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Is the End of Covid-19 on the Horizon?

If this is true, the country will soon be in better shape to come out of this calamity and tackle the challenges of a disastrous economy…

Deciding to Have Children in Cuba

I have a friend who got tired of waiting for better times here to have a child. She is 38 years old and her biological clock is ticking…

An Exhausting Day Getting My Daughter a Covid-19 Vaccine

Preparations began the night before. We needed bottles of water, a snack if we had to wait long & an alcohol spray to disinfect our hands…

Pinar del Rio, the City I Love

I know, I’m being biased. But that’s what love is: it’s visceral, schizophrenic, it doesn’t pay heed to reason.

Family Pictures

I remember a poem a wrote a while ago. It was born on a day when nostalgia took me by surprise, searching in drawers where we keep old photos

Unfeasible Lockdowns, Late Vaccinations in Mayari, Cuba

Partial information filtered from doctors and necrological services indicate that deaths are as much as 10 times above government reports.

Cuba Is Bleeding Between Two Realities

Two realities coexist in Cuba: The virtual, fake Cuba, and the one ordinary people suffer day in and day out to get their daily bread.

Latin America’s Academia under Threat

We are perhaps living on the brink of an era, where we slip between the avenues of a fragile democracy and the trenches of aggressive authoritarianism.

I Caught COVID-19

For a year and a half, my family did everything it could not to become infected with the new Coronavirus that reached Cuba in March 2020.

A Woman I Really Admire

If there’s one person I’ve admired for a long time now, it’s my neighbor Mariana. She has a moving story and she inspired me to write this.