As a people, we must reclaim a sense of responsibility. Become aware of the power of our words and speak them as we believe we must...| Havana Times
A friend of mine who had taken semiotics classes once told me that the first place our attention goes is to the upper right-hand corner.| Havana Times
I’m wondering about the following: when faced with friends abroad who aren’t Cubans and want to see Cuba, what do I tell them?| Havana Times
A friend lent me the autobiographical book Nina Berberova, published by Circe in Spanish. The Italics Are Mine in English).| Havana Times
The season has arrived for a fruit so cherished by Cuban women: the mango. We eat it in every way possible—juice, sweets, smoothies, raw.| Havana Times
We Cubans are tangled up on this island. And it’s not as easy to get out of the mess as many might think from abroad.| Havana Times
A foreign friend expressed her apprehension before accepting a trip to Cuba as a tourist. It was a country she had never visited before,...| Havana Times
Manolín was my youngest cat, and my favorite. Cowardly and very sweet, he was by my side almost all the time.| Havana Times
While heading back home from the dentist’s office, I decided to go by the center to get a few things done, like buying soap for example.| Havana Times
For a long, I’ve wanted to see a town in Holguin Province that’s called Cueto. A friend spoke very highly of a woman poet who lives there.| Havana Times
Like a prisoner might write on the walls of her cell. Because my house is my home, but for several reasons it has also become my prison.| Havana Times
Times Change, Even in Cuba | Havana Times
The Holguin tradition known as the May Romerias has ended. It’s a practice that began here in the eighteenth century - 1790 to be exact...| Havana Times