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Tribute to My School Teacher

Dawn had barely broken when we woke up to the triumph of the Revolution. From that moment on, everything was a surprise…

The thing is, leaving Cuba isn’t something without haste, in fact it’s the exact opposite, a great urgency and people are losing patience.

Rocco is irreverent, libertarian, opposed to any power that threatens his autonomy, and this is why his words cost him…

Asking for singer-songwriter Carlos Varela’s forgiveness, I’ve used the title of one of his songs because I couldn’t find a better one.

There’s a cat that comes to sleep in my building lately. It’s white & grey with a big head. It almost always has its face covered in scratches

An old classmate from pre-university was arguing with me about the “Special Period” years. According to him, we’re much worse off now.

I wake up slowly until I manage to shake off the confusion & enter the present, like all the other times I’ve dreamt about her over the years.

The private sector & USD-equivalent prices are the future here, there’s no other choice, & it’s inevitable that many will suffer along the way

It’s the weekend when I come home and find there’s electricity , although you can never be sure. Blackouts come like a thief in the night…

For the first time in a long time, I felt endless love for my little sister, my only sister. The situation took me back 30 or 40 years ago…