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Cuba Is An Island Without Fish

Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, is surrounded by a deep blue ocean that used to be overflowing with life.

In Havana, getting into a shared taxi is not an everyday act. Surviving transportation is a feat. A relentless battle…

They say remembering is living again. On rainy days like today I almost believe that when I open the door of my apartment…

I’ve steered clear of those churches that talk too much about money—those that collect tithes and then keep asking for more and more…

In the morning my aunt came back from the ration store with some products she’d bought for the day’s meal.

Some young people make fun of older people, seeing them as inferior, as if they no longer had anything to offer life…

It takes courage to stop a collective ovation! In an instant, you go from being one of the crowd to being “the crazy one,” the bitter one…

As Havana crumbles it is also falling apart in its memory. I walk through the city like someone rummaging through the ruins of a lost empire.

When I arrived in Curitiba, the first thing I was advised to do was open a bank account, so I could work officially and receive my payments.

While heading back home from the dentist’s office, I decided to go by the center to get a few things done, like buying soap for example.