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The Old Man and the Sea, Then and Now

Poor Santiago, much like today’s Cubans, went through a bad streak, his lasted 84 days, ours has lasted more than six decades.

Clearly, bookselling has its satisfactions. When you watch people’s delight at finding the information they’ve been seeking for a long time.

Since AI emerged, the praise hasn’t stopped… and it didn’t take long for criticisms to appear in equal profusion.

It’s 10 am and there is a planned power outage. I was about to start writing, but the imminent power cut prevents me.

“I’m going to cook” has become, “I’m going to invent something,” because that simple daily activity has become totally tragic.

Common sense screams that under these circumstances the only road is dialogue and consensus, culminating in an agreement…

I was taking my bartending course immediately after the confinement period due to Covid. The instructor recommended…

When I see houses in danger of collapse, I remember Juan Carlos, a friend who is no longer in Cuba.

It had been a month since my arrival in the United States, and I couldn’t find a job. They told me: “Don’t worry, something will appear.

I feel happy every time I encounter a curb cut, or any other accessible modification to the architectural barriers on the streets where I walk