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A Cuban Chernobyl and a Childhood Story

We must hold onto hope, even if doesn’t do anything for parents who lost their children, victims of negligence & compulsory military service.

I got the phone call from the hospital that morning. The mother’s excited voice told me, “Everything went well, the girl is beautiful…”

I’ve never believed in palmistry or reading cards, or snails or any kind of fortune-telling, not even in mediums or babalawos.

Fidel was viewed as a kind of Messiah, the very embodiment of the Homeland. An infallible, divine presence who couldn’t be questioned…

I awoke on July 11 without any expectations, it was just a regular working Monday. Before leaving, I watched a video by a university student.

The news has been spreading like wildfire since Saturday July 2nd. It was all very confusing in the beginning…

It was 4 PM on Sunday afternoon. There had been electricity all day, which is rare during these times of non-stop blackouts.

It was 2014 and most of us Cubans didn’t have Internet access at the time, however, a piece of news spread by word of mouth:..

It’s becoming harder to build or fix up a home with your own means. It’s practically impossible unless you have family living abroad to help.

If you can’t get out of here and don’t have the means to change society, it’s crucial you create a protective bubble to not lose your mind.