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Want to Help Cuba? Travel Responsibly
I’ve got my knickers in a twist and if you know me, you know how ugly I can get when my ass is chapped. Today’s topic? Ethical, responsible, and sustainable travel to Cuba. For those who don’t know me...
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Stupid Shit People Ask Me About Cuba
Judging from the number of people who walk into Cuba Libro saying: ‘Hi! I’m [insert random name here]; I sent you an email!,’ people are unclear about the volume of correspondence I receive related to...
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Living the Dream: The Stones in Cuba
“I am about to see the Rolling Stones. In my hometown. In my lifetime.” Proclaimed with equal parts conviction and awe by a Cuban I hold in certain esteem, we headed off on foot to Ciudad Deportiva....
View ArticleA Quick Note on Irma
Havana September 14, 2017 Time for thanks giving. Among the many (well documented) reasons Cuba does hurricane preparation and post-recovery/survival so well is the ability of the populace to pull...
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Inside a Cuban Orphanage
If you know me, you know I get terribly bored (and sometimes in trouble) if I’m not learning anything new. If you know my writing, you know that one of the things I love about Cuba is that I’m learning...
View ArticleCuba Libro – In Peril?
I’ve always had an inkling, but now I know up close and personally why people shun and malign journalists. This new knowledge is particularly ironic given the fact that I’ve been a full-time,...
View ArticlePeriodo Especial: The Sequel?!
I don’t know how the Special Period felt coming on, but I do know how it manifested once in full swing. Transport was so scarce and overcrowded, passengers lunged from bus windows at their stop or...
View ArticleThe Not-So-Slow Leak
Almost 18 years living here and to some things I cannot adapt. The Farmer Hanky. Public zit popping. The heat. Other things I’ve been forced into accepting and conceding. The tedious bureaucracy. The...
View ArticleCOVID-19 & Cuba
Some of you have noticed that I’ve taken a long hiatus from here. The reasons are tragic and painful and pre-date this pandemic de mierda. For those readers looking for something upbeat, you get the...
View ArticleSurviving Cuba with FE*
(*Familia en el Exterior) I used to tell people when I’d be traveling—give them a head’s up in case they needed something from a fuera. That was when I first got here, green and eager. It took just a...
View ArticleUnpacking the Protests in Cuba
Recent events compel me to post sooner than I otherwise might. First, I’ve received so many questions, including in my professional capacity as a journalist, about what’s happening in Cuba that for...
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Your Live Donkey, Reporting from Havana
Remember the good ole days of the ‘coronacoaster,’ riding the ups and downs of 2020-2021 and looking forward to better times ahead? That was some aspirational thinking. Delusional even. Now, rather...
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