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Capitalism and Democracy: a Recurring Debate

There are many capitalist societies without democracy in today’s world. However, democracies without capitalism have never existed.

This is how we see “the situation”, this modern version of the “Special Period”, as coined by Fidel Castro.

This isn’t just a geopolitical challenge, but something that also affects the very narrative of democratic societies

Medicine is one thing that can’t be found anywhere, for a while now. Going to a drugstore and getting medicine is a titanic task.

How to explain that the minimum wage in a country is one dollar a month and that it’s been like this for several years? How do people get by?

Sometimes, I forget the everyday displeasure of waiting in line, because luckily, I have a neighbor who does me the favor of avoiding them.

I owe the almost sensual pleasure I have for butterflies to my childhood stamp-collecting hobby. Back then…

When I go outside every morning, I run into lots of people I know, all of them hiding behind their masks. We compliment the masks we wear.

I discovered that many of my chronicles or opinions can be often interpreted as me trying to always paint a negative picture of Cuba.

There’s been a new accident here in Mayari involving public transport in recent days: a horse-drawn wagon. Such have become common.