Every non-Cuban friend thinks that people in Cuba are already enjoying the recently activated fiber-optic cable, which finally connects Cuba to the fast internet world. I wish it was as easy as connecting a magical cable in order to bring enough speed to our relatives and friends on the island, at least enough speed to […]

Las campanas, el sol, el cielo claro me llenan de tristeza, y en los ojos llevo un dolor que el verso compasivo mira, un rebelde dolor que el verso rompe ¡y es, oh mar, la gaviota pasajera que rumbo a Cuba va sobre tus olas! Vino a verme un amigo, y a mí mismo me […]

Cuban music for Mondays! The kid we see here playing the congas is the son of the leader of “Clave y Guaguancó” (Amado Dedeus). httpsv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cRAMMuu9WS8#!

En La Habana yo tengo vecinos que adoro, que me han visto crecer y me han dado cariño y café a granel.  Estos vecinos tan queridos, me han asistido con libros, pastillas, sal y hielo, han servido de mensajeros y hasta de consejeros espirituales en ciertas ocasiones de mi vida. Si uno ha vivido en […]

For many people, the use and mix of two languages or more is absolutely natural. They are of the opinion that “melange” is the future. If you are growing up in a city like Montreal (English and French) or Miami (English and Spanish) chances are that you are going to replace some words without even […]

Winter has really arrived. I know it when I start searching for random Cuban stuff on internet. This time, I found the singing of the endemic Trogon (Tocororo).  The video quality is not great but the sound makes your imagination fly and you think that you are lying on the green grass of a Cuban […]

La luna y el niño juegan un juego que nadie ve; se ven sin mirarse, hablan lengua de pura mudez. ¿Qué se dicen, qué se callan, quién cuenta una, dos y tres, y quién, tres, y dos, y uno y vuelve a empezar después? ¿Quién se quedó en el espejo, luna, para todo ver? Está […]

When I visited Cuba last summer I bought a gift for a relative who lives in the Middle East: a box with 10 Cuban cigars. Since I do not see this relative frequently I was waiting for a chance to send him the cigars with anyone on their way there. The opportunity came when his […]

The majority of Cubans are pretty superstitious. It is funny and annoying at the same time. In order to understand Cubans we have to remember that their society is a mix of atheists, catholics and African religion followers. We have a strange combination of marxism, the Spanish church and West African roots. Some aspects of […]

I have some updates regarding our stay in Toronto: We have found a sublet to stay for the month of February and March! We visited a gorgeous apartment on College St., right beside Kensington Market and a few blocks away from China Town. As soon as we got there and saw the location, the light […]

Do we really know how many thousands of Cubans enter US through the Mexican border every year? It is known to all Cubans and probably many Americans and citizens around the world that Cubans are allowed in the American territory as soon as they reach either the Canadian border of the Mexican border. According to […]