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You Need More Courage to Stay in Cuba Than to Leave

What do you think people are thinking about: how to repeat July 11th & be locked up for 15 years or about selling everything and emigrating?

One case stirred both compassion and contempt in me. An old man, who had retired from MININT (Ministry of Interior) confessed…

He spent the entire night sitting in the living room. The pain was more intense when he laid down, his blood pressure went up…

Unlike the virtual reality that government media transmits, to go or not is the most common subject of conversation in households right now.

It’s one thing to be pragmatic and a whole ‘nother thing to allow a dictatorial power control my life as if I were a puppet.

My daughter was excited all week. The days passed by and she imagined the moment she’d hold the prize for her work.

I’ve recently read articles where actresses talk about aging, and how it is to land roles in film & TV productions after turning 50 years old

The end of the dictatorship in Cuba was “around the corner” every since the beginning… So the first emigres believed…

Messages are received in every possible way; people feel like we need to wish each other a happy International Women’s Day.

This is the dilemma many families have, trying to survive on an island where even breathing is a punishment.