of retirement age yet…

I don’t usually get involved in political debates if I feel I don’t have the preparation or knowledge to offer valuable insights.

I admit there are many moments when all I want is to disappear from here and never come back for anything in this world.

I can now afford to pay 170 reais a month for gym membership, but only because I decided to stop spending on sweets and soda.

It’s not easy to find a girlfriend on an island in crisis—especially now, with prices sky-high and transportation so difficult.

We were all there at our chosen spots for selling – the ones we grabbed, then said: “This is my spot and I want to work here.”

The Cuban government and its “just revolution” once promised a country without beggars as a symbol of social justice.