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I’m a Communist and I Back This Protest

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…

He-who-shall-not-be-named is one of the most powerful men in this country. He is a member of the oligarchy that governs Cuba…

Located on the corner of Marti & Velez Caviedes streets, is the ruin of one of the most important buildings in the province.

In the 1970s & 1980s, getting your hands on a pair of jeans in Cuba meant seeing yourself get mixed up in a spy movie with plots and twists…

If there’s been one issue that has made headlines in Cuba in recent months, it’s not exactly been the famous COVID-19, but increasing prices.

Nadia was itching her legs. That morning, mosquitoes had attacked us in aggressive swarms. While the insects stopped torturing us at dawn…

I am disgusted, angry and feel helpless. Lots of emotions have been running through me, recently. Let me tell you why…

We could say they were insufficient, false, manipulated… but let’s just say they were insufficient and leave the other adjectives hanging.

Somebody once said we are oblivion. I don’t exactly know where I heard it, but it’s true, we are oblivion.