Author Archives: Auto Post

Another "Broom" Law / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Auto Post

The National Assembly or Cuban parliament easily approved (nothing odd for that body when the issue is something that, although not divinely ordained, “comes from above”) the new foreign investment law. One does not need a crystal ball to know … Continue reading →

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Descriptive Penury / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Auto Post

An acquaintance of mine swapped his apartment of a room and a half for a smaller one and “some chump change on top of that” to relieve his alcoholism and misery.  I never entered his home and that’s why I was … Continue reading →

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Descriptive Hardship / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Auto Post

An acquaintance of mine traded his one-and-a-half-room apartment for an even smaller one and a little cash, to ease his alcoholism and misery. I never entered his house and so I was unaware of his poverty. His furniture looked like … Continue reading →

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Barriers Because of Indolence / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Auto Post

Several years ago we often heard talk in the Cuban media about architectural barriers. Eliminating them is a goal injected some years ago in our national actions and lexicon by the teams of town criers from the government, who have … Continue reading →

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Towards a Just Cause

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Auto Post

Heberprot-P 75  Human recombinant epidermal growth factor Heber Biotec, S.A. Havana, Cuba Last November, a group of Cubans and part of the exiled Cuban community living in the United States, co-published a document named A Humanitarian Appeal  which I already … Continue reading →

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Humanitarian Demand / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Auto Post

In recent weeks we have heard some information in the United States media about the possibility of selling medicines produced in Cuba in that country, particularly Heberprot-P, a drug for the treatment of diabetic foot. On the other hand, the … Continue reading →

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Antennas and the Ears of the Gods / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Auto Post

It is not my invention, it was on Cuban TV where they announce the creation of national social network called “The Clothesline,” for domestic users. Do you think they’re finally respecting our rights to have Internet? Hopefully! But in any … Continue reading →

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Imposed Pause / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Auto Post

Dear cyber-accomplices and visitors in general: My writings reappear now that circumstances allow me to return to publishing. It has been more than fifteen days — I don’t know if it was a technical problem or one of censorship — … Continue reading →

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In Treble Clef* / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Auto Post

The killer sun that perches over Cuba every year hit me harder this August because I had to go several times to the branch of ETESCA in Casino Deportivo to use the online navigation room there.  It is two kilometers … Continue reading →

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Bathing Alternate Days / Rosa Maria Rodriguez

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Auto Post

Every other night between 8:00 and 10:00 the zone where I live “has its turn” at the water, and when it runs for a while, my block shows itself off like a shiny glass mirror.  It is because the conducting … Continue reading →

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