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Carnival in San Cristobal, Pinar del Río

It’s Carnival, let’s make the most of today, our problems will still be there tomorrow – we seemed to silently say.

Saturday Without Sun

The conclusion is that the Electric Company, which has a monopoly on energy, is also charging us for the blackouts.

Unpredictable Blackouts

In Cuba, blackouts are like numbers in math (π), a constant. This happened to me two nights ago, but it also happens in the day!

The Agreement

Amanda had only known romantic love, the kind born with the expectation that a person close to us is responsible for satisfying us and making us happy.

Utilitarian vs. Perfectionist

My friend Orizabal is someone who isn’t anything like me; because he is like me, but backwards.

No More Compulsory Military Service in Cuba!

“You need to make sure you don’t get on a plane under any circumstance, for them to send you to die in Ukraine,” I blurted out.

From Dust to Gold

For the moment I remain dodging bullets in front of the wall, sure of my ideas. I have stripped every word, canvas, and brush of dust.

Cuba When I Was a Child and Some Changes

As soon as I learned to read, I started reading Comics. Those magazines that we called muñequitos here in Cuba.

A Party with “Adjusted Standards”

What happiness, another new school year! We are not going to regret, there are countless reasons to celebrate.

Re-encounters and Surprises

When I open my Facebook I find her friend request, at first, I don’t recognize her, however, I look at it until I discover that it is her.