Red Cheeks
The bus stop was full of people though it had already begun to get dark. A black woman in a red dress came into the area, walked around, and finally situating herself a little distant from everyone else.
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Diaries
Proverbial Truths
Our country — in the middle of an economic embargo, without great natural wealth and because of other things that I don’t want to refer to — is in fact immersed in underdevelopment, which causes us to be the daily witnesses of an abrupt subversion of values.
Read MoreProvocation or Vandalism?
Not long ago someone pulled down art works off the wall that mark the spot in Havana where one of the black martyrs of November 27, 1871 was murdered.
Read MoreWith the Feminists
For many years I maintained a certain distance from feminists. This was likely due to the fact that my telescope for surveying the women’s struggle was “macho-Leninist”.
Read MoreThe Next President
Yesterday they notified all the residents on the block that we would meet that evening with two or three directors from the area to select a new president of our neighborhood Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).
Read MoreGiving up on a Second Masters
Back then I was still dreaming of becoming a man of science, dedicated to teaching and research. Wouldn’t that be great? For a few months I would concentrate my energy on that, but it didn’t take long for the illusion to vanish.
Read MoreGetting to Know Viñales, Cuba
This past Friday I had the opportunity to travel to Pinar del Rio province. I went as a journalist to cover a literary initiative that over the recent period has been dealing with the nation’s cultural life. On what would have been her 100th birthday, homage was paid to Dora Alonso, one of the greatest writers of children’s literature.
Read MoreFollowing the Footsteps of Giants
There was no way for the kids to resist the temptation to ignore their teachers and run behind the giants who sang the songs the children requested and that the musicians played.
Read MoreWho Is Cuba’s ‘Marginal’ Minority?
Currently the same “marginal” conditions exist for the great majority of Cubans on the island, but those in power appear to have clearly had another intention.
Read MoreFootwear Blues in Cuba
Dressing in the latest fashion has ceased to be a problem for me, but I still remember how it tortured me as a teenager when I wasn’t able to at least sport a pair of shoes that were only a few months out of style.
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