“Sorry but this bill is counterfeit, my love, so I can’t take it.” That was what a clerk said to a woman a few days ago when she tried to buy a soft drink for her child at the private stand where I catch the bus to work every day.”
Read MoreUS professor Ted Henken, who is doing work on gender and the online media, developed a questionnaire for some of us Havana Times bloggers to give our opinions. I want to share with you some of my views regarding certain focuses in the professor’s survey.
Read MoreA few weeks ago I participated in one of the most impression-making meetings in all of my short life. It took place in the school where I’m currently a teacher, where those present consisted of the teaching staff as well as most of the administration.
Read MoreAfter living in Old Havana for 14 years I’ve gotten to know some of the features that distinguish it and many of the problems that deeply affect it. This is what I’m bringing before you today – the issue of NOISE.
Read MoreEveryone knows that when it comes to weddings, the bride’s grown always has to be the most beautiful. That is why it is the tradition in many countries for the guests never to wear white dresses or light colors, so as not to overshadow the bride.
Read MoreAbove all, I realized that Cuba as a gay-friendly destination wouldn’t work like it does in Brazil or Argentina, not to mention France, the United States, Germany or Japan.
Read MoreThere’s a huge wall that separates the neighborhoods of Santos Suarez and El Canal, located in the center of the Havana. On the wall, graffiti art was first practiced well before the recent wave of graffiti hit the capital.
Read MoreAs far as I know, the project for a new left, named “La Red Protagonica Observatorio Critico” (the Critical Observatory Leadership Network), which also operates on the margin of the Cuban government, is the major player that’s absent from the debate about Cuba on Web 2.0.
Read MoreOne custom of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) organizations is to maintain neighborhood bulletin boards. Usually not a whole lot of attention is paid to these, though occasionally they’re used to communicate important messages.
Read MoreLouis is a man of over 60 who lives on my block. Although he has always looked too sad for words, we got along just fine.
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