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Author: Miguel Arias

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Sometimes an Effective Complaint Bears Results

April 9, 2018 Miguel Arias 0 Comments Miguel Arias Sanchez

In January, I wrote about a pothole in the middle of 19th street in Havana’s Bahia neighborhood. I wrote that neighbors had planted plants inside the pothole themselves so that people could see it from afar and be able to prevent an accident from taking place…

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Black Market Medicines in Havana

February 20, 2018 Miguel Arias 2 Comments

Medicine being sold on the black market or “on the side” is a very delicate subject. We all know about the difficult situation this country has with relation to medicines, both in manufacturing or importing them.

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Monument to the Pothole or Potential Hazard

January 31, 2018 Miguel Arias 2 Comments

In the Guiteras neighborhood, right on 19th street and Casa Blanca Ave., there is a pothole which continues to exist and literally seems like it has been cut out by a human hand. Everyone who travels there every day can give testament to my words.

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The Three Wise Men, Illusion and fantasy?

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 Miguel Arias 0 Comments

The day of the Three Wise Men, known throughout much of the world, is here. In Cuba the day used to be celebrated. Although that was a fantasy, there is no doubt that it was also something very beautiful that children lived.

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Trap, Modern Music

December 28, 2017 Miguel Arias 1 Comment

According to those who claim they know, trap music was born last century in the ‘90s in the US, although it has now spread to Latin America and other parts of the world. Its lyrics promote drugs and addictions, gender violence, a lot of sex, gun use, crimes and no-one bats an eyelid.

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My Neighborhood Candidate Selection Meeting

November 23, 2017 Miguel Arias 22 Comments

There was recently a meeting to choose the candidate/s for my district’s representative (el delegado), in my neighborhood of Guanabacoa, one of Havana’s outlying municipalities. Very few people came out for the 8 p.m. gathering, maybe 20 more or less.

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Trump, a Dangerous President

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017 Miguel Arias 22 Comments

The process of establishing bilateral relations between Cuba and the US has been hurt lots of times. The Cuban government position has always been the same, inflexible and with its backward politics.

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Foreigners and a Credit Card

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 Miguel Arias 1 Comment

In Cuba, where we all know the average wage is low and is not enough to satisfy our basic needs, people find themselves forced to look for an illegal way to improve their lives, other times it’s just not a very honest way.

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Reggaeton, Descemer Bueno and My View

September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 Miguel Arias 3 Comments

I must start off by saying that I’m not a music expert. In spite of my father being a violin player, none of his children inherited his talent. But I have always loved listening to music ever since I was a child, especially romantic music.

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Racial discrimination in Cuba

August 18, 2017August 29, 2017 Miguel Arias 34 Comments Miguel Arias Sanchez

The subject of racial discrimination in Cuba is a very delicate and thorny issue which has to be approached with a lot of care, so that there isn’t any confusion or people hurt. Here I will mention some aspects of the growing problem.

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