Tanya: A Cuban Singer & ‘That Man Is Crazy’
To be a rock fan in Cuban society in the 1980s was like being the son of the Devil, or of God. It was all the same thing; at least for my parents it was all the same: God, rock or the Devil.
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Caridad’s Diary
Living Under the Table in Cuba
Not having one’s own home or money to rent one usually complicates relationships even between heterosexuals, but when this is the case with two women, it becomes all too comical.
Read MoreQuestions Upon My Return
“What are you coming back here to do in Cuba?” That was a question I was asked the night I arrived at Havana’s Jose Marti Airport after almost a year in Venezuela.
Read MoreThe Sounds of My Neighborhood
My neighborhood in Cojimar is about eight or ten blocks from the sea, that’s why I can’t speak about the sound of its waves, except on rare exceptions when bad weather causes the salt water to get inside the houses built closest to the water.
Read MoreMy Reunion with Havana
Leaving Caracas was not as joyous as I thought it would be; to say anything else wouldn’t be sincere. (20 photos)
Read More“Gasolina” and the Blues
It’s easier to take him for crazy. To look at his Walt Whitman-style mane, with green leaves sometimes tangled in his white hair; the clothes he wears, as old as he is; the beard, which might remind some people of a confirmed Marxist, and his carefree gait through the streets of Caracas, with his four string guitar on his shoulder, inseparable; one might say, “Look, one more lunatic.”(9 photos)
Read MoreNew Year’s Away from Cuba
At this very moment I would be 15 times happier if I were able to be with my family and with my friends, and it wouldn’t matter if it were before or after December 31; what is important is being with them again. (20 photos)
Read MoreAre you a Musulungo?
It’s probable that what I’m going to say won’t interest a ton of people. Maybe that’s because it has nothing to do with politics, which is the favorite topic of most people who thumb the digital pages of Havana Times.
Read MoreSakineh Ashtiani
The first thing that my caught my attention is that I can’t find her name on any website produced in Cuba. When the news media in my country speaks of Iran, they refer to some economic agreement or of the good relations between the two countries.
Read MoreKilling for the Homeland
One of the ways we extol violence —us, regular people, those of us who don’t have the power to decide who we go to war with or not— is through our national anthems.
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