Emigration

The day when Catalina turned forty went by unnoticed, as always. Since her husband died at sea, in an attempt to cross …

Sonia Garro (Rancho Boyeros, Havana, 1975), finds it surprisingly easy to find her way in Prague, although she has never travelled abroad …

He preferred to sit on a bench at the back. He never missed the Sunday Mass. He had a habit of narrowing …

  Elías Pérez Bocourt was tortured and humiliated in Cuban prisons. He was put behind bars with 30-years sentence for attempted illegal …

  By all means, the feat of U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad, who succeeded in swimming across the Florida Straits, is an event …

Back in the 1970’s, the years of my Cuban childhood, there were terrible shortages, the country had closed itself off to the …

The arrival of 2013 in Cuba was marked by immigration reform: the famous white card, hated by all, has been cancelled and …

In the beginning of this year, the new immigration law have opened up new possibilities of travelling for Cubans, who are now …

Maria Dominguez is standing in front of me. An 80-year-old woman, her small eyes moist and sad. The story of her life …

As the main interest of an average Cuban has narrowed down to leaving the country as soon as possible, the pro-democracy movement …