I can summarize the Cuban performance at the WBC III as having been good. They had a great tournament at the plate. The pitching wasn’t bad, but the defence behaved discreetly, although there were some very good plays. It’s been a while since I’d liked watching them that much.
Read MoreIn the History of Cuba one character keeps popping up between the silence and the whispers. It catches its breath and then slips back behind the scenes of an adverse scenario. From the shadows, it has added its grain of sand to the formation of the Cuban nationality. This character is the homosexual.
Read MoreThe title, And the English took Havana, again, makes an allusion to what Cuban children used to study in our 4th grade history classes: that day back in the 18th century when Havanans woke up to find themselves living under the “Union Jack” (the common name for the “Union flag”).
Read MoreImages (which are fundamental elements of our lives), together with spirit and the necessary sensitivity, are the best tools novice photographers have for participating in the exhibition “Punto de Partida” (Starting Point), at the Riviera Cultural Center.
Read MoreThe past weekend I learned about a public statement signed by several members of UNEAC sounding an alert about the need to combat violence against women. As an example of this detestable evil, the message referred to the case of writer Angel Santiesteban.
Read MoreMy home is still in mourning, and it has every reason to be. All the members of my family are mopping about the house with sad faces, and I share that pain. In less than 15 days we lost two friends of the family. The first, Nicolas, was a neighbor who was closer to us than any relative who shared our genes. The second friend was Hugo Chavez.
Read More“Yadira has always been involved with painting. When she was little she would spend hours sitting at the dining room table painting sheets of paper with her little art set.” That’s what her grandmother told me, because I didn’t know her back then. Yadira now makes her living as a manicurist
Read MoreRecently I’ve been thinking back to a 1971 Italian film that left me glued to my seat at Havana’s Charlie Chaplin Cinema. It was The Working Class Goes to Heaven. In it, the main character was fired from an auto parts factory, similar to how I’m no longer sitting in an office chair from 7:50 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Read MoreSeeing the wave of self-employed businesses in Havana, I am struck by the boom in video games. With eye-catching posters and flyers distributed throughout the city, they attract kids who rush off to ruin their sight on the flashing screens … and their parents by throwing their money away. (9 photos)
Read MoreI need to confess something. All this time I’ve been a victim of prejudice against the Bolivarian government of Venezuela and its desire to build a political, economic and social system that they call 21st century socialism. The figure of President Hugo Chavez has always aroused suspicion in me.
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