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My Super-Ego and its Concerns

I can’t make excuses or victimize myself, victims never win. I’m a man, only worth the few grains of rice I’m able to contribute to the world.

This isn’t happening only in Pinar del Rio. News of such attacks, murders & robberies arrive from all over the island via alternative media.

This idol is a kind of divine hybrid here in Cuba, the result of religious syncretism that many Cubans have been practicing for centuries…

I remember an image from my youth. I see my sister and me, looking for dry branches in the flower beds to put together a Christmas tree.

Despite the candid humor that the young ones tried to offer the adults, a different symphony was playing for us. This was a farewell party.

Being sad is a natural state, something that comes over you all of a sudden and you can’t stop it. I’ve been sad since last week…

Hermes Hernandez Santana, 70, spent his entire life working the land on his farm in the Songo La Maya municipality, in Santiago de Cuba.

People were making ironic jokes & mocking the triviality of the elections like never before, even after voting or on their way to do so.

I don’t normally watch a lot of TV, except for today, it’s a Saturday night, I’m home alone and want to watch a movie.

“The Police Captain came looking for you,” said my neighbor Fina without even saying hello. “You must be making that up Fina,” I replied