Alternative Blog vs. State Media Monopoly
That’s how life goes. Readers and other supporters of the blog known as Cartas desde Cuba (Letters from Cuba) continue in their …
Jazz won the fight against Castroism
My memory, which is worth millions of pesos and is subversive, remembers it with a luxury of details. There was the triumph …
A Young Cuban Woman Like Any Other
The day when Catalina turned forty went by unnoticed, as always. Since her husband died at sea, in an attempt to cross …
Sonia Garro: 2 YEARS, 9 MONTHS, and 20 DAYS
Sonia Garro (Rancho Boyeros, Havana, 1975), finds it surprisingly easy to find her way in Prague, although she has never travelled abroad …
THE PRISONER AND THE LIGHT
He preferred to sit on a bench at the back. He never missed the Sunday Mass. He had a habit of narrowing …
Elías’ Way of the Cross
Elías Pérez Bocourt was tortured and humiliated in Cuban prisons. He was put behind bars with 30-years sentence for attempted illegal …
Antonio Won’t Give Up, Either!
By all means, the feat of U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad, who succeeded in swimming across the Florida Straits, is an event …
My United States of America
Back in the 1970’s, the years of my Cuban childhood, there were terrible shortages, the country had closed itself off to the …
Do Cubans Have More Freedom?
The arrival of 2013 in Cuba was marked by immigration reform: the famous white card, hated by all, has been cancelled and …
Can Cubans Really Travel Abroad?
In the beginning of this year, the new immigration law have opened up new possibilities of travelling for Cubans, who are now …