I experienced the most difficult moments of the Special Period crisis when I was only 16. I had just entered high school when we received the news of the collapse of the socialist camp; the consequences would soon follow.
Read MoreMy father and a friend’s mother named Daysi, like many people in Cuba, have not had access to other non-state information sources for years. It is to the point that when they hear a rumor about some event outside or inside the country, if it isn’t confirmed to them by the government, they’ll never accept it as the truth.
Read MoreThe Asociacion Hermanos Saiz (AHS) arose with the objective of uniting young Cuban artists and creators into a single institution that would guide their steps, help organize their cultural activities and promote their work.
Read MoreThe government’s intellectuals have begun to implicitly legitimate a capitalist future for Cuba. They are the same anti-capitalist intellectuals of the first 50 years of the so-called Revolution.
Read MoreWith this diary entry I want to contribute something to the rebirth of the culture of psycho-travel, which has been eclipsed by puritanism, fear of the unknown and rationality transformed into blindness.
Read MoreDuring the month of January the word “university” appeared more than usual in the pages of the nation’s dailies. When reading, I couldn’t help but feel chills run up my spine.
Read MoreManolo is a friend of mine who used to work as an electrician at the Havana train station. Recently he found himself without work as a result of the previously announced round of mass government layoffs.
Read MoreA friend admitted to me that his wages are now enough for him to buy things he hadn’t been able to before. It was a sincere confession, and though he really doesn’t earn that much, he could purchase things that someone who making a worker’s wage in Cuba isn’t used to having.
Read MoreThe news had run around the whole university like a line of lit gunpowder. Teachers, services workers and even some students were all talking about it. It seems that those of us in my department were the last ones to find out.
Read MoreAn interesting controversy was stirred up by the open letter sent by Oscar Cuevas Romeros to Cuban journalist Reinaldo Taladrid. Several LGBT activists on the island have written to counter the arguments of this homophobic citizen.
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