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A Summer Saturday

This Saturday, the first rays of light announced that it would be an ideal day for just about any family plan. If it wasn’t for the fact that I was flat broke, it looked like it would be a perfect day.

Taking advantage of small business people

A self-employed friend of mine is visited daily by a tax collector who demands a small amount of money from him for the space he uses to set up his table.

Oriol’s Bus stop

Although today one can see a few Chinese Yutong buses running up and down its main streets, the fact is that mass public transportation in Caibarien has virtually disappeared.

Havana Neighborhoods, Two Extremes

Now I live in the far-eastern suburb of Alamar. And, as if I were destined to never to forget to compare, they’ve sent me to complete my social service obligation in the far western suburb of Miramar.

Che, CLACSO* & University Reform (Part II)

Guevara struggled against the independence of the university in relation to society, and that’s all fine and well, but he did it by throwing the university at the feet of such a powerful and authoritarian government.

Efforts around Critical TV in Cuba

The TV programs Huron Azul and Clip Punto cu are part of a small number of cultural programs that are struggling to reintroduce a socio-cultural critique into discourse on Cuban television.

Increased Violence in Guantanamo

In several posts published here at Havana Times, people have commented about the increase of violence in our country. As for me, I refer particularly to gender violence in my town, Guantanamo City.

Carnival in Appearance

Why not just hold carnival even if it’s every five years, but one that’s respected and that at least resembles the true carnival of Havana that many knew and that was among the best in the Americas and the world?

The Importance of Hands

Each of us has our morbid notions, but it’s curious, I’d never imagined myself without hands or lacking the ability to move them.

My Father’s Accident

Unfortunately I wasn’t there when all this happened. I only found out later that night, around 8:00 when I got home. Thanks to one of my uncles who has a car, I made it to the hospital.