Safie M. Gonzalez

Diana’s story is perhaps one of many. However, my family and I have experienced it firsthand and suffered as a result… she is our neighbor.

People were standing in line since the early morning. It rained at times with nowhere to shelter. We were like stray dogs waiting for a bone.

Overcharging goods, even in state-run stores, is common practice today. Cubans accept this and pay because they have no other choice.

Cuba’s scriptwriters have been totally forgotten in this time of the pandemic. It seems really unfair since supposedly “Nobody is abandoned”.

It will take us some time to get back to this normal. It will be hard for some to leave their homes: facing the new reality frightens them.

By Safie I received a phone call from a friend yesterday, who I hadn’t spoken to in some time. Her

I often listen to the daily briefing broadcast at 9 AM. It gives us an update about the current situation of the pandemic in our country.

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

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