Cuba, A Disaster Far from Typical
The parade of recovery initiatives launched after Hurricane Irma hit Cuba would make a good script for any type of surrealist work. …
Raúl’s Hypocrisy About the Cuban Press
Unlike his late brother, Raúl Castro doesn’t seem to be keen on travelling to places to meet common people and allow them …
Pedro Only Thinks About Hanging Himself
Pedro lives alone. He is eighty years old. He lives at 151 Calzada street, right in front of the United States Embassy, …
Female Candidates for Change: New Pro-Democratic Project in Cuba
Over the course of time, women have played an active role in the emancipation of society and have taken a decisive part …
Large-Scale Violence in Some Havana Neighbourhoods
A series of events in the Romerillo neighbourhood has caused unrest among the local inhabitants and should draw the attention of both …
Cuba does not need a Press Law; it needs freedom of expression
The clamor for a Press Law that supposedly would solve the manifest and growing crisis of Cuban journalism, is leaked every so …
Cubans Coping with the Absurdity of Two Currencies
Manolo Cordoví agreed to tell us about his last experience with the money he earns as a street vendor, selling whatever there …
Lights of Bogotá
Santa Fe de Bogotá, with almost ten million inhabitants, is the capital of Colombia, and has a rich cultural and journalistic tradition …
Julian del Casal, the great cuban poet
A few days ago, someone brought to my memory one of the Cuban personalities of the nineteenth century who influenced the most …
Iralis still believes in human rights
She is a small, fragile woman with signs of premature aging and a palpable emotional imbalance. She arrives at my house with …