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A Hurricane Is Heading for Tampa Bay, Florida

I can already visualize the damage that Hurricane Milton will cause in this area, as well as in a considerable part of the city.

A stressed-out friend visits me. He tells me that a family has invaded his house. The poet Ghabriel Perez, explains what he did next.

I endured the toothache for a week until I couldn’t take it anymore. On my only day off for the week, I went to the health post (clinic).

As the bus moved through the Sierra del Rosario, I couldn’t stop thinking about when the driver would lose control.

Clothing, like almost everything, and I am talking about the most basic needs, has been a challenge in the midst of daily life here in Cuba.

During my most recent spiritual retreat last weekend, we shared an experience that, for me, was a defining moment.

Most Cubans find it impossible to understand why rod or line fishing requires authorization, especially in today’s Cuba…

The first Cuban nuclear power plant was a project coordinated with the former USSR. It began taking shape in the 1980s.

I totally understood the Captain. It happened to me. It happens, almost surely, to many men and women in today’s Cuba. It’s a reality.

I’m still deeply interested in remaining culturally Cuban, fully aware of the weight that the word “culture” carries.