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Nostalgia for Almost Everything

Lately, I’m feeling nostalgia for so many things. Almost any time from the past seems better to me than now.

Before leaving for the United States through the lottery in 1998, my father lived on 13th Street in the San Fiel neighborhood of Holguin.

In my personal experience, I have been surprised by the behavior of its citizens, the way they care for plants and animals…

We are in limbo, in a country where uncertainty reigns, and we do not know what tomorrow will bring. But why think about it?

San Cristobal, Artemisa, has a rich history. Starting in the 1970s, culture in the town experienced an unprecedented boom. (11 photos)

Though the material crisis is the most visible, Cuba’s biggest crisis is spiritual. We are a broken country, without hope…

For a Cuban who has lived through decades of privation in terms of food availability, almost any dish eaten abroad felt like touching heaven

I’m at my bookstand, selling. A friend comes by to say hello, and at that exact moment a customer asks me to reach a book for him.

This is what it feels like to live a miserable life, even if you’re a resourceful individual with certain skills.

Ensuring survival in Cuba, when we lived there, was an odyssey. And now that we’re no longer there, they say it’s much worse.