The news about the laying of an underwater fiber optic cable that will reach our island from Venezuela should be a reason for joy, but seems to be irrelevant because everyone feels skeptical about the real possibility of eventually having open access to the Internet.
Read MoreMy delegate is a fine person, but he’s not permitted to do more. He listens to whatever person comes to him, and he sincerely wants to solve their problems, but the answers are out of his hands.
Read MoreIt was with time and my being friends with people who had family members in other countries that I began to be a little more interested in what was felt by those who remained here waiting, as well as by those who left.
Read MoreMy mother is witnessing a city that is falling apart everywhere around her. She remarked the following in one of her delicious letters…
Read MorePeople speak marvels about his polite ways, his pleasant manners and how quickly he attends to his customers. When meat products are delivered, he immediately goes at it, often working into the night.
Read MoreTo live in Old Havana is to enter into direct contact with living folklore: people playing the drums or singing to the rhythm of salsa or dancing reggaeton to sound blasting from a car cruising down the avenue.
Read MoreI criticize the English teacher who for a final evaluation has a group of questions that, in almost all cases, the students are forced to turn to other people to answer. We all know that practice and the systemization of study are elements of vital importance for the learning of any language. One cannot learn any language by repeating over the course of one day —like a parrot— how to greet someone, how to say your name or how to say your nationality in that language, and much less by memorizing dialogues that another person has prepared.
Read MoreWhen I’m talking to someone at home about studying in Cuba, I consider the conversation a success if I can at least get a “Why Cuba?” out of them. Blank stares and “Oh…” are the most common responses.
Read MorePreviously, a lackluster program was aired on television every night precisely before the popular telenovela so that everybody would see it. Its main point was to nag us every week about our forgetting to turn off our lights.
Read MoreI wonder what will be the solution to this problem. I’m sure it’s necessary to find one, and let’s hope it’s in the shortest amount of time possible, because for a person to be productive during their work day should be provided with the basic conditions for that work.
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