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Our Family’s Attempt to Save Two Kittens

There is a farm next to my house, and there is a cassava plot. Two little kittens could be heard meowing since early in the morning…

We shouldn’t feel sorry for ourselves, we’re still here, Magaly told me – a friend from my teenage years who used to live in my neighborhood

We have always lived in a constant state of self-deception here in Cuba. Let me tell you why.

Midnight came along with the alcohol we drank and Chacho’s stories, we wished each other well for baby Jesus’ birth and went to sleep…

The remedy they’ve always sought is to take advantage of geopolitical conflicts and allow themselves to be used for limited life support.

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.