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A New Cuban Bulletin on Afro-Cuban Issues

Well, folks, on May 22, this bulletin, named Tutututu, was launched by the project at the El Pilar, Atares community center located in Havana’s neighborhood of Cerro with some 50 people attending.

LGBT Establishments in Havana Booming

The Cuban government’s economic restructuring policies have in part afforded the population opportunities to secure licenses for businesses aimed at a sexually diverse public. Clubs and discos that once operated in the shadows no longer do so, and these are becoming more numerous and visible, especially in the capital.

Sweet Home Havana: US Citizens Living in Cuba

While hotels like Havana’s Melia Cohiba are full of Americans who think they are getting an early taste of international travel’s forbidden fruit hundreds of United States citizens have been calling Cuba home away from home for some time now.

The Market Logic of Cuban Santeria

This Afro-Cuban religion, conceived to improve the health of the ill, has become one of the most lucrative enterprises one can pursue in Cuba. It has become almost the contrary of what its spiritual essence dictates.

Cuba: An Ithaca Stuck in Time

Thanks to alternative digital channels, I was finally able to see the film “Return to Ithaca,” suggestively censored during the past Havana Film Festival. The stage is the rooftop of a building in Havana.

Cuba’s Special Badminton Games: The Medals

I swear that, when I started training, I did so mainly to stay in physical and mental shape. In addition to giving us discipline, sports often surprise us. One is amazed at what one can accomplish through the challenges that a routine throws our way.

Cuba and How Times Change

When, on December 17, Presidents Obama and Castro announced a prisoner exchange and the restoration of relations, millions of Cubans living on both sides of the Strait of Florida began to speculate.

Cuba Anarchist Event Off to Good Start

This past Friday and Saturday, Havana’s 2nd Libertarian Spring had days of intense work and debate. I am happy and encouraged by the feedback we got at all of the work sessions and by the depth of the opinions and knowledge shared by participants.

The Retreat

After the ambush by the Ciego river, still under a heavy fire that ripped the bark off trees, we split up into three groups to break through the enemy fence. The time was late 1958 in the province of Las Villas.

Cuban Actor Albertico Pujol and Mass Nostalgia

It would seem that all Cubans over forty have been left with nothing but their memories. Leaving, surviving and – most importantly – remembering are verbs that seem to apply to nearly all Cuban émigrés.