In many of the films made in the United States, especially the more commercial ones, there’s often a protagonist who flees their depressed emotions by making a great shopping trip. In our country, for the Cuban on the street, the very opposite occurs.
For Cubans, traveling in our own country to see its beauty is a veritable utopia. The difficulties lie in the relatively high costs of transportation, accommodations, food and leisure activities themselves.
After living in Old Havana for 14 years I’ve gotten to know some of the features that distinguish it and many of the problems that deeply affect it. This is what I’m bringing before you today – the issue of NOISE.
The El Rapido fast food cafeteria on Monte Street is only one piece of evidence that the Cuba that’s peddled abroad is much more complex and painful than it appears.
Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba’s National Assembly of Popular Power, in a televised excerpt from the recent National Party Conference gave us new data on the need for greater freedom of information.
As part of my fifth year major in art history, I took the course “Workshop on Fine Arts Criticism,” taught by specialist Adelaida de Juan. In that class, we attended three major art exhibitions last year.
The issue of food has been one of my greatest concerns ever since I was admitted to the College of Arts and Letters here at the University of Havana.
An important part of college study these days is being able to reference various websites. In my case, for example, this need is greatly influenced by the absence of updated printed texts relevant to contemporary art.
Until I left high school, I didn’t know how much tenacity I really possessed; I’d never had a chance to test it. It took a lot for me to adapt to the level of demands at the university.
Given the constant degeneration of moral values that we’re presently confronting, the university is a place that has become a valuable spiritual refuge.