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A People Without Hope

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…

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…