Havana: The City That Became an Improvised Office
Yamilka is part of a generation that earns dollars from an island where the average monthly salary is less than thirty dollars.
Diaries
Young Cubans in These Difficult Times
These are young people who, despite all the hardships, have not lost the joy and enthusiasm characteristic of their age.
We Are Just Pawns on a Chessboard
Chess is much more than a game. It has always seemed to me that chess is, in some way, a metaphor for life.
A Window Glowing in the Middle of the Blackout
I don’t remember a time when the Internet wasn’t part of my life. It’s an open window on a screen through which I look out at a vast world.
The Cuban Summer That No Longer Exists
My mother suggested that I write about summer in Cuba. I smiled and thought it would be easy, because talking about summer would bring back my happiest memories.
Is It Better to Live in Ignorance or Awareness?
My Systematic Theology professor used to illustrate what it means to experience certain things without being conscious of them…
On Cuba’s Transportation Inspectors and Other Demons
The fuel crisis, inspectors susceptible to bribes, and the “bukenkes” continue driving up transportation prices.
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.
The Horizon in Our Hands
Sunset at 3rd and 70th in Havana’s Playa municipality has a kind of light that can’t be explained, only felt.
The Price of Having Fun in Curitiba, Brazil
For any society to develop, hard work is necessary, and to keep that effort from turning into a vicious cycle, workers need time to relax.