Two days ago I received by forwarded e-mail a message that read: “VERY IMPORTANT! Health care professionals recommend that consumers beware of anything that is “Made in China,” especially products containing yellow, red or orange dye.
Read MoreSometimes a problem that’s very simple to solve problem can turn into a persistent nuisance. This is the case of water hoses, the ones that connect supply lines to sinks and toilet tanks.
Read MoreLast week I came across a rare photo of Fidel that I found amazing. I’m providing it here for the readers of Havana Times so you can tell me if you think the same.
Read MoreWriting for a site that you can hardly access is something normal here in Cuba. Cyberspace is filled with Cuban blogs whose authors only rarely are able check their entries, much less interact with their readers.
Read MoreDogs have always been considered “man’s best friend.” They’re loyal to the grave, at least according to Angela, my neighbor from across the street. She has 16 of them!
Read MoreThe death in Santiago de Cuba of young Wilman Villar Mendoza, 31, after nearly two months on a hunger strike, forces one to choose whether to turn their head or to raise their voice against the incompatibility of what has happened with the most elementary sense of humanity.
Read MoreA certain gentleman commented about one of my recent posts suggesting that I review the statistics relating to high incidence of poverty in the rest of the Third World compared to the low rates experienced here in Cuba.
Read MoreI still remember the day that they accepted me into the art history program. They gathered us together at a school on Prado Boulevard here in Havana and, after standing there waiting in a row for a good while, they announced the decisions.
Read MoreWith the money I’ll receive for my journalistic collaborations, I was planning to take care of some of my most pressing problems.
Read MoreIn the slow but unstoppable process of the pluralization of Cuban society, various groups (religious believers, gays, people of African descent) have been shaping their identity, gaining ground and making their legitimate discourses coherent.
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