To travel to Nicaragua had been an enduring dream, one I had yearned since childhood when my parents left me in the care of my grandparents to go to that Central America to offer internationalist support, first to the Sandinista Front guerrilla movement and later to the revolutionary government.
Read MoreMany of us, from all parts of the planet, grew up around countless machines and access to information. Even our more numerous peers who did not grow up with any of these privileges are privy to the existence of an interconnected world.
Read MoreThe Dog Cemetery disappeared almost totally just at the moment it was beginning to take on scale, and precisely when it was acquiring meaning for the residents in the surrounding area. It no longer exists as such, and all of this was due to human insensitivity.
Read MoreNormally if I get on a guagua (what we call buses here in Cuba), it’s an Indiana Jones adventure, and lately it’s become more exciting still.
Read MoreSince I was a little girl, I always heard my parents talk about Juana Bacalao as one of the Cuban singers that injected flavor and authenticity into her performances. On both national and foreign stages, she exhibited her rhythmic ease, her Creole humor, her artistic and universal talent that transformed her into a true show woman.
Read MoreReferring to my commentaries, readers will say that these appear with an eternal nostalgia. I believe there’s no Cuban of my generation or of the previous ones who doesn’t suffer from the infection of nostalgia.
Read MoreSince the beginning of the “revolution,” un-paid student labor was gradually turned to in tackling difficult agricultural tasks. This is also said to have an educational purpose whereby study is linked to work.
Read MoreRecently, in the debate on the future of the Cuban economy, there has been a great deal debate on the “workplace incentive policies.” This has involved what are usually called salaries, or wages, and “hard currency incentives.”
Read MoreThese days it’s common to hear people in Havana mention God. They might say “Thank God” or “God bless you,” “May God reward you” or other references.
Read MoreFour women, who along with me were waiting for some fresh brewed coffee to be ready, were pleased that bus services had returned after having disappeared during the Special Period crisis so many years ago.
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