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My Launching as a Photographer

Of course my name didn’t appear in a caption, but that didn’t bother me; I’m not an ardent champion of copyrights.

A Cuba Camping Trip Story

What struck me as odd was that neither the driver nor the guide had ever been there. In any case, the bus left Havana taking a highway on the north shore.

The “theater of the absurd” is one mode of creating dramatized works. In Cuba it is associated with Virgilio Piñera, the island’s father par excellence of dramatic works that were the precursor of this genre.

Disrespecting Workers

Some workers have had to go more than three months without receiving their wages at the Herminio Hernandez Agricultural Producers Cooperative in the Baguanos municipality of Holguin province.

The Sounds of My Neighborhood

My neighborhood in Cojimar is about eight or ten blocks from the sea, that’s why I can’t speak about the sound of its waves, except on rare exceptions when bad weather causes the salt water to get inside the houses built closest to the water.

Our Cuba Med School Walls

In the same amount of floor space that a United States University would have trouble fitting 2,000 students the Cubans fit 4,000. (18 photos)

On Double Standards

A few days ago I read the commentary “The Anonymous Complaint” by Alfredo Fernandez. Among other things, it made me reflect on the double standards that proliferate in our country these days as practices of daily life.

A Visit by a Cuban

When I got there I found him conversing peacefully with my father in his front room. At first I didn’t recognize him, so I said hi somewhat indifferently.

Soy Meat, but Transgenic?

A great report on Cuban television stirred up comments among people. It was about an intensive and extensive soya production program being undertaken by the Military Agricultural Enterprise and that employs Brazilian technology.

Seduced by Cuba’s Salsa

I accepted the invitation of some female Swedish friends who had come to Cuba for 15 days to practice the well-known dance form of “Cuban Casino,” internationally referred to as “salsa.”