Many suffer from family stress, or from the poor quality of the food in certain diners for old people who have no family care. Some spend their days going back and forth from the market to the bakery, always alert to what has just come in to eat and standing in long lines to obtain the food.
Read MoreTrivial, it was an incident of no importance; much worse things happen in the world. Yet the matter is that this humiliation of personal integrity is constant, wherever you go. The result is a feeling of defenseless in the face of the machinery, which I swear doesn’t generate anything good for this country.
Read MoreI first began by making complaints to the company that built these homes, and later to the Communist Party and to the city government that represents our area. Eventually the company wound up acknowledging the poor state of the home construction.
Read MoreA few years ago, a carpenter used to work alongside our house. With my father’s consent, he set up a little workshop there and paid us 400 pesos a month (about $16 USD) as rent. Over time the carpenter became friends with my father, who then reduced his rate to 300 pesos.
Read MoreCoppelia is Havana’s most famous ice-cream parlor. It’s huge, almost a whole square block. It’s even more famous because you can buy the ice cream in regular national currency, as opposed to hard currency – a rare occurrence in this country.
Read MoreIt is not my conclusions that surprise many Cubans I know, but the fact that I confess to them that I am a Communist. But, don’t be mistaken, the people are not against Marxism, but instead are against those who carry the Marxist flag but nullify its theories with their inconsequent practices.
Read MoreThe maneuver was exceedingly clumsy and poorly executed – as evidenced by the fake letter of resignation, imitated Venezuelan style – that didn’t convince even their own supporters. They are like the Bourbons: they neither forget nor learn.
Read MoreSomething I won’t forget about our trips to Holguin was the welcoming parties the family threw for us; our relatives would sacrifice a few of their farmyard animals. I also recall us taking strolls through the city, but the only thing I remember is that there were a lot of parks.
Read MoreWhat is astonishing (if not scandalous) is that even while having “justice” on their side, and proceeding to attack somebody who is far removed from power, this individual is not even brave enough to sign the note with their real name.
Read MoreA man who had been looking insistently at us noticed the photographer’s absence and commented to an attendant: “A woman with a big camera went in around this corner; I saw her. If you want, I can go in and look for her.”
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