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False Normality in Cuba

The Cuban government wants to project the idea of normality, to sell us the image that life in Cuba is all proceeding calmly.

My friend Luisa is going to Nicaragua. In a couple of weeks, she’ll soon be on a plane heading towards the Central American country.

When Yamila’s grandmother told her for them to go and live with her, they didn’t think about the consequences.

I was on my way to work and I stopped under the bridge on the highway to “hitch a ride” just like I do every morning. Here’s what happened…

Thanks to the “good nature” of our Constitution, a group of Venezuelans have set out to recall President Maduro via a Recall Referendum, but…

Last Saturday, a friend invited me to the “26th Street Zoo”, in Havana. It had been closed for a good while because of the pandemic…

Suddenly, a modern car with tourist plates stopped in front of me. Two almost identical people were traveling in that car…

It was 1978 and Mario was in the fifth year of his Veterinary degree. He had a girlfriend who he was planning on marrying after graduating.

This was a song by Los Van Van, back in the ‘80s. It was about the phenomenon of Cubans migrating to the capital from the country’s interior.

In 2019, a good friend of mine traveled to Spain to visit her daughter in Madrid. It was a trip they’d both been longing for.