In 1959, just months after the triumph of the Cuban revolution, Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo created Asterix, a comic-book saga telling the story of a small, Gaul village that Rome was never able to conquer, not even at a time when it had subjugated all of Europe and the Mediterranean.
Read MoreThough it didn’t happen as quickly as one would like, the planets finally lined up again and made it possible for a certain Cuban to get a breath of fresh air far from his native soil.
Read MoreI’m a Cuban housewife and I’m sick and tired of buying bread rolls at my neighborhood bakery and the other one we’ve got in town, it’s an ordeal for me. I go in the morning and they don’t have bread. There’s no bread at noon and, at 3 in the afternoon, they tell me that they’ll have some at 5:30…
Read MoreI want to thank you, honestly, for speaking on behalf of a man as busy as President Obama, and for replying with the views that, in your judgment, could comprise his response. I am pleased with your attitude, and I respect the opinions you’ve shared.
Read MoreCertain smells and tastes bring back childhood memories of a Cuban brand of guava jelly and conserves named La Conchita. I also sometimes miss the black and red beans that could compete with the Kirby and, more recently, Goya brands.
Read MoreMarch promises to be an unusually momentous month for Cuba in terms of rare visits. The norm is to see heads of State and high-level ministers and officials from historically friendly countries, not the likes of a standing US president, MLB team or a top rock band.
Read MoreThere was a time rock music was banned in Cuba, just as certain romantic music stars like Julio Iglesias, Roberto Carlos and Jose Feliciano were. When I say “banned,” I am not referring to the sale of such music, but to its broadcast over the radio or to playing at a party or home.
Read MoreThere was a time [in the early 1990s] when Cuba’s Special Period toughened. I was still living in Bayamo at the time. You couldn’t even find a sewing needle then. My city went from being a happy place, enlivened by constant parties and by art, to a dead place, almost a ghost town.
Read MoreToday’s typical Cuban doesn’t want to become involved in politics. They see this as a fruitless pursuit. Some hold this view out of fear, others out of convenience and the majority out of individualism and a lack of civic awareness.
Read MoreAbout to hold the seventh Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) next April, the country readies for what appears to be a moment of radical redefinitions – the kind that can reshape the lives, circumstances, hopes and frustrations of current generations.
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