People had told her that the process and paperwork were killers. What’s involved in leaving Cuba temporarily or permanently is not what one wants to think about most when you decide to take such a step.
Read MoreThe film “A Girlfriend for David” ends with a backlit atmosphere and the masterful voice of the great Elena Burke performing the song “Love Me as I Am”. by Pablo Milanes. This is one of the most popular Cuban films of all time…and one of my favorites.
Read MoreI’m about to conduct a poll. Actually it’s going to be something like a competition, because I plan to come up with a prize for the winner.
Read MoreMy previous post, “Democratizing Cuba (I),” concluded with the expression “behind closed doors.” As this is so closely related to the topic I’m dealing with, I’d like to make some comments about the discussions that took place during the recent Conference of the Cuban Communist Party.
Read MoreAs children, when my brother and I went for a walk with our mother, we would always ask her to take us to the park where the “little” orchestra played. Our innocence was such that’s what we called the “Municipal Band,” which performed on Saturday and Sunday afternoons at Santiago de Cuba’s Cespedes Park.
Read MoreCuba and its sister nation of North Korea are two countries with the tremendous fortune of having leaders who have saved their peoples from the slave-like conditions represented by the use of IT, a form of bondage that that has subjugated most of the planet’s inhabitants.
Read MoreThey say that Cuba is the best place in the world to live. I’m sure, though, that this affirmation is merely a rumor spread by those in power.
Read MoreI followed the speeches and discussions carefully during the recently concluded National Conference Cuba’s Communist Party. “The creation of a more democratic society,” using the words of President Raul Castro, seemed a vital issue. Nevertheless, I found little that pointed to this being realized.
Read MoreThe news coming from that assembly didn’t point to dramatic shifts in the island’s politics, and the fragments of the televised speeches showed rhetorical abuses recommended only for those suffering from insomnia.
Read MoreOver the past end of the year school break that children typically enjoy, I witnessed a sad experience. While playing with my children at a Recreational Park, the one most liked by the hordes of kids in my city of Guantanamo, a too-young mother was beating her daughter, who couldn’t have been more than two years old.
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