English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 20 January 2017 — Cuba sent two containers with 40 tons of charcoal to the United States in the first export of a product of the Caribbean island to the US in more than half a century. This is the first shipment of charcoal made under the purchase agreement signed earlier … Continue reading “Cuba Makes Its First Export To The US In Half A Century / EFE, 14ymedio”
Walking from the base camp Playa Inglés to the Ismaellillo Camp, on the south coast in Cienfuegos Province, took me about forty minutes. I stopped now and then to take a photo like a dream. There was no time to lose. I was overcome with the joy of a parent who sees that his son … Continue reading “Everybody Happy / Francis Sánchez”
El Calvario (Calvary) is a dusty and steep village, with many half-paved streets. It is located south of Havana, in the municipality of Arroyo Naranjo, the poorest and the one with the greatest number of imprisoned men in the entire city. It was once a major town. When it was founded in 1753 by a … Continue reading “A Calvary of Problems”
