I don’t know what the title means in that language, but those cartoons from the late 1970s and early ‘80s — popularly known as “Los Chapuceros” (The Dabblers) — are still able to generate smiles and laughter from many of us here.
Read MoreLiving only a few miles off the coast of a powerful and aggressive military power isn’t an easy undertaking. A small and poor nation must act with a firm hand if it wants to maintain its sovereignty.
Read MoreCarlos’ telling me to choose whatever book that I wanted was a great birthday present. Anyone who knows me even a little knows about my obsession with reading. I chose Afrocubanas (Afro-Cuban Women).
Read MoreCuba deals with its own daemon vectors. In the Caribbean the Aedes genus mosquito is responsible to passing along dengue fever. West Nile, which has been at the top of the news in Texas, is spread by the Culex genus.
Read MoreThe post by the young student about new ways to woo a woman reminded me of something that happened to me some time ago. It was a blistering hot day and I was walking to the grocery store when I ran into an overly insistent and annoying admirer.
Read MoreI don’t believe in the press. I don’t believe in journalists, or in the best intentions of any editor. The illusion of a “free press” is held only by those who live with the fear of being imprisoned by a system.
Read MoreThe broadcasts of the London Olympics on Cuban national television were nuanced with biased opinions concerning sexual identity in sports.The most discriminatory opinions were reveled even in sports that excluded the participation of men.
Read MoreThe “chronicle of a disgrace foretold” has just been recorded in Moscow. Russian judges have sentenced members of political punk-rock group “Pussy Riot” to two years in prison.
Read MoreWhen I think of the Florida Straits, what comes to mind are rafters and the sharks that circle them – occasionally swallowing one. I know a few daring souls who set off aboard their own rickety rafts and I’ve heard their stories about overcoming their greatest fear: falling into the sea.
Read MoreI’m still not quite sure what really happened with the famous underwater cable between Cuba and Venezuela, that fiber optic line that was going to connect our country to the global broadband network.
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