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The Cuba Book Fair in Pinar del Rio

A fair like any other, where books – the fake star of these events – was cast to the back of our collective consciousness, like it always has.

I haven’t written for a weeks now about the adventures of being Cuban in Cuba. I want to apologize to the people who follow my diary entries…

There are aspects that I do not want to fail to mention, one of them is the way in which the number of femicides has grown lately in Cuba.

You need to be obedient and go unnoticed to make the most of the few opportunities the system gives you, in the state-led or private sector.

“The country is making progress and that hurts them”, or “better is possible”, are some slogans the Government is pushing in its fake press”

We reached the park, lots of families were with their small children, couples and friends… but what were they celebrating?

For those of you who don’t know the story, Aguedo Morales was a teacher born in Consolacion del Sur, who was killed in Nicaragua in 1981.

I traveled to Mantua, Pinar del Rio’s smallest municipality last week. With difficult access, in the far northwestern part of the province.

Hoping not to bore you, I want to tell you about some of the things Cubans are talking about the most on the street these days.

Duannys Moreno Sánchez became known in Cuba during the sad days of the fire in the supertankers of Matanzas in August, 2022.