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January 1959: When the Boy Scouts Directed Traffic in Havana

Batista was gone and Fidel hadn’t arrived. We were happy directing traffic at one of the most important intersections in the Havana.

It’s a massive, although minority, phenomenon in several European countries, and one with which I frankly don’t agree with, & in fact reject.

The January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol, continued be an unresolved issue and little progress was made in denouncing the real culprits.

Citizens in exile call on organizations inside & outside the country to participate in the Congress of Unity of Free Nicaraguans this Sunday.

The teachers leading this orchestra said: “we like working, it makes us happy. Here, we have a deep talent pool for a long time.”

The political prisoners continue to lose weight. Several are in solitary confinement. Relatives demand regular visits & to introduce blankets.

Good weather can be expected. The high temperatures will be between 27 and 29° C (81-84 F), and the lows between 18 and 22° C (64 and 72 F),

The architects’ association insists that independent professional activity must be authorized, since it’s a key factor in the building sector.

Cuban society continues conditioned to discuss the degree of opening. A discussion that focusses on where to allow (new) privileges.

A political abyss has always stretched between my mother and I. My family is rightist and several defend the Pinochet dictatorship…