The latest Cuban movie has provided a bit of relief to the relatively wealthy on the island. When they have a twinge of conscience, they now know that all they have to do is give a Playstation to some poor kid.
Read MoreThe Communist Party Congress was not the balm that healed the economic wounds of the last couple decades. It was more like the same old pill demanding additional effort and sacrifice.
Read MoreThat is the private world of my neighbors. They have stopped being themselves — if at some time they ever were — to enter the lives of characters who they have in front of them, those who appear on TV or on some DVD
Read MoreIsn’t it similar to us behaving like a bull in front of the red cape that encourages us to charge while the bullfighter toys with our fury until we become exhausted?
Read MoreWe’re now seeing them turn old, that generation of people who were born or were children when the Cuban Revolution triumphed in 1959.
Read MoreI don’t believe that we write out of some cathartic necessity. I think that it’s a form of sincerely demonstrating the other faces of Cuba, neither those displayed in the official press nor those in the anti-Castro media.
Read MoreFor the time being there are only a few of us involved in this task. We hope more people will join in from anywhere. They can be national or foreigners. They only have to be in Havana (visiting or living here).
Read MoreIn this celebration there are no semblances of any “cult of the personality,” nor any exaltation of the personal values of this person who was that nation’s president several years ago. I admire such will, where people show the spirit to pay tribute to such an important figure in the social history of the world.
Read MoreWhen we first started the website, even I felt a little concerned and uncomfortable that it came out only in the language of Shakespeare. This put us in a delicate situation. Plus, though I was wringing out my neurons, I couldn’t even avoid the fact that the readers of my posts were other than Cuban.
Read MoreIn the comments responding to one of my posts, “When Your Wages Can’t Stretch,” someone asked me the question of how I survived when my pay ran out. Here’s my reply.
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