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Stories from an Old Soldier

Where I live, there also reside a father and son from Nicaragua, within the hostel/apartment building in which the three of us rent rooms.

At home we are all delighting with the latest novel by Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, widely read abroad but barely mentioned in our country.

When I think about BANDEC (Cuba’s Credit and Commerce Bank), the first adjective that comes to mind is “hurdles”.

I received a pleasant visit from two friends this weekend. After elbow bumping each other and keeping a safe distance, we caught up.

During this last year, and a lot of free time during the pandemic, I discovered ways of accessing knowledge that I had no idea about before.

Today, I want to tell you what this survival experiment, at all costs, has left us. Cubans’ natural joy has been stolen from them..

Soap operas or telenovelas are addictive; people laugh and cry watching them. I believe our lives are the best soap opera.

Silence & ambiguity prevails at the main Latin American left forums which only consolidates repression in the face of crisis, as in Nicaragua

It is a day that is not usually given as much importance as that of Mother’s Day, but this one was different.

When the shortages got worse last year, and rice started to go missing I realized that I had to expand my root vegetable and banana crops