Each April 4th, Cuban students celebrate all over the island the Pioneer’s Day and the OPJM (Organización de Pioneros José MartÃ) organizes all types of political and cultural activities that remind the young pioneer of his function in the communist society and the need to watch for the progress and the continuation of the Revolution in […]
In the last few days I have been following the visit of the Pope Benedict XVI to Cuba. The island is in the news again so that keeps almost every Cuban abroad busy with any updates. I even know a couple of Cubans who are visiting their families in Havana during this time and were […]
There are not plenty of stories I can recall from the Cuban 80’s regarding religion. Being in primary school I was growing up to be a complete atheist, never baptized, never introduced to religion at home or at school. The vague idea of the existence of God I had was brought to me by very […]
Now that the American Thanksgiving is around the corner and all the stores are already full with Christmas decorations for sale I start thinking again of my holidays in Cuba, the family, my childhood altogether with the present time. Thanksgiving or “Acción de Gracias” was never celebrated when I was growing up. Some other American […]
Cuba has been all over the news in recent days! The long expected news about Cubans being allowed to buy a house has been approved, the same way the government authorized Cubans to buy a car, or a computer. From November,10th,2011, Cubans living on the island can legally sell or purchase a property and own […]
Havana has a party every time a Cuban living abroad visits the island. It is well known that for many years now many Cubans have been leaving their country in order to improve their economical situation, looking for better job conditions and more freedom to travel, buy a house or simply connect to the Internet. […]
There comes a time when you have to “clean” your computer and start deleting duplicates of pictures sitting on your desktop, organize your files, allow more space for your music and films. I do not do it regularly but most of all the work has to get done for you to just find things easily. […]
Found it on Facebook. Many of my friends have been sharing this video for a couple of weeks. At first I thought that it was not real but then again, reality could seem unreal and it is sometimes more surprising than imagination. The girl is really adorable and innocent. She does not know that she […]
I am holding a package of Cuban Popular  brand cigarettes that a friend of mine sent me from Havana, but these are not the regular strong Popular cigarettes I was used to see, but a new menthol flavour strong Popular that it was recently introduced to the market. No luck at all with me. I […]
Espejo de Paciencia is considered the first Cuban literary work. Written in 1608 by Silvestre de Balboa the story truly occurred in 1604 and it is about the kidnapping of the bishop of Cuba Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano by the French corsair Gilberto Giron who was trying to get money from the rescue. Then, […]
The polymita picta is an endemic land snail from the most Eastern part of Cuba. I have never visited the east of the island but I have been in love with polymitas since I was little. The large variety of  vibrant colours and designs makes the polymita one of the most beautiful snails you could […]
The  Zunzún or bee hummingbird lives only in Cuba and is the smallest bird in the world (approximately 6 cm long and 2 grames of weight). The little bird can flap its wings around eighty times per second and could fly up to twenty hours nonstop. Zunzún belongs to the Colibri family which has more […]
