Diaries Archives - Page 47 of 627

Young Cubans Forced into Military Service

It’s always been crystal clear to me, I don’t want to put my life on the line to defend a totalitarian system that attacks my freedom…

My knee still isn’t back to normal, but it’s the delay the whole process has taken me that’s driven me to write this article.

I think real hard, trying to find a hidden corner in my mind, begging a brain cell to help me with pictures of progress, to enlighten me…

Claudia touched a sensitive vein for many Cubans on the island and abroad, including me, as I observe the country deteriorate from afar…

A Facebook friend saw my family photos enjoying dips in nearby streams & rivers, that run fresh and are clean in most parts, where I live.

I have to admit that I like Adrian Lyne’s movies, especially Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.

We must hold onto hope, even if doesn’t do anything for parents who lost their children, victims of negligence & compulsory military service.

Coconuts haven’t been in regular supply at markets for a long time. The few that are sold are by self-employed sellers, at least in Havana.

Anyone living in Cuba can testify to the disaster we are experiencing, of this dysfunctional and dead-end system that is called “continuity”.

I got the phone call from the hospital that morning. The mother’s excited voice told me, “Everything went well, the girl is beautiful…”