It is an invasion of the capital, despite having poorly paved streets full of potholes, buildings falling down with the passage of time and the lack of maintenance. Yet many of these people yearn to be able to come here.
Read MoreFor those of us who are students at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) we must complete an obligatory week of quarantine upon returning from a trip away from Cuba.
Read MoreDespite community work and the effort of several Guantanamo-area organizations, the number of women murdered has increased. Society should continue studying the causes and consequences of gender-related violence and work to eliminate or reduce it. (11 photos)
Read MoreOn a giant screen there unexpectedly appeared the unforgettable Consuelito Vidal making an appeal for hope for the Cuban people, and in the foreground the word “faith” was highlighted in red.
Read MoreLast Saturday I went to the Lisa Special Government Agricultural Market to buy vegetables. I got there exactly at the moment some inspectors were detecting several violations in the sales stands.
Read MoreAlthough it was supposed that the guidelines for changes in the Cuba’s economy were for analysis by the general public and that approval or disapproval would be determined at the April Communist Party congress, it appears that nothing even remotely resembling this is occurring.
Read MoreOn Monday January 3, classes at the Mantilla High School restarted – but without me. Over each day of the year’s end holiday I spent time meditating about whether I should quit or not, and I finally decided that I should.
Read MoreThe fiftieth edition of the Cuban National Baseball Series has been dubbed the “Golden Season,” evidently in reference to the round figure it will mark since it has nothing to do with the quality of our national sport.
Read MoreA few months ago I reluctantly decided to get rid of my bed before the termites completed the work they’d begun. And since the mattress wasn’t comfortable either I decided to get rid of it too.
Read MoreWe have begun a new year after having left behind December, when from early in the month Cuban families labored to make sure of everything from a leg of pork to a crate of beer, bottles of rum or well-liked yams for their end of the year traditional Creole dinner.
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