“What do you love when you love?” is a question that has been going around my head for some weeks now and it still seems like an inescapable enigma to me. Love is truly sacred and I’m sure of its incalculable effect on society, just like society’s inevitable effect on love.
Read MoreI must confess that I read Periodismo de Barrio less than I should, even though my daughter tells me off more and more for not doing so. However, from what I have read, I can claim that it is one of the most interesting intellectual and media projects that have ever been carried out in Cuba.
Read MoreThe magazine “Confidencial” was born in July,1996, on the eve of a presidential election during those years of democratic transition that Sofía Montenegro termed: “Nicaragua’s springtime of free expression.” She was alluding to the unusual climate of State tolerance towards critical journalism that was established during the government of my mother, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro.
Read MoreThe recent arrests of a group of young reporters from the Periodismo de Barrio project – who were traveling to Baracoa, which had been affected by Hurricane Matthew – combined with the confiscation of their work equipment, leans towards the reasons of those who are pessimistic when it comes to considering the White House’s possible influence on national events in Cuba.
Read MoreThe eyes on the life size replica of Che Guevera in the Museum of the Revolution in Old Havana, Cuba seem to follow you around the room – not that I was prone to move around much.
Read MoreOnly three figures -and not fictional ones- are enough to draw a picture of modern day Cuban reality: a drunk man, an old lady and an arrogant young woman. It sounds like this has been taken out of a story, but it’s real.
Read MoreA couple months ago, in a brief encounter with an intellectual friend of mine that took place in the middle of the street, we exchanged opinions, ideas and discussed all kinds of things. It was in the time leading up to Fidel’s birthday and we were swamped with celebrations and compliment everywhere. It was an inevitable topic.
Read MoreThe media reality I live in, this mix of government media, Internet, street scoop and a load of garbage news, makes me feel like I’m licensed to voice my opinion, even when I can’t prove the veracity of what is being discussed.
Read MoreUnder the “socialist” or “communist” euphemism, the only thing that has grown is weeds. There aren’t any countries more violent, more materialistic, less caring, where Utopia has less of a place than in these medieval lands with poetic virtue.
Read MoreThe detention in Guantanamo of several journalists is the latest of government slip-ups, pushing into the background the Civil Defense troops’ huge success to prevent Cuban deaths during the time that Hurricane Matthew struck.
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