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Toward a New Life

My partner had been insisting for some time that I get a passport, and after much persistence, she convinced me.

When I worked as a guide at the botanical garden in Holguín, I had to take gardening courses. I remember one with particular fondness…

I don’t buy a lot of clothes and don’t have as much variety of designs and colors as I would like.

Many streetlights don’t automatically turn on at dusk and off at dawn. Making sure they do is the responsibility of the neighborhood.

There seems to be many alternatives for getting paid and that our state of technology is wonderful. But how sad, it’s not like that.

For some it’s a day loaded with complex feelings and silent struggles, especially when distance & circumstances keep us physically separated.

My sister is a healthcare professional, one of the good ones. She studied dentistry and specialized in maxillofacial surgery.

Ortega and Murillo were never able to scare Rolando Alvarez into silence or get him to beg for forgiveness while in prison. Now, however…

In Cuba of the 1970s, there were no videocassette recorders, computers, or recording devices… Each moment was irreversible, like in life.

Humans shouldn’t have to sacrifice themselves so ideologies can prevail at the cost of public discomfort.