Intense Drought Makes Life Harder in Mayari, Cuba
With markets empty people’s hopes of getting food lie in our fields. However in Mayarí, neither Nature nor bureaucrats are on our side.
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Recent Entries
Varadero and Cayo Santa Maria
Just over eight years ago, I had the chance to go and visit Cayo Santa Maria, thanks to some friends of friends who live in another country.
Read more Other Plagues Attacking Cubans
For over three years our country suffers medicine shortages. Something that wasn’t as bad during the Special Period crisis in the ‘90s.
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Rice Is Filling, but…
Today, couples in Cuba go to bed thinking about what they’re going to eat the next day. When they awake that’s the first topic of conversation.
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A Happy Day’s End for a Hunter in Cuba
A friend of a friend, who lives in Pinar del Rio city, agreed to sell me 10 pounds of rice for the “reasonable” price of 15 pesos per pound.
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Combating Authoritarian Disinformation
There are major differences in dealing with rights, media and public, information and expression, in autocracies and democracies.
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Hotel Kansas City
What place is this? Where the hell am I now? That’s me opening my eyes in the morning, trying to recognize the roof and walls around me.
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Homeland or Death, the Cuban Revolution’s Key Dilemma
Freedom or death was the slogan that was adopted at the beginning of the Cuban Revolution on October 10th 1868…
Read more Nostalgia for Russian Cartoons
Despite being over 30 , I always loved cartoons. Many complained about the “Russian cartoons”, but to tell you the truth, I really liked them.
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The Simple Life
During this pandemic, I’ve learned to live differently, it’s an opportunity to understand that the here and now is what really matters.
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