Articles by Webmáster

SOCIETY

No wine. No vaccine. No Mass

8 July, 2020 Webmáster 0
The arrival of the new Coronavirus in Cuba made the daily life of its inhabitants even more rugged. It is currently necessary to make long tails with zero insulation to acquire the basic hygiene and food items. Fortunately, thanks to God and the work of health and civil authorities, the number of sick people has been reduced and the country has begun to open up to a neo-normality. However, this new stage is accompanied by few questions, especially in Havana.

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SOCIETY

Did we arrive or were we pushed?

7 July, 2020 Webmáster 0
In the opinion of many, the Habaneros did not arrive properly in the first phase, they were pushed. The truth is, they’re already in it. Experience has to call chapter: each person must take care of themselves, otherwise she risks becoming a positive number among those infected by the microscopic virus.

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SOCIETY

The impossible closure: ethics and coronavirus in Cuba

4 July, 2020 Webmáster 0
Accompanied by personal and external experiences, the author makes an ethical assessment of Cuba’s current situation in times of pandemic. According to his judgment, the return to “normality” will involve essential changes in the life of the nation. For her, the key to success in the coming times is called integrity, respect for oneself and others in order to build a better country. “Cuba must be a homeland for all and not someone’s fiefdom,” he says.

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CULTURE

The Quiet Islands: Topics of Insularity in Elisha Diego’s Poetry

3 July, 2020 Webmáster 0
A tribute to Elisha Diego in his centenary wants to be this article. The author rests in the poet’s verses to show us his tentative recurrence to the description of spaces that refer to the island and its edges. And it was Diego who was one of the intellectuals who nucleared around the group and the magazine Orígenes, and for whom, Cuba, as an island, had a transcendent dimension.

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RELIGION

The Auxiliary Bishops of Havana IV

2 July, 2020 Webmáster 0
In this article, in addition to reviewing the situation of the Cuban Church in the eighties and nineties, Msgr. Antonio Rodríguez, our father Tony, stops at two figures: Msgr. Alfredo Víctor Petit Vergel and Msgr. Carlos Patricio Baladrón Valdés.

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CULTURE

When there are good slices left

27 June, 2020 Webmáster 0
In this time of obligatory gathering, the books have been excellent company. From Palabra Nueva we recommend reading Traspapelados Archives, title of Mirta Yáñez. The invitation is accompanied by a strong critero of this Cuban author: “Poor of those who in the rispidity of existence cannot count on the handle of an old poem or an ineffable character of literature. One might wonder whether much of the spiritual poverty that sometimes slaps us does not come from people devoid of the magical arsenal of imagination and poetry.”

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