In these times, violence seems to be naturalized in young faces.

The event disrupted the already hectic rhythm around the sports area of the Jesús Argüelles school in this city. In the middle of the day, word spread of the beating of an eighth-grade student of the nearby junior high school by several older boys. Within minutes, the place became a chaos of speculation and uncertainty.

Female leadership in Las Tunas.

It is not the first time that two women head the government in this eastern Cuban province. But the fact that they do so now, less than five years after the implementation of the current structure born of the 2019 Constitution, seems to indicate a gradual shift towards female protagonism in this area, as well.

The masks of male chauvinism

He was hiding behind the line of freshly boiled diapers when his mother came to meet her grandson. She was pouting at the sleeping body until she heard her son washing up in the yard, in full view of the neighbors. She immediately dropped her purse and grabbed the basins. “My son, you can’t do that,” she scolded him affectionately, and quietly reminded him that she had given birth three times and her husband had never touched a diaper.

To what extent can we differentiate the funny from the offensive in social media?

For some time now, I have been observing a kind of “new trend,” not only in social networks but also in everyday life. And, I must confess that I am unable to adapt to it. This practice, disguised as ‘comedy’, turns everything into a joke, even what shouldn't be.