Yasser Gonzalez Prieto (a baker by profession) is 36 years old and lives in the Alamar community, on the outskirts of Havana. This is also where he works, though in a way that is somewhat atypical. He has been on the payroll of one of the bakeries in this neighborhood for about a year but doesn’t have to go to work.
Read MoreOne of the most important things that we are currently involved in is an investigation of journalists who were receiving payments from the federal government while they covered the case of the Five in a very hostile and damaging manner.
Read MoreI explained to you that blood decomposes and that radiation is what gives power to those elements, plus the thoughts. You know that thought is transmitted through space, they’ve now even photographed it and it’s an energy that can move – not just a block, but thousands of miles.
Read More“When I greeted (U.S. President Barack) Obama, I told him that perhaps for the first time a Cuban from the island was shaking his hand, and that I had three things for him: my business card, my music — I gave him a copy of my first album — and my heart, for all the people of the United States,” Ríos said.
Read MoreParaphrasing Ortega y Gasset —whose influence, has had more to do in defining our process of cultural constitution than that of whole legions of Marxists— said that what was good in Cuban Marxism was that which was Cuban, not that which was Marxist.
Read MoreNone of the dogs was a Dalmatian, or a German shepherd, or any of the types that people in this country will pay forty or fifty dollars for (sometimes more). What was sure, no one would have paid ten cents for these dirty, mangy street dogs that looked at us from the pictures with sadness. (15 photos)
Read MoreIn the beginning, I didn’t have the luck of having someone to tell me what to do. Fortunately, in 98, a friend began to support me. She’s heterosexual but we forged a friendship that continues today. She understood me, and I’ll thank her eternally for being there, because she was on my side in very difficult situations and without her I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to continue.
Read More“The money I earn myself is enough to buy and do things that are impossible for a wage worker. I’m not rich, but I do feel privileged; I mentioned that it’s very difficult to get one of these licenses? The worse thing is the stress that we’re sometimes subjected to due to the contradictions of this type of work.”
Read More“We were used to eating meat in our home. There is also a myth that if you stop eating it, you’ll die. My father was a doctor and never approved of the vegetarian diet. The only reference I had in my family was my uncle who everyone told me was crazy. And you know how much attention is paid to crazy people. I was afraid that something would happen to me.”
Read MoreYoani Sanchez is without a doubt the most well known Cuban blogger outside of Cuba and while her blog is censured on the island there are a growing number of people who have read some of her entries, be it from CDs, memory sticks or e-mail.
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