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Venezuela, a Guinness Record and More Poverty

One of the most widely aired media events today is Venezuela’s participation in the Guinness Record of the National System of Orchestras.

The time came when most of these stores were left empty, only those big stores taking precedence, which then began selling in US dollars.

It was a weekend marked by arrests, house blockades, hate rallies and great deployment of the police on Cuba’s streets.

When the pandemic came, every parent was forced to take on the role of teacher. It’s been a great feat for many and they’ve found it hard…

The government continues to cling to its old line of incriminating the US, discounting citizens’ initiative, & minimizing our intelligence.

We are a few days away from opening borders to international tourism. Hotels & tourist facilities have been undergoing renovations for weeks.

I live in a small town in Pinar del Rio province, between palm trees and marabu bush weeds. It doesn’t have any remarkable stories…

“Me declaro inocente” is a book made up of eight stories of love, violence, sex, poverty and Man’s typical frustrations in Cuban society.

The title was just to catch your attention a little. I’m not really a Communist in the popular macabre sense of the word…

We still had hope in May 2018 when the first part collapsed, we thought the building would hold out for a long time…