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Notes on How to Survive in Cuba

Talking about modern day self-employment jobs, line standers and resellers have emerged, very much in line with the current situation.

Months passed like this: working from home, trying to survive a little, looking after my family as best I could, prioritizing the essential.

Feeling out the abyss between official statistics of deaths and infections and the reality of the spreading virus, has been a great feat.

We’ve been looking after ourselves a lot, our hygiene measures were extreme, but the virus got in somehow and we’re all sick.

This new law criminalizes the spread of fake news, and the publication of offensive messages or slander that attacks “national prestige”.

The Cuban government has repressed civic action, just like the Iranian, Nicaraguan or Belarusian regimes did in the face of popular protests.

The awaited day finally came. For more than a year I’d been struggling to get asylum status here in Norway.

You’d think it was a joke, but it was serious. The government surprises us every day. It’s the apotheosis of evil, insolence and ridicule.

The atmosphere remains tense. It’s impossible to fully understand without listening to the testimonies of the victims of the repression.

Spurred by recent events in Cuba, a group of Cubans without ties to government politics or opposition organizations are creating a proposal.