SOCIETY
The Cauldrons of Librada
The fine and very creole prose of Jesus Arencibia offers readers of the New Word this beautiful chronicle of deep Cuba that you cannot stop reading.
Month: August 2019
SPORT
Cuban volleyballists win champions
Three Cuban volleyball players won the Men’s Volleyball Champions League in Berlin, Germany. On the fact that it did not transcend in the official Cuban media, Palabra Nueva offers this analysis of journalist Nelson de la Rosa.
CULTURE
Echoes, resonances, of the XIII Havana Biennial
Why wait so long if most exhibitions could only be viewed between April and May? How can a viewer find time to visit so many spaces? Why do they keep calling him biennial? José Antonio Michelena reflects on these and other questions.
CULTURE
A decent person
With his satires, the Polish writer S.Awomir Mro-ek points to the various aspects of the socialist regime he met, and sometimes to the opposition. From him, Word New recovered the text “A Decent Person”, whose scathing and very fine humor will undoubtedly call reflection.
CULTURE
Represent who sympathizes with you
How much do you know about Plato, Shakespeare, Napoleon? In his book Representative Men, Ralph W. Emerson brings the reader closer to the lives of great characters. Palabra Nueva offers you the review of the first Cuban edition of the work.
CULTURE
Get out of the comfort zone: Workshop for filmmakers
On young cinema made in Cuba – his most important works and exponents – he reflected on the XVI Talent Workshop for the Future, which took place at the Padre Félix Varela Cultural Center.
CULTURE
Ulysses, revisited: translation, myth and echoes
The recurrence of myths in universal literature is indebted to the mediation of the teaching work. The myth of Odysseus/Ulysses, personification of the returning traveler, is a cimero example of that.
CULTURE
Catholic footprint in the streets of Habaneras: Calle Jesús Peregrino
To what is the name of Jesus Pilgrim this well-known Habanera street? What’s your story? In the Catholic Footprint section on the streets of Havana find the answer.
RELIGION
Message from Holy Father Francis for World Migrant and Refugee Day 2019
“(…) not only is the cause of migrants at stake, it’s not just about them, it’s about all of us, about the present and future of the human family,” Pope Francoic said in his Message for World Migrant and Refugee Day 2019. Learn the full text here.
FOLDER
“There’s nothing more interesting than being a parish priest”
“In me what lives on is the parish priest, and if I had had doubts about my vocation to the diocesan clergy, I would not have had any left after being parish priest in Matanzas, but after being bishop I am even more convinced: there is nothing more important than being a parish priest.” Fragment of the interview with Cardinal Jaime Ortega published by Palabra Nueva in March 2015. Then, and as a tribute to him, we offer it entirely to readers.