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Rumors about CUC and other Uncertainties

Rumors going viral on social media are taken as true by many Cubans. The saying goes “there’s no smoke without fire.”

The leaders in Cuba win the prize for hairbrained schemes. Like the general suggesting breeding ostriches and crocodiles as meat substitues.

Social distancing stops being an alternative or individual choice, when people seek refuge in other colorful and dreamlike realities.

Just yesterday, a friend came up to me with a newspaper in hand to show me an article in particular, “Fahrenheit 451”.

My friend is a communist, but we are friends. We don’t have to be the best of friends because friendship varies to many degrees.

Defensive Reaction or No Reaction? Do Cuban women deserve a better protection or is it enough to say things are worse elsewhere?

The children shouted “Look, the King Is Naked”. In today’s Cuba, ¿could we use some innocence instead of mistrust? I’d like to think so.”

Cuban bureaucracy, already very time consuming and frustrating, is even moreso during a pandemic. Here’s what my neighbor is dealing with.

Excessive bureaucracy is a disease caused by Cuba’s control oriented system, collateral damage facing the island’s population.

Ever since she was a little girl Paula Henriquez never had good experiences with alcoholic beverages. In her diary post she esplains why…