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On Guard Against What?

An official from the company I work at came and told me a few weeks ago that it was “my turn” to keep guard the following day…

President Nicolás Maduro boasts of being a “workers’ president.” Meanwhile, he keeps hundreds of workers & trade unionists in his jails.

If the country doesn’t change, children today will be the ones to put the final nail in this Dictatorship’s coffin…

After so much time at home for the health crisis, many places have begun to offer service. I wanted to go spend a few hours in Old Havana…

President Diaz-Canel just told members of the Pastors for Peace caravan that there aren’t any political prisoners in Cuba, a boldface lie.

My mobile began to ring at 5 AM, and my body just wanted to stay stuck to the mattress. The best I could do was pretend I didn’t hear it…

Every day, my elderly neighbor Margarita wakes up early and goes to the closest kiosk (retail point) to her house.

Political control mechanisms on Cuban employees are not only limited to fake unions, that’s not the case at all.

Today, I woke up with the masochistic determination to wait in line and buy food at my neighborhood store. In reality they are crowds…

Universities are essential for a democratic culture. People learn to live with ideas different from their own & exercise critical thought.