When Lupe came home and asked whose billfold was on the table, her husband replied: “I found it in the street.” He didn’t seem to mind that she found him completely naked or that the apartment had a different smell.
Read MoreApparently Alamar residents and everyone else interested will be able to enjoy a reggae concert in honor of the birth of Marcus Garvey, on Friday, August 17, between 8:30 pm and 11:00 pm, with a cover change of 5.00 pesos MN.
Read MoreAfter having asphalted several major Havana thoroughfares on the eve of the Pope’s visit, crews of government workers are now repairing side streets in poor neighborhoods of the capital.
Read MoreOn the floor where I live is a beautiful garden. For some time, many of the residents of this fourth level had proposed beautifying the common areas.
Read MoreLast week I completed Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). Studying for this exam the past two months explains my literary absence from this collective blog of open-minded writing from Cuba.
Read MoreAgnes’s problems with her mother aren’t due only to them living together or their generational differences. Her frustrations have an understandable source of blame. Every day Agnes tries to free herself from the grip of the emotional blackmail with which her mother holds her.
Read MoreIt was Osmel’s decision to become a poet, a task that implies major challenges. But he says that since people are born into lives that are full of challenges, then in his case he’s not going to give up on what he knows how to do best.
Read MoreHavana Times has been online for nearly four years – publishing diaries, opinions, interviews, news, etc. Of the 23 HT writers, only six (26 percent) have Internet access. Many of us never get the chance to even see the site.
Read MoreDo you remember the grove of casuarina evergreen trees that was completely cut down a year ago in the coastal town of Santa Fe? Between the allegations raised by Havana Times, those of the Guardabosques environmentalist organization and pressure from locals, we have succeeded in getting the military out of there.
Read MoreThese last few weeks I’ve been visiting two schools of ballet and dance, here in Caracas. There are girls so small you can hardly see them on stage and others more grown that are beginning to surprise with their talent. (19 photos)
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