Increased Violence in Guantanamo
In several posts published here at Havana Times, people have commented about the increase of violence in our country. As for me, I refer particularly to gender violence in my town, Guantanamo City.
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Opinion
The Role of Cuba’s Legislators
I’m particularly thinking about the report on Cuba’s agriculture, which has continued without showing any signs of improvement, despite it being a priority because of its economic as well as its national security implications.
Read MoreSummer in Guantanamo, Cuba
When people from other countries hear the word “Guantanamo,” the first thing that comes to their minds is the existence of a prison that infringes on basic human liberties and the area’s occupation by a United States military base.
Read MoreEliseo “Lichi” Alberto
“It’s impossible, to speak poorly of him.,” said my daughter Charlene. I discovered someone who insisted on seeing everyone as good, in each individual case scrutinizing all possible virtues – no matter how slight.
Read MoreStaying Power in Cuba
I imagine that at some moment in our lives almost all of us have wanted to disappear, die or at least be far from our job, our house, the neighborhood, our family and even our friends.
Read MoreWhat’s Happening with Alternative Culture in Cuba?
If one were to believe in some theory of malicious omniscience, they could easily demonstrate this by observing the development of alternative culture in Cuba.
Read MoreCubans with Hard Times & Happy Faces
If it wasn’t for the Creole humor that characterizes Cubans — making us act the same way at a party, in a baptism or at a wake — I don’t know what would have become of us during all these years of extreme shortages and dire economic crisis.
Read MoreCuba’s July 26th, Then and Now
The date July 26, the most celebrated day on the Cuban political calendar, has meant different things for me at different stages of my life.
Read MoreCuba’s Adios to Students in the Fields
If I told you that the FAPI, the BETs and the BUTS’s are now history, readers from around the world would more than likely draw a blank. But these strange abbreviations more than likely take the thoughts of the average Cuban back to their student years.
Read MoreThe DR for Cubans: Fatal Attraction?
Strong historical and cultural relationships have existed between Cuba and the Dominican Republic. A part of the Cuban national legacy is in some way related to the DR, and Dominicans always remember that it was Cubans who restarted their sugar production in the 19th century.
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