I’d like to give another example of the favorable economic and social outcomes that can be achieved in Cuba when the productive forces are released and non-neoliberal market mechanisms activated to reward positive economic performance.
Read MoreLegal or “bureaucratic issues” (as they’re also called) have in different ways, at different moments and for a long time robbed us Cubans of our lives, youth, adulthood and old age; particularly those issues having to do with housing, which I think surpass others by a large margin.
Read MoreAcross the park, two women came staggering out of a bar attempting to cope with the usual effects of beer. One of them led the other a supposed hiding place, though from the bus everyone could see them.
Read MoreI have a picture of my niece on the desktop of my computer. She’s only a year old and a mulata, like me. What it means to be black in Cuba is summarized by her mother, a light-brown-skinned Cuban woman who would never dream of mentioning the girl’s black grandmother.
Read MoreAn 11-year-old kid from Ciego de Avila Province, Fredo de Jesus Sanchez, has just been proclaimed a rising star in Cuban soccer. He said he had fallen in love with the sport during the 2010 World Cup.
Read MoreThough private food services in Cuba haven’t succeeded in outstripping state-run food services, in the sale of day-to-day consumer articles this isn’t the case. This is due in large part to a strange solidarity between private vendors.
Read MoreHere in Cuba, USB flash drives are used as a substitute for the Internet. People somehow manage to copy TV series, documentaries, books, movies and all kinds of information. They store these on their USBs and then they get distributed randomly.
Read MoreIf you’re on the lookout for a good pair of shoes here in Havana that don’t cost an arm and a leg, I want to tell you about a special offer.
Read MoreThere are no canons that permit the prioritization of different cultures in our global society. Each culture has its particular history. Today we should only base ourselves on the respect for differences, the respect for others.
Read MoreOne can go through the neighborhoods of Havana and see kids (teenagers) looking up toward the sky, observing, or better said, looking for something. For those who are unfamiliar, this seems like something lacking an explanation.
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