Diaries

Morning disappointment…

I know this may sound like a familiar subject, but just because it is doesn’t mean I’m not going to write about it or speak up against it. What’s going on with shift managers in offices and workplaces? Aren’t they Cuban too?

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Have I Been Marked?

Once again, I’ve experienced censorship and barriers firsthand in my career as a writer, I won’t go into my experiences as a photographer, filmmaker or performance artist, because this time I’ve been stabbed in the back because of my writing.

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One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

About a month ago, an online newsletter I receive daily in my inbox, brought me the alarming first news that blackouts were returning to Cuba again. “That’s a lie girl, it’s just another campaign to discredit the Revolution,” a relative told me.

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About to Leave Cuba

This is the first time I travel abroad, quite an adventure for a Cuban who has only had the opportunity to see part of the world via Internet. I’ll be in the city of Prague, Czech Republic studying in a Video-Journalism workshop.

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Making a Bit Extra on Friday Night

You can’t just think about something to make it come true. But sometimes that popular saying doesn’t always ring true. I normally try not to be negative, but not too optimistic either. I’m more of a realist…

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