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Cowardice or Violence?

I’m appalled at the sadness of those who — for any change in society or their environment — resort to violence or speak out in favor of it.

What we need is meat

This prayer is repeated almost to the point of making us think that a little animal fat and flesh is the solution to all our ills in this country, more and more fraught with problems.

A not so good obsession has forced me to delve deeper and deeper into the writings of the past for that compelling fact that sparks my curiosity about a historic moment in which I didn’t live but which I find as interesting as the present.

Conversation with a Crab

Yesterday — during the half hour I had free between my machine in a cybercafé and a meeting set up with a friend — I used it to go sit on the malecon seawall.

If You Have a Friend You Have Clout

More than three years after going through what I had to face with my mother, now my friend Rachel explained how she had to put pressure on the hospital since they weren’t doing anything for her father.

My Friend’s Agoraphobic Daughter

I got a call from a friend whose oldest daughter had returned for a visit after having lived outside of Cuba for several years. She was happy to see her daughter, but that she was very concerned because the younger woman was afraid to go outside, especially by herself.

Havana Sites of Amorous Adventure

“Auntie’s Houses” is what they used to be called to cover up the real names of brothels here in the city. These days other polite terms have been adopted to identify these places of amorous encounters, rendezvous and dalliances.

Cuban Philosopher Alexis Against Communism

This is a continuation of an earlier post in which I criticized the response made by the philosopher Alexis Jardines to a question posed by a student at the University of Florida: “Is it true that there’s nothing salvageable from communism if we understand this word as the central idea of politics as far as life in communities…?”

4th Havana ‘Love-In Festival’ Held

The holding of the annual “Love-in Festival” has now become a tradition here in Havana. Every year it has a different theme, and on this occasion it was celebrated as a “Festival for the Environment.”

Going from and to Cuba for Xmas

I will be joining the multitudes that have paid about $400 USD for the 35 minute flight between Miami and Havana.