Kamil Kenders

There are things you never imagined you would have to buy in US dollars, such as a cylinder of cooking gas.

They are not always old buildings or mansions that once belonged to wealthy families. Sometimes they are much more modest spaces.

There are places where you expect to find relief. A hospital, for example. Even if the wait to be attended to drags on for hours.

My friend Valentina waited for months before finally getting the call to have an MRI. At just 26, pain had already changed the way she lived.

There’s a Guava tree in Miguel’s yard. It’s not as tall as those in the large orchards; a person walking by might not even notice it.

There are nights when sleep seems to give up before we do. I thought I had already grown accustomed to hearing stories about blackouts.

There are places here where water is a luxury. Some families spend entire days waiting for it to come. Others wake before dawn to fill buckets

Every morning, before they enter the school, the children receive their first lesson. It is a lesson that is not written on the blackboard.

For a very long time now waiting at a bus stop in Havana has been an ordeal, public transportation, has been woefully inadequate.