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My Road to Exile

At 19 years old, it had never crossed my mind that I would be leaving my country to save my life. The journey lasted two days.

In the movie “Misbehaviour”, the protagonist, a young married woman, with a son and job, joins a feminist movement…

I’ve been dreaming about my parents recently. Meaningful dreams. As if they wanted to appear and tell me that they are here.

Everything here in Cuba is in shortage, in a nutshell. From food to medicine to treat scabies, to a simple sheet to cover yourself at night.

Sometimes, you have to laugh so as not to cry… This is something we Cubans say a lot, especially when things aren’t going well.

The ungrateful are present, the ones who didn’t have to pay a single cent in Cuba to get an education themselves and their children.

I am a 20-year-old Nicaraguan woman, who is interested in the environment and loves to explore and learn new things.

All of us here know that there is a song that came out recently, released by well-known Cuban artists, that went viral on social media.

People saw the mattress a mile away. It didn’t only stand out for its blue lining. It’s strange for somebody to throw out a good mattress.

Let me tell you about some of the absurd things that are happening in my country. Some are beyond belief and others simply incredible.