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My Excitement for the New Year

I sign into my account on Chess.com and an announcement finally appears on the home page: 2024 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship.

The Situation Cubans Are Currently Living

My house got robbed almost two weeks ago. It was almost a robbery of oversight. But not so much oversight.

Geriatric Future

As a child, the sight of a beggar used to hurt me and I didn’t understand how people could carry on walking by, indifferent. Today…

The Blonde God Ryan O’Neal is Gone

Death never touches icons. It seems to me that it should not happen, so that they last and preserve their splendor.

Dirty News

I don’t want to politicize events that happen everywhere in the world, but I feel that Cuba is enshrouded in a dark hole of bad energy.

My First Encounter with a Man of Importance

Like Gurdjieff, the first man of importance I met was my father. I believe I owe him this public recognition, because he left this world without knowing I felt that way.

Yes, I Drank the Coca Cola of Oblivion

It is not a real drink, but a symbol that I needed to forget, find inner peace, and heal, or as we say in good Cuban; give myself a chance.

Miss Universe Pleases Nicaraguans, Infuriates its Rulers

With a degree in communications, Sheynnis Palacios is no airhead, which often appears to be a requirement for such beauty contests.

Luisa’s Prophesies

She’s the woman who adopted me as a son back when my life focused around Faith in Christ and I was a seminarian…

Ethical Dilemma: Should LGBTQ+ Resorts in Cuba Be Promoted?

Some argue that the promotion of LGBTQ+ events & tourism in Cuba could lead to positive change and greater acceptance in the country, but…