Diaries

The Mind Counterattacks

I also start from the point that that we can only perceive something from its counterpart, from its difference. Being identical to something, we cannot distinguish it by ourselves as observers, and consequently we can never “see” it.

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Down Syndrome Project Awarded

The father commented with pain to the public that “the initiative is in a difficult situation” because the center’s locale “is in total disrepair and for months they haven’t been able to do anything.”

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Soccer and Emotions

The girl who was crying on TV and hugging the Spanish flag probably doesn’t know why she did that. One acquaintance told me, “It’s great that the native motherland won; we all have some Spanish in us.”

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Words that Reveal Intentions

Dichotomies are unsafe in socio-political thought. Certain thinkers, for example, have considered it appropriate to distinguish between the elite and the masses in society.

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Sane Art or Sick Art

Summer has begun, and —as is now the custom in Havana— artisans have taken over the Cuba Pavilion facility on busy 23rd St. What caught my attention this time were some colorful key rings that had inside… scorpions?!

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Three Assassins in Santiago

I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was relaxing at the top of a tall peak called Puerto Boniato on the outskirts of Santiago de Cuba when I spotted them: three assassins, a long machete and their soon-to-be-dead victim.

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Defending the “R” Word

A certain fashion is emerging around the letter “R” of the word “Revolution.” However, I think it’s unfair to let the conformists monopolize this word.

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