Supreme Court Upholds My Firing
I’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.
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Diaries
Preferred Alternative or Only Option?
I came upon a small white and crumpled up piece of paper. In its heading read the message: “Legalize What’s Homegrown.”
Read MoreA Gift in the Garbage
I 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 MoreBread, Fish and City Transportation
Perhaps 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 MoreMy Passion for Cuba
Today 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 MoreOur Lady of Charity Day Observed
When 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 MoreSchool Uniforms
My 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 MoreBeing a Teacher in Cuba
Maria 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.
Read MoreThe Ostentatious Avocado
I doubt that in any other city on the planet there’s an element of the typical salad that’s the object of similar ostentation as that achieved by the avocado in Havana.
Read MoreCuba’s Rail System
Our inter-provincial trains are a disaster. They consist of mid-twentieth century wagons built in Germany or Argentina, and are designed for a climate and a demand that have nothing to do with our reality.
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