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What the Last Wave of Migration Has Meant for Cuba

What is now being demonstrated are the consequences of the most recent wave of emigration from Cuba, that which has occurred over the past 15 years.

My Year End Break at the Debating Championship

This past December I used my time off from the medical school in Cuba to fulfill my role as Registration Director for the World Universities Debating Championship in Botswana.

Happy New Year to All

I just had a wonderful New Year’s. Something happened in my house we hadn’t seen in years. No, it didn’t have to do with any inheritance, nor did anyone hit the lottery. I didn’t stumble upon a briefcase full of money, nor did they give my father a trip abroad.

Are We Poisoning Ourselves Without Knowing It?

In addition to enjoying the pleasant weather, with my dog running in all directions, along the way we didn’t cease to be surprised by the garbage piled up all over and the number of car batteries in the streets.

Governments and Companies on the Stand

The end of my stay in Nicaragua couldn’t have been any better. Invited by friends of the Nicaraguan “Another World is Possible” social movement, I was part of the Central American Climatic Court.

The Rite of the Suitcase

No matter where I might find myself in the future, one thing I’ll always want to do is spend New Year’s in my Havana.

My New Years in Jibacoa

I vividly remember the story told by Uncle Lindo, who one day went to the general store to ask if anyone was interested in breeding their hog with his sow and sharing the profits.

The Return of an Epoch

Ivette Cepeda’s voice returned us suddenly to some Havana night in the 1950s, when this was a city teeming with excellent singers and there were as many cabarets as in New York or Paris – without exaggerating.

A Time to Sow

The time we’re provided in this life is what’s most precious. What we do with it and who we share it with is a personal decision.

Young Blood

Nicaragua is a country of young people. With sixty percent of the population under the age of 35, this is a condition that can present itself as either an opportunity or a barrier to the civic mobilization that the country needs to curb the indecencies of the traditional powers.