Clasificado en General a las Jun 30th, 2009 44 Comentarios »
Image: The Creation of the World by Bosch
On June 8th of this year, a new law was instituted to govern the telephone schedule here in Canaleta Prison, in Ciego de Ávila. The vice Chief of the prison, Major Orlando Fernández confirmed to this blogger that the number of telephone lines would increase in Sections 3 [...]
Clasificado en General a las Jun 29th, 2009 Sin comentarios »
Image: Chagal
Life, without warning, is full of surprises and involves stories that we can almost not even imagine. But we as human beings take advantage of the blessings that God gave us, a trait that puts us at the top of the animal kingdom. But if we look harder at life, it’s easy to on [...]
Clasificado en General a las Jun 24th, 2009 Sin comentarios »
Image: The Cyclist by Goncharova
It is our game: we tried four times to play but we kept getting rained out by May showers. But with an inexhaustible effort, we were finally able to have Villa Clara qualify for the Cuban national baseball finals.
Without a care, experienced manager Eduardo Martin helped his team beat the current [...]
Clasificado en General a las Jun 22nd, 2009 Sin comentarios »
Iamge: “Entracte” by Daumier
History has taught us that those who persevere, triumph. Unfortunately, sometime the trophy ends up being a double-edged sword. The government of Havana has launched a never-before-seen campaign in opposition of the Organization of American States (OAS) and its allies have only added to the crusade.
Forgetting, once in a while, that they [...]
Clasificado en General a las Jun 21st, 2009 Sin comentarios »
Image: Canasta de frutas de Botero
Here in Canaleta Prison, in the Cuban province of Ciego de Ávila, as in the prison in Morón where I was previously housed, an excellent deal exists, for some. I have become aware that some of the guards prevent, at all costs, the prisoners taking their food from the [...]
Clasificado en General a las Jun 18th, 2009 Sin comentarios »
Image: Salvador Dali
Early in the day, the guards announced we should prepare our cells for an inspection. In addition, the warden would update us on new disciplinary measures. We all assumed that the inspection would take place in the morning. To our surprise however it began at 11:25 am in the scorching hot sun [...]
Clasificado en General a las Jun 16th, 2009 Sin comentarios »
Image: Depósito de agua de Picasso
On the afternoon on May 30th, Antonio Díaz Sanchez was returned to Canaleta Prison in the province of Ciego de Ávila as a political prisoner after almost a year of specialized treatment in the Cuban capital military hospital.
Díaz Sanchez was moved to Havana in September 2008 due ulcerated colitis, a [...]
Clasificado en General a las Jun 14th, 2009 1 Comentario »
Image: Dios juzga a Adán, de Blake
Only three years have transpired since the inception of a new politico-administration for revolutionary Cuba, where supposedly we all believe everyone is create equal, when, in 1978, there is born to the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, Luis Alfonso Montero, who wonder over and over again why [...]
Clasificado en Adolfo Fernández Sainz, Félix Navarro, Pablo Pacheco, Pedro Argüelles Morán a las Jun 13th, 2009 Sin comentarios »
It with great grief and sorrow that we just watched the news report concerning the tragic accident of Air France Airbus 330 on Sunday May 31st, 2009, where 228 lives were lost. We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the victims of the disaster and we join in the mourning [...]
Clasificado en General a las Jun 13th, 2009 Sin comentarios »
Image: El suicidio de Dorothy Hale de Frida Kahlo
At birth, God instills in us the right to be free. But this freedom has been adapted by humans since Adam and Eve. Throughout the course of history there have been laws and I do not believe that we always have justice but I think we have [...]
