Since twenty days ago, I haven’t been allowed to enter my high school. I’m in good physical and mental condition, and I want to attend my classes as well as finish the twelfth grade and develop professionally. A friend of mine is also going through the same situation as me.
Read MoreAll of the world’s developed capitalist countries are immersed in a structural crisis that has lasted for more than four years, though there’s no solution in sight. Some of these nations (like the US and Germany) have been able to keep unemployment relatively low, but in others (such as Spain, Greece, and Italy) people’s lives have sunk to unbearable levels.
Read MoreI was cutting through the main square in the Havana suburb of Marianao, a place known because they sell food there, and I stopped at one of the state-run businesses. They were selling soda crackers in large plastic bags for 50 pesos (about $2 USD).
Read MoreCubans have one personality trait that’s almost inherent: being presumptuous and vain. Though they live in a Third World country with a fragile economy, they’ve always aspired to a standard of living higher than their real possibilities.
Read MoreThe Cuban Communist Party (PCC) is in the process of “updating” the Cuban model of socialism. An important question should be examined: What, with regard to updating the model, is the proper role of the small entrepreneurial class, the small bourgeoisie?
Read MoreI need to let everyone who’s reading this know about my recent experience with the Cuban health care system. We usually discuss what’s poorly done and we don’t always publicly acknowledge the selfless work carried out by our health care workers.
Read MoreLast year, 14,000 teachers left the classroom with medical leave certificates or requesting self-employment licenses, while this summer another 4,000 gave up teaching without excuses. Meanwhile, 80 percent of the slots to study teaching careers are vacant.
Read MoreHe has fullfilled his mission, living long enough to ensure the transition (we don’t know to what), so that the Cuban people will slowly adapt to the idea of continutity of what we call the revolution but without Fidel Castro.
Read MoreMy girlfriend is a teacher. She earns 500 pesos and her salary is never enough. Her mother has to help the best she can. In August, she ran out of money near the first of the month. We survived by selling things.
Read More“Scientists say we’re made of atoms, but a little birdie told me we’re made of stories. One truth of the Mayan Indians is that we’re children of the days, and therefore every day a new story is born.”
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