Like a snake that sucks on its tail, the Siboney neighborhood located in the Havana municipality of Playa, known as “Country Club Park” before the Revolution, is moving towards what it was originally created for.
Read MoreFor a long time, Chernobyl’s children were in my eyes the victims of that disaster in the Soviet Union, and the only connection they had with our lives was that we Cubans could no longer enjoy the Jose Marti Pioneers Camp, known as Tarara.
Read MoreCuban musician X Alfonso, director of Havana’s Fabrica del Arte, has written up Decree-Law 350, which he believes should replace 349. The text is an invitation to every Cuban artist to not lose hope and to fight for their dreams.
Read MoreIf any professional class has been harassed in Cuba post-1959, that has been its doctors. They have had to suffer the orders, and whims even, of a power that has always considered them to be one of its most valuable resources.
Read MoreIn recent months, we have witnessed some very important events that will have an impact on our immediate future as a country. A kind of civic awakening in different sectors, especially among artists, in a struggle for one-off objectives, that are still ultimately linked to a greater civil rights struggle in Cuba.
Read MorePopular debates about Cuba’s new draft Constitution have recently come to an end in our neighborhoods and workplaces and many people in Cuba and beyond our borders think that these debates have been successful for Cuban society. Especially the International Left, and the Spanish in particular, seem to be convinced that we do have a democratic system in Cuba…
Read MoreOn Saturday evening, I found a huge line that went around the block when I got to the Chaplin movie theater. You couldn’t get one foot through the entrance, which was crowded with guests. Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron’s movie, “Roma”, which had won the Golden Lion award at the prestigious Venice Film Festival, was making its debut at the Havana Film Festival.
Read MoreThe synopsis for Mi Mejor Amigo in the Festival’s newspaper said: “Lorenzo is a teenager who lives in Patagonia. His life gets turned upside down when Caito comes along, the son of some family friends. In spite of their differences, a unique friendship is born, which resembles a love interest at times.”
Read MoreI’ve just finished watching Marilyn, an Argentinian-Chilean co-production with which Martin Rodriguez Redondo makes his debut as a director and is competing in the Directorial Debut category of the 40th edition of the Havana Film Festival, which continues through Dec. 16.
Read MoreA few days ago, a Cuban friend of mine living in Ecuador told me that on a quick trip to Havana, it was easier for his young daughter, born in Cuba, to become an Ecuadorian citizen, than it was for a girl who was born in Havana, with her mother registered as residing in Santiago de Cuba, to become a legal resident of Havana.
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