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The boy stands to the side of the entrance, on his left is his girlfriend who has accompanied him to say goodbye. He carries a bag over his right shoulder and looks around as if startled. On the floor a dark suitcase where he’s packed maybe a few clothes. Today I arrived at a very … Continue reading “A Stupid Answer, Heaven is not Congested / Agustin Valentin Lopez Canino”

I turn on the TV and see a woman giving birth in front of the camera at some hospital in the interior of the country. The voice of a spokeswoman explains the birth figures for 2012, while I wonder if they asked the woman’s permission to film her during childbirth. The most probably answer is … Continue reading “The Patient / Yoani Sanchez #Cuba”

Fooling Nivaldo, 71, is not an easy task. When the old man goes shopping, in his inseparable shopping bag he carries a portable scale. As he rummages through the meat, fruit and vegetables covered with dirt on the metallic trays at the farmers market, the problems arise. At the checkout, the traders try to scam … Continue reading “Defrauding the Consumer: An Epidemic in Cuba / Ivan Garcia #Cuba”

The anniversary arrives uneventfully. Today is the Day of Latin American Medicine, and in this or that Cubanmedical center this or that political-cultural-recreational-allegorical act will be held, in which this or that director will repeat this or that second-hand patriotic phrase opportunely memorized. On the platform will be those who live to talk, pretend or … Continue reading “Day of Latin American Medicine / Jeovany Jimenez Vega #Cuba”

The news about Calixto Ramon Martinez is worse and worse. We have to jump out of our chairs and agree it could be us or one of our brothers. The last thing we know, thanks to Hablemos Press, is that Calixto is continuing his hunger strike and refusing medical care. According to reports from some … Continue reading “Beginning to Die / Lilianne Ruiz #Cuba #CalixtoRamon”

The National Theatre of Cuba half-opened three of it numerous doors (always closed), with access to its main and older hall, the Avellaneda, to receive the large crowd that crowded together in the entrances and adjacent areas, up until the early hours, to finally attend the concert which was held under the auspices of the … Continue reading “Ironies and Cultural Coincidences / Rebeca Monzo #Cuba”

To our wide repertoire of popular jokes, a new one that continues to be topical was added a few weeks ago. A couple of friends meet in the street and one asks the other, “Hey, did you know that Cuba has the biggest and best oil field in the world?” At first the listener starts … Continue reading “Chavez Back in Cuba for More Cancer Treatments / Yoani Sanchez #Cuba”

God willing, before spring of 2013 arrives, Ernesto, thirty-five years old and the owner of a small confectionery business in the Havana neighborhood ofSanto Suárez, will probably be able to travel to Madrid. He will stroll along the Plaza de Cibeles, and buy something in an outlet store or a Chinese street market. And if … Continue reading “After Food, What Most People in Cuba Are Talking About / Ivan Garcia”

During the month of June and the first days of of July The Cuban League Against AIDS has monitored the rise of protests in Cuban jails for inmates with HIV / AIDS. The protests show the dissatisfaction by the Cuban prison population affected by this disease. The affected prison population at the time of writing … Continue reading “Briefing Note No. 3 Cuban League against AIDS / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”