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Veronica Fernandez’s Diary

Veronica Fernandez's Diary 

Simple Matters, Senseless Obstacles

September 17, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 0 Comments

This simple situation I just faced is one of the many things here that don’t make any sense or logic but that we Cubans constantly encounter.

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Veronica Fernandez's Diary 

Carnival in Appearance

August 7, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 0 Comments

Why not just hold carnival even if it’s every five years, but one that’s respected and that at least resembles the true carnival of Havana that many knew and that was among the best in the Americas and the world?

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Improper Giveaways in Today’s Cuba

June 30, 2011June 30, 2011 Circles Robinson 1 Comment

The news featured a story about how employees at a printing company in eastern Cuba were working three shifts a day in an extraordinary effort to print 169,000 copies of the book The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara.

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The Encounter with My Friend Harry

June 17, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 0 Comments

Yesterday I received a call from my friend Harry. After greeting me affectionately, he insisted on meeting me at the time and place of my choosing. I could tell that he was anxious to tell me something important.

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My Friend Harry and the Internet in Cuba

June 11, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 1 Comment

We met each other while students at the University of Havana. In that period, the Federation University Students (FEU) held activities every night and participation was mandatory.

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The Hemingway Tournament

June 2, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 0 Comments

Here in the town of Cojimar (a neighborhood located to the east of Havana Bay), for more than thirty years people have celebrated the annual Ernest Hemingway Needle Fishing Tournament as a deserved homage to the famous US writer who enjoyed his favorite type of fishing in this area of Cuba.

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A Small Health Care Army

May 28, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 1 Comment

Made up of young people and adults who are paid at the same rate as any professional, though a higher education is not required, this small army begins its mission by falling into formation in the middle of the street and later they’re deployed throughout the whole area.

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Conserving Resources or What?

May 15, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 1 Comment

I know that Cuba has to demonstrate to the world the popular support for the revolution in this battle to update our social-economic model, but it’s also necessary to think rationally.

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The Shopping Bag Shortage: A Micro of Bigger Problems

February 17, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 1 Comment

Everyone seems to agree that every time they go to buy something in one of stores that only accept hard currency CUCs (freely convertible Cuban currency), the employees always tell them that they don’t have bags on hand to bag their purchases.

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Health Care in Cuba: More Questions than Answers

February 7, 2011February 7, 2011 Veronica Fernadez 3 Comments

She said that if she were to wait for the Ministry of Public Health to give her the supplies she needed to care for the public, she’d never work.

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