When the markets in my neighborhood are running short on calabazas (squash) — those long and heavy Cuban calabazas that are reddish-yellow on the inside — I can’t help but remember an old conga song (or was it rumba?) sung by the Afro-Havanans of the late nineteenth century.
Read MoreWhenever we hear about these videos games in the news, it always seems they’re referring to some foreign phenomenon, something happening elsewhere. We see classic lines like: “The evils of the capitalist world are suggesting to youth a universe filled with horror and sensationalism.”
Read MoreShoe repair services are appreciated by many people I know. The lack of good quality shoes and the impossibility of an acceptable range require average Cubans to get their footwear mended time again and time again.
Read MoreA group of friends and workers’ self-management advocates who are members of the (new-left) Critical Observatory Network decided — on our own, (independently of the Cuban government) — to demonstrate against capitalism on Saturday, May 12. This was the date on which those involved in the worldwide 15-M movement did the same.
Read MoreA few days ago I traveled to San Jose de las Lajas, like I do almost every week. For this trip, I always stash away 10 pesos for the taxi ride – an investment that prevents me from getting dehydrated on the highway waiting for a public bus.
Read MoreJust a few days ago I thought about the sacrifices required of me as a mother. I thought about what I haven’t learned and done since I gave birth to my two wonderful girls. (6 photos)
Read MoreThe Havana Biennial arts festival (May 11-June 11) has now started its collateral exhibits and the artist Mendive joined in with a performance featuring a hundred naked bodies singing, dancing and displaying themselves as they walked along the Prado esplanade in the heart of Old Havana. (25 photos)
Read MoreI really didn’t have any desire to go out, but curiosity got the better of me, and since the subway is free on May Day, I went to see how they celebrate “Workers Day” here in Caracas. (26 photos)
Read MoreFernanda is one of my good friends from the university. She’s always saying that she admires me for struggling so hard, but she also criticizes me because she thinks I sacrifice too much.
Read MoreThis is another chapter of our vacation at a “Campismo Popupar” campground in Cienfuegos Province. Chronologically, we should have started here, but we’re no less crazy than the rest of this crazy world. (19 photos)
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