The Dilemma Facing Many of Cuba’s Elderly
Not far away from me, there was an almost 80-year-old woman. She had been there since 4 AM, just like me and the other 200-or-so people in line.
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Diaries
Another Independent Journalist Arrested and Awaiting Trial in Cuba
Last Sunday June 28th, my friend and Diario de Cuba colleague, independent journalist Jorge Enrique Rodriguez Camejo, was arrested.
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Cuba Has Beat the Pandemic
An interesting fact is that out of the 2,325 cases that tested positive for COVID-19, 93.8% have already recovered. Only 86 people have passed away…
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Cuba’s Rice Hunt
What’s happening with rice in Cuba today reminds me of that dark time in the 1990s known as the “Special Period in Times of Peace.”
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Hunting Pigeons for Soup in Havana
It’s incredible what people do to eat meat.
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A Round of Applause for the Cuban People
Except for Havana, most Cuban provinces haven’t reported any new cases of COVID-19, for some days now and have entered the first phase of recovery.
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A Rural Family’s Experience of Police Operations during COVID-19
For two days straight, June 19-20, the family of my mother-in-law Cecilia Carballosa Beltran, their house and farm, were victims of police harassment.
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A Legend from the Pinar del Rio Countryside
Rural Cuba has stories which, if compiled into a book of fables, would be called “Cuban rural mythology”. They are about peasants, especially, the elderly.
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Cuban Teenagers Arrested and Fined for Playing Soccer
It happened suddenly: a police car drove up, a female police officer got out and called for back-up. A few minutes later, there were three patrol cars.
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Lola’s Black Hole
I don’t know what to talk to you about first: Lola or the black hole that surrounds her.
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