She’s Just a Little Girl
She’s ten years old and she’s no longer the little girl that came to my daughter’s birthday party one year, holding her mother’s hand.
Diaries
On Guard Against What?
An official from the company I work at came and told me a few weeks ago that it was “my turn” to keep guard the following day…
Venezuela’s Workers’ Revolution
President Nicolás Maduro boasts of being a “workers’ president.” Meanwhile, he keeps hundreds of workers & trade unionists in his jails.
Cuban Children Today and Always
If the country doesn’t change, children today will be the ones to put the final nail in this Dictatorship’s coffin…
Expensive Havana Outings: a Hole in Your Pocket
After so much time at home for the health crisis, many places have begun to offer service. I wanted to go spend a few hours in Old Havana…
Mr. President: Cuba Does Have Political Prisoners
President Diaz-Canel just told members of the Pastors for Peace caravan that there aren’t any political prisoners in Cuba, a boldface lie.
Looking for a Medicine to Cure Desperation
My mobile began to ring at 5 AM, and my body just wanted to stay stuck to the mattress. The best I could do was pretend I didn’t hear it…
Waiting in Line for Something… Anything
Every day, my elderly neighbor Margarita wakes up early and goes to the closest kiosk (retail point) to her house.
A Law to Prove Cuba’s Totalitarian Control
Political control mechanisms on Cuban employees are not only limited to fake unions, that’s not the case at all.
Being Catholic in 1970s Cuba
Today, I woke up with the masochistic determination to wait in line and buy food at my neighborhood store. In reality they are crowds…