“I think cops track us down through smell, like dogs do. There’s no getting rid of the stench of curdled milk that sticks to your body, not even with the best soap,” said Isabel who buys cheese from farmers and sells it illegally in Havana.
Read MoreAre Barack Obama and Raul Castro backtracking like crabs? That is one of the tacit concerns of the majority of Cubans today. The phrase alludes to the typical way in which these crustaceans move, giving the impression that they are walking backwards.
Read More“The annexation of Cuba is publicly and widely discussed here as an inevitable fact, as the outcome of what is referred to as ‘gravitation.’” – Spanish Consul in New York, December of 1867. Cover photo: www.american.edu
Read MoreCuban USB drives – the people’s Internet – are now carrying the graphic details of the massive police operation conducted some weeks ago, when the well-known reggaeton music promoter Gilbert Man (a Cuban citizen holding ID card number 86060806804, issued to Gilberto Martinez Suarez on March 14, 2014) was arrested.
Read MoreI never thought that several hours in Havana’s “Park of Laments”, a place near the US Interests Section (USINT), would be like taking a semester of Cuban History. There is no other place in our country where hundreds of people gather on a daily basis without having been summoned to take part in a political event, where individuals of all classes, ages, professions, skin-colors and every other details that sets human beings apart convene for the sole purpose of obtaining a visa that will authorize them to cross the warm currents of the Gulf and enter the United States legally.
Read MoreAs if by magic, something of an “enchanted isle” tends to appear in Havana on the last Saturday of every month. This time around, the magic domain emerged on Zanja, between the streets of Belascoain and San Francisco.
Read MoreWe have been hearing rumors in Havana that a majority within the country’s opposition, extremely put off by the decisions arrived at by Obama and Raul Castro after 18 months of secret negotiations (decisions which shocked almost the entire world) are planning protests on the island.
Read MoreFor Cubans, the new year began with the promise of decisive changes in the long and difficult path we have traced as a nation. We can prove those who insisted the end of history has already arrived wrong, beginning anew without forgetting the past.
Read MoreThese two Cuban women individually and directly attack the intolerance that reigns in Cuba. The performances they stage defy authoritarianism and promote freedom of expression.
Read MoreThe arrest of several members of the opposition at Havana’s Plaza de la Revolucion some days ago ruined the hopes for a 2015 of joy for all Cubans. There is no shortage of repressive measures against dissidents taken by the island’s government.
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