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What’s Going On at Havana’s Yellow Submarine Bar?

It became so popular that you had to get there two hours in advance in order to get in on the weekend, because it opened its doors at 9 PM.

I woke up on May 1st just like on any other day. Then, I remembered that it was the day of the traditional May 1st parade..

When I say I feel lost, I’m not talking in the geographical sense, it’s because I can’t see a clear path ahead in a dark tunnel.

May 1st is the day that trade unions worldwide march for their main demands with greater visibility. However, it doesn’t work that way in Cuba

The first time I heard about the “Special Period”, I was 7. I was at school & the teachers were very concerned when talking about the subject.

One morning towards the end of 2021, I woke up surprised by a prickling in my legs. By that afternoon, a rash had erupted on my thighs…

It was 1980. I was 5 years old when some relatives of my maternal grandfather were able to come back and visit Cuba.

One good thing that’s come out of this is that you no longer see cans or plastic bottles on the street, they are all collected to be recycled

The animal protection community feels like their suggestions, proposals, concerns, and demands have all been thrown out the window…

What does any of this have to do with Cuba you ask? Well, a lot, because this pattern is repeated in every human society…