In a previous post, I wrote about the blog of Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez. At that time I celebrated his anti-bureaucratic commitment, since what particularly appealed to me was his phrase “Libya deserves something better than Qaddafi.”
Read MoreThe saddest thing was seeing how they took Mario Castillo away in handcuffs. But then again, it was also the most beautiful: seeing the firm look on his face, with no hatred for those men who couldn’t understand.
Read MoreThe director Kristina Konrad shows us Cuban soap opera writer Maite Vera in her everyday life: at the corner store, talking with neighbors in her building, on the set of a film, in the company of visiting friends and family members.
Read MoreHow ironic it is for them to go around proclaiming here in Cuba: “Striving to achieve excellence in food service and customer attention!” This is one of the inventions you have to listen to daily in the iniquitous marketing attempts by our media to feign the friendly treatment and quality that people deserve.
Read MoreI ended up with nothing from my salary for these last days of the month. Actually, this is the norm for most salaried employees in Cuba. The same thing happened with partner, Eddy.
Read MoreHumans exist in this world without actually being able to compete with the rest of nature. If not for the coats, umbrellas, metal tools and such, we’d hardly make it from one season to the next.
Read MoreThe process carried out by Cuba’s Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology was riddled with violations that jeopardized the entire investigation. They even had to pay fines for not reporting to regulators about experiments on certain plots of land.
Read MoreI was recently on my way to work walking along the streets of Old Havana, the ones between the Loma del Angel and Avenida del Puerto. On the pavement in front of me I spotted a small black cat laying into a ball, as cats often do when they sleep.
Read MoreWhat Jorge doesn’t understand is why he was prevented from putting up a tent in the yard of the farmhouse where he lives. He stays there with the homeowners, who “adopted” him some time ago.
Read MoreI’m here at the bank where I’m unable to cash a check for 100 pesos ($5 USD), which I earned for the articles I’ve written. The cashier said the signature was invalid.
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