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My Right to Live

I left the nostalgia behind. No political system or economic situation are going to rob me of the right to live today.

We hope that very soon those ridiculous drones will stop displaying Maduro’s propaganda and instead show the word that everyone longs for.

While serving coffee, my aunt began to talk about a new store that had opened, where everybody working there were Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Now, as I write with my body and nerves exhausted, I wonder: will there be anyone with the strength to take care of me when I fall ill?

The sense of cultural belonging and the sense of decency and good musical taste have been lost in Cuba.

Routine is something that repeats itself, that’s why it’s called that. However, sometimes unforeseen events occur…

Today I woke up feeling very pensive. Actually, I wake up more like this every day. I grabbed my ration book & went to get my daily bread.

All of Venezuela has suffered the consequences of corruption and death of institutionalism. However, the elderly have lost the most.

Due to this acute crisis we are going through, I hope we reach that limit where the Cuban State is forced to make substantial changes.

I arrive early, almost at dawn, and always find more than a dozen men, all Cubans, waiting for a contractor for some occasional work.