In one of life's random events I came across Letters From Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi in a Havana bookstore. I didn't find it in one of the individua...
Today, the issue of layoffs is a worry shared by all Cubans, because at least one member of each family will be affected by the cuts. Meanwhile, the official press only talks about the layoffs in Greece and Spain.
There is a lot of speculation these days about the possible release of the political prisoners. The official press, as always, neither confirms nor denies these rumors.
There are at least two hundred Cuban prisoners of conscience serving prison sentences for acts defined as common crimes, acts that would not be considered criminal in a country with a different political system, one more tolerant and more plural.
Minutes before taking his first drink of water, Farinas wrote out a statement announcing the suspension of his strike, a suspension that will become final if the government fulfills its promise of freeing the prisoners.
Today I had the opportunity to interview Pedro Arguelles, one of the 52 political prisoners planned to be released following recent negotiations betwe...
The term "revolutionary" has a different meaning in the Cuba of today than we would find in any Spanish language dictionary.
Today's guest post is by a young Cuban journalist, and new blogger, Ernesto Morales Licea. Ernesto graduated from the Universidad de Oriente, in Santi...
Special to the Huffington Post. Every day at half past six we have breakfast while watching the first morning news magazine on Cuban TV. Around nin...
Jumping out of bed, there's a loudspeaker roaring outside. I don't understand what it's saying, but I wash my face as if it were the last time. Maybe...
I managed to sneak into the stairway when the workers went to the dining room to scarf down their lunch. It was the summer of 1992 and the temptation...
Today's guest blog post is from Claudia Cadelo, whose blog Octavo Cerco has been featured here before. Today Claudia is writing about her reaction to ...
An acquaintance of my mother, who lives very near to a Lady in White, told her that they are under orders not to assault these women in light clothing with gladioli in their hands.
On July 26, "National Rebellion Day" in Cuba, Raul Castro didn't take the podium, nor was the speech addressed to a nation waiting for a program of changes.
One of the great dramas defining the daily life of Cubans arises from the punishment of dissenters, the stigma under which they live.
There is a detail of our reality that fascinates tourists and surprises collectors around the world: the number of old cars still running on the str...
This article by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo appeared in Diario de Cuba, a digital newspaper, and is being published as this week's guest post with the per...
