What is this sign really saying? The picture was taken at the entrance to the art gallery located in Havana’s Yara movie theater. Is the ad actually offering a service, or is it an artistic performance? Could there really be WiFi available to Cubans?
Read MoreRecently, one of my Facebook friends was complaining on-line about the inconveniences that a US postal service had caused him. The addressee was a person this agency had already made deliveries to and claimed not to be able to find them this last time around.
Read MoreAs a result of the failure of neo-liberalism and the worsening of living conditions, left-wing, progressive or nationalist parties have come to power in most Latin American and Caribbean countries. Faced with successive defeats at the ballot boxes, the Right has devised a new kind of coup d’état.
Read More“Osmel, do you know anyone who rents out rooms for the night?” “You mean, for quickies?” he replies, trying to clarify my question. “I’m asking because your house is on a busy avenue, Via Blanca. You could set up a business like that.”
Read MoreSome time ago, I had the opportunity to attend a lecture given by the pedagogue, psychologist and director of Cuba’s National Center for Sexual Education (CENESEX) Mariela Castro. Castrowas speaking with a gay man in the conference room.
Read MoreI attended a thesis defense on Cuba’s first inhabitants. It was a very interesting paper that compiled a lot of archeological data and studies conducted with advanced technologies. I will comment on a small debate that took place during the discussion of the paper.
Read MoreUS citizens call it the Bay of Pigs, Cubans call it Playa Girón. Whatever you prefer, this crystal clear Caribbean bay surrounded by mosquito ridden wetland offers up the best of rural Cuban seaside life.
Read MoreA get-together with friends is always an interesting encounter, a context in which feedback flows and spiritual mingling makes us better people. The hours pass and one barely notices it. Several months ago, my friend Veronica organized such a get-together.
Read MoreI have been meaning to write some comments on Haroldo Dilla’s post “The Cavalcade of Cuba’s Alfredo Guevara” for a long while. Dilla expressed his disconcert over the megalomaniacal pillars of this man’s personality, traits he managed to conceal quite well…
Read MoreThe news reached me from the city of Moron, in Cuba’s province of Ciego de Avila. The piece was about a 13-year-old who, while enjoying carnival festivities in the town of Cacahual fell from a height of about 8 meters, hit the pavement and suffered a serious head trauma.
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