El Megano is a cinema in a peculiar neighborhood, Centro Havana, and is patronized by marginalized people of all types: indigents, alcoholics, illegal immigrants, homosexuals, transvestites… According to their needs, all of them seek to take advantage of the physical covering afforded by the building.
Read MoreI’m now returning to that issue to discuss the final ruling of the People’s Supreme Court (the highest level for appeals in cases like mine), which rendered its decision a few days ago.
Read MoreI came upon a small white and crumpled up piece of paper. In its heading read the message: “Legalize What’s Homegrown.”
Read MoreI was walking with my friend Erasmo down a street in the Reparto Electrico neighborhood when something caught our attention. Something was moving on the ground alongside a dumpster.
Read MorePerhaps in other places they try to distribute the wealth by handing out bread and fish, like Jesus Christ did. But what saddens me here is the spectacle of what happens when one has to contemplate the distribution of poverty.
Read MoreToday I’m writing because I feel an overpowering need —one that has turned into frustration— to proclaim to the world my passion for Cuba.
Read MoreWhen the tragedies hit home, when we go to the doctor but can’t find a cure, when a boy or girl begins to suffer strange attacks, when a parent loses a child —or a child a parent—, when a relative finds themselves in jail… in the midst of all such difficult situations, many of us Cubans call upon our Patron Saint for guidance, for the power to endure all pain and to even remedy our misfortunes.
Read MoreMy sister-in-law doesn’t know what she’s going to do. The new school year has already begun but she still doesn’t have the full uniforms needed for her two children.
Read MoreMaria could have been a doctor, an engineer or an architect, because since she was little she was intelligent and studious; that’s why her dedication and talent always placed her among the best in her class.
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