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Songs of Sovereignty and Censorship

I knew that Germany would end up in third place in the world soccer championships because that had been predicted by a famous octopus named Paul.

The Kidnapping of Laura

Speaking of grandchildren, her youngest has just gone through an experience worthy of the wildest action movie.

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.

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.

Popular Expression vs. Official Discourse

For many years political leaders used popular culture, especially music, to carry out ideological propaganda. This was easy work during the days when people believed the Revolution would generate the social changes promised since the beginning: those of granting power to the people themselves.

Where Corruption Begins

Up to this point he was recounting what everyone already knows, though writing from a government perspective. For Morales, corruption is like a woodworm infiltrating the State apparatus, eating away at its purity and candor.

The Frustrated Fan

Every time this event is held, one observation has become customary among many Cubans. To us, what is impressive is not so much the teams that participate in the competition, but the fans that accompany them to such matches.

My First Encounter with Our Coast Guard

The sea is definitely beautiful, though at night its darkness is only smelled and heard. Notwithstanding, they don’t charge admission on the coast and having a little bread and water only costs a few pesos.

A Garden with a Guillotine

In St. Petersburg (Russia), they had a gardening competition a few weeks ago in which the participants were requested to draw their inspiration from French themes. First place was won by the design of a garden with a guillotine.

‘Scraping’: a Philosophy?

I was looking for someone to begin working on the repair of my “gingerbread home” and contacted several bricklayers trying to find a good one, someone I knew, and who was reliable as a person, in addition to someone who lived close by so it would be easy for them to get to the job.