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Cuba Layoffs Viewed from Guantanamo

Workers in Cuba are preparing for a process that will result in the elimination of more than 500,000 jobs in the dominant public sector of the economy.

Calzadilla Retires

I began my conflicts with this man as an adolescent, the same time that I began forming my own identity, a process that turned out being more difficult than climbing the Himalayas.

In the town of Sancti Spiritus there exist many brickyards. These are factories where clay bricks are made. My sixteen-year-old cousin Yanner works in one of them. His mother says that if he doesn’t want to study, then he has to work.

With the Innocence of a Child

My friend is right when she says that even in the most difficult moments of life, when sadness seems like it will dominate your spirit forever, there appears that instant of humor that allows you to measure your anguish.

If You Want to Plant a Ceiba Tree

I sowed Ceiba tree seeds for the first time, and now they’ve sprouted. The procedure is very simple, and I want to share it with you readers.

On Talent, Trustworthiness and Invisibility

Maritza is my favorite. She’s beautiful and intelligent. She’s one of the most talented women I’ve ever known in my short but intense life. I have nothing to say about her that isn’t positive.

Buying Patience

Ultimately, we cannot use the excuse of economic difficulties to explain the lack of a Communist Party congress for the past 13 years.

My Neighborhood Veggie Market

The “plaza” in my neighborhood —where the State sells its agricultural products— has more rallying power than Havana’s Revolution Square itself.

But Things Are Changing

I know of a concrete and living example of something that’s finally changing. What is it? – or rather, who is it? Well, it’s me myself.

Wars and Condoms

To mark this date, the news on Cuban TV presented a report (or rather a piece of oratorical journalism with tragic background images) on “Wars and the Environment.”