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“The Diet” in Cuba

Diets in Cuba — in addition to being nutritional regimes that people follow to reduce or increase their body weight and to stay in shape — are assignments of extra food whose amounts vary according medical prescriptions.

‘Cultural’ Advertising in Cuba

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What Did You Do to Us Zeno?

I got myself into a big mess with the students at the faculty of Nuclear Sciences the day I explained to them that the paradoxes of reason were not resolved.

Not on God’s Side or the Devil’s

The Edmundo-Pablo controversial has been hot and heavy in the online press of late. For some time, the insidious writings of Edmundo Garcia have made me think of him as a sort of tropical Mata Hari.

In the Mountains of Cuba

I waited for the truck that would take me to Pinar del Rio Province for the first time and for my first time camping.

A Cuban Anthropologist’s Lapse

Miguel Barnet, a prominent Cuban anthropologist, suffers lapses in memory from time to time. These are brief instants when he forgets important things.

Another Type of Photography

About two months ago Frank proposed that I work along with him in a made-for-TV movie. I’m not an actress or anything close to that, but the proposal was to do the still photography.

Cuba Dissidents Score Win with Gay Wedding

“Pulling a victory out of the fridge” is an expression used in Cuba by sports announcers to describe that boxer who, after having been beat in each round, is able to win the fight thanks to a devastating blow at the last moment, something nobody watching was expecting.

I’m Bienvenido’s Brother

Bienvenido, my neighbor’s oldest son, called her the other day asking about her health. She explained that she’d been getting better but that the doctor had prescribed her a few medications that are hard to find here in Cuba.

Aging in Today’s Cuba

Seeing my grandfather still kicking at the ripe old age of 93, while continuing to maintain my grandmother and two of my uncles who don’t work, is no less than a source of pride – though also worrisome.