Men succeed each other, ideologies collapse, leaders die and speeches get shorter; everything is under the repetitive cycle of the sun that sets and rises again.  When I look from my balcony towards the rising sun, I realize how small we are, how laughable are some peoples’ pretensions of superiority. Here is the first sun… Continue reading The first sun of 2009

Pablo Milanes and I share an unforgettable evening at the Tribuna Antiimperialista [Anti-Imperialist Grandstand].  He was on stage, singing his extensive repertoire, while I was hoisting a fabric sign with the name of Gorki.  His concert lasted nearly three hours, but the fabric raised by some of us impertinents took only seconds to be destroyed. … Continue reading The other Pablo

The tedium of this end of year drove me to go see the dreary spectacle of our parliamentarians in their final meeting of 2008.  The formula of posing problems without mentioning their true causes returned to the hall of the Palace of Conventions this December.  The whole style of speaking starts with an initial reference… Continue reading The end of the subsidies

A vague completion date, and the question of whether it will bring information for all, surrounds the submarine cable linking Cuba and Venezuela.   To all of us who complain about the poor connectivity found on the Island, they have an argument to shut us up: “We have to wait until the cable is ready.”  With… Continue reading A prayer for the cable

  Today could be the 3rd of June or the 9th of September, because there are hardly any signs that it is Christmas.  Few, very few, offer holiday greetings in the street.  Compared to December 25th of last year, this is a lifeless day with fewer expectations for the future.  More than twelve months have… Continue reading Nativity?

If you don’t offer solutions, don’t you dare to use the weapon of criticism–that’s what some people tell me who, themselves, don’t offer a single remedy either.  Their tone reminds me of the boring Pioneer assemblies I had to attend during all my years of school.  When it came my turn to speak and my… Continue reading Solutions

Generation Y and the other blogs on the Portal Desdecuba.com have been inaccessible for more than twenty-four hours. The causes of the blackout have not yet been determined, but I want to thank all those who have been concerned about the loss of our connection. I regret giving you so many headaches, but I am… Continue reading Blackout

The price of fuel at gas stations was lowered and on Thursday, December 11, the daily newspaper Granma announced that we would need only half as much money to open a cell phone account.  It’s not often that there is news of prices falling so we are still of two minds about whether this is… Continue reading Infected by price cuts

With the objective of encouraging the Cuban blogosphere and motivating those who use the Internet for expressing ideas, information and testimonies, the team of the magazine Convivencia and the editorial board of the site Desdecuba.com, announce the contest titled A Virtual Island. The contest rules will be sent by email to all bloggers who write… Continue reading Blog Contest: A Virtual Island