Diaries - Havana Times

Sponsors, Alcohol and Old Friendships

Sponsor is the most used word in Cuba right now, ever since the Biden Administration decided to implement a new visa policy for migrants.

At present, there are animal protection societies in Cuba that adopt abandoned pets. You can find them on Facebook.

When Fidel Castro took power we were told we would all be equals, but this promise never amounted to more than rhetoric used in propaganda.

There is a farm next to my house, and there is a cassava plot. Two little kittens could be heard meowing since early in the morning…

We shouldn’t feel sorry for ourselves, we’re still here, Magaly told me – a friend from my teenage years who used to live in my neighborhood

We have always lived in a constant state of self-deception here in Cuba. Let me tell you why.

Midnight came along with the alcohol we drank and Chacho’s stories, we wished each other well for baby Jesus’ birth and went to sleep…

The remedy they’ve always sought is to take advantage of geopolitical conflicts and allow themselves to be used for limited life support.

I can’t make excuses or victimize myself, victims never win. I’m a man, only worth the few grains of rice I’m able to contribute to the world.

This isn’t happening only in Pinar del Rio. News of such attacks, murders & robberies arrive from all over the island via alternative media.