When I was small, many a time I would quit playing with my friends to go be with my grandfather. Every day, he would meet with other old people from around the neighborhood, after lunch, to speak of his experiences. His stories were delightful.
Read MorePeople in Havana are still talking about the Chanel fashion show, sharing the occasional bit of gossip, an anecdote, something that bothered them. However, no one has anything to say about the 2016-2017 Cruiser collection that Karl Lagerfeld brought to Prado Street.
Read MoreThis part of our history –the UMAP camps- should hurt us all, and if we are going to be looking for the straw in another’s eye we should have the courage to remember and demand formal apologies here at home.
Read MoreWhy at this point has no one had the decency to tell us how much was paid by these masters of entertainment and fashion design, in what bank account that fortune is being deposited and how it will be used?
Read MoreWhile no one is exactly sure who’s the boss in the United States, and even more doubts will exist after the November elections, Havana must modernize its methods in negotiations if it wishes to maintain its independence.
Read MoreThe two countries are ending a hard phase of bilateral confrontation and enter a new one more advantageous for the Cuban nation. Nonetheless, the next stage will require much political ability to “de-escalate” the conflict with the US, without losing the sovereignty obtained.
Read MoreYesterday, a relative who is fond of me and is familiar with my political views decided to give me some advice under the influence of alcohol. I of course make no secret of the journalistic pieces I write for Havana Times or anything else I do in this connection.
Read MoreBrazil’s Senate has forged ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, despite an earlier move by the interim house speaker to derail the process. The previous house speaker, Eduardo Cunha, had led the bid to oust Rousseff, before he himself was suspended over corruption.
Read MoreI don’t recall when I began to distrust the Cuban government. It may have been a Saturday near the end of the 90s, during a hot month like August, when I first heard about a series of forced labor camps that existed in Cuba.
Read MoreThis past weekend I was at the Comodoro Hotel in Havana’s Playa municipality, which was full of tourists. However, the elevator didn’t work, the remote controls for the room TVs were “lost” and there wasn’t a drop of water to bathe or flush the toilet.
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