Tania, one of my daughters, is always telling me that she wants to live somewhere else. One day she talked to me about Brazil. “Brazil’s really pretty!” she said to me a while back. I then asked, “But how do you know if you’ve never been there?”
Read MoreVisiting Havana, there are several artistic choices that are hard for me to pass up. The 11th Biennale of Visual Arts was showcasing fabulous exhibits where installations, digital art and collages are integrated in such a way that post-modernism is now invading the city.
Read MoreEarly Saturday morning (June 9), Cuban law enforcement officers picked up two members of the Critical Observatory Network (OC) and drove them to the police station at Zapata and C Street of Havana’s Vedado district.
Read MoreAn especially interesting feature appeared on the evening TV news in Cuba on June 5th. A reporter was trying to find out “on the ground” how prices were being set in hard-currency stores in Havana.
Read MoreSince arriving in Caracas, I’ve gone from having one flu to another. I live next to a highly trafficked avenue, but I go out almost every day, either walking or taking the bus or the subway. My contact with “reality” is almost complete, though it seems like the flu is part and parcel of that reality. (7 photos)
Read MoreMost all of us in Cuba feel like we’re “trained” to prescribe herbal or spiritual medicinal treatments, therefore all of us try to heal others with the best of intentions.
Read MoreThis past Saturday the lights went out at home, so I had to wish my husband a happy 26th birthday as he woke up in bed soaking in sweat. I was hoping that it would only take a couple hours for whatever it was to be fixed.
Read MoreThe priority of those of us who organize these forums has always been to encourage contacts and cooperation between people who actively do things (and not simply think or write).
Read MoreThe poster of the entrance showed Jesus Lara the artist, menacing with his fists and his aggressive look while announcing “Boxing citadino”, which then made you want to know how a boxing ring could be combined with an art exhibit. (13 photos)
Read MoreEven before the emigration fever hit Cuba, I dreamed of going to Syria. My sister married a guy from that Arab country, one who came to study medicine but was actually even better at storytelling.
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