When Your Body Says No
My friends had organized a trip to the river for Sunday. It was a simple plan: head out, spend the day surrounded by water and nature.
Fabiana del Valle
When Willpower Hits a Wall in Today’s Cuba
It isn’t fair to make me feel guilty for being unable to fly when my wings were clipped at birth and access to the sky has been closed to me.
Between the Symbol and the Form
I believe in the premise that a work of art must have a voice of its own and must stand on its own without needing someone to explain it.
The End of a Dream
Dariel had his bags packed to leave Cuba when I met him. My mother warned me that starting a love story was doomed to failure. (12 photos)
The Erosion of the Soul
Living this way eliminates any possibility of imagining a future and any chance of finding a moment of peace.
When Ideology Yields to Empty Pockets
The history of this country since 1959 has shown that even the most rigid dogmas become flexible when people’s pockets are empty.
Cubans Living Below Zero
Getting used to a total blackout would be the greatest defeat of all, and refusing to disappear is the last form of resistance we have left.