That day I learned what cold was, that food could be used for more than eating, that families can survive dismemberment. But what was most important was that I decided this would be my future stage.
Read MoreEugenio Martinez Gonzalez is blind and used to begging in the capital’s relatively expensive and elitist Obispo Street in Old Havana. Begging isn’t on the list of self-employed activities authorized by the Cuban government, so he’s always pestered by the police.
Read MoreApart from two cousins serving on international missions in Africa, I don’t have any other family members abroad who I yearn to see. I do have friends on every continent. Most are old friends from college who now find themselves in the most unlikely spots on the planet.
Read MoreFrom an intellectual perspective, it’s commonly assumed that reggaeton is a negative phenomenon…regression from what has been achieved musically and culturally…a symptom of the degradation of taste and morality. And there’s no lack of people who suggest that many such evils originate with (or are caused by) the “revolutionary” process.
Read MoreWe don’t have a wealth of alternatives when it comes to improving our health, but we don’t have the desire to do this either. We have ideas but we don’t put them into practice. In the end, sometimes we even lose the desire to talk about these kinds of things.
Read MoreIn movies and novels, endings are always important. The last image is what sticks in one’s mind. Real life is like that too. The last impressions we retain of someone or something frame what we remember about them – for good or bad.
Read MoreAn old man, rambling, and barely able to stand was what appeared before the cameras on the National Television News. What was left in the past was that invincible commander who constantly oozed testosterone through his pores.
Read MoreThe newly authorized Cuban cooperatives might be facing a thousand obstacles and surely have their own defects. Maybe someday I’ll write more on the subject, since the adopted legislation is broad and deserves a detailed study. Relatedly, its practical application has been marked by the usual sluggishness of such changes here on the Island.
Read MoreImagine my surprise when I discovered Spiderman himself climbing up a wall in front of me. On Monday I found him scaling the symmetrical and imposing facade of the Habana Libre Hotel in Havana.
Read MoreWith one hand I hit a small conga drum, with the other I drank coffee. My head flew far away, I don’t know where. Then I remembered, the knocks on the hotel door, which even in the fog of sleep I opened. She was standing in front of me. Her smile was the one I teased her about one day.
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