Cuban cigarettes
CUBAN CHRONICLES by Walter Lippmann February 15, 2019 These are Cuban cigarettes, not at the duty-free, and you’ll notice the price is 6 cuc for a carton, that is 10 packs and other words 200 coffin nails. Originallly posted to facebook February 15, 2019 at 9:06am Feb 15, 2019Walter Lippmann
The plane has been called for boarding
CUBAN CHRONICLES by Walter Lippmann February 15, 2019 The plane has been called for boarding so I’m going to go now I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do any more posting from inside the plane. On the way to the airport, I had to make a quick stop at the office of the […]
With Suitcases at The Airport
CUBAN CHRONICLES With Suitcases at The Airport by Walter Lippmann February 15, 2019 Here I am at the airport. Over a two months nap over a two-month span, I accumulate a massive quantity of books. If there’s any space left beyond the books, and the Cuban coffee that I purchase, I sometimes by a few […]
Cuban Coffee
CUBAN CHRONICLES by Walter Lippmann February 15, 2019 After all these years, I finally have learned the correct way to make Cuban coffee in the cafetera. Here is my final cup being made this very morning. Serrano isn’t around these days, so we’re drinking Turquino. Also very good. Feb 15, 2019Walter Lippmann
Plastic Bags Alive and Well in Havana
CUBAN CHRONICLES Plastic Bags Alive and Well in Havana by Walter Lippmann February 13, 2019 You remember those plastic bags that we used to get for free when we bought things in supermarkets and so forth in the United States? They are now considered to be ecologically unsound and harmful to the environment so in […]
Iran has grown in resistance
Iran has grown in resistance In 40 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has resisted all kinds of compromises on the part of the United States, in the imperial eagerness to destroy the Revolution Author: Elson Concepción Pérez | mailto:internet@granma.cu February 11, 2019 21:02:44 A CubaNews translation. Edited by Walter Lippmann. In 40 years, the […]
Butter
CUBAN CHRONICLES by Walter Lippmann February 13, 2019 These are packages of butter. Having been in Cuba for two months, I have not found a single pad of butter in any of the stores where I have visited. Then, one day, all of a sudden, a young woman showed up at the 19th and B […]
Garlic: Peeled, packaged and ready
CUBAN CHRONICLES Garlic: Peeled, packaged and ready by Walter Lippmann You don’t like the time trouble and smell of peeling the garlic? No problem. Here they are in small wrapped packages. No need to ask the price this plastic-wrapped 10 peso note tells you. Also good for keeping the vampires away. Originally posted to facebook […]
Lighter Refill
CUBAN CHRONICLES by Walter Lippmann February 12, 2019 Though you can buy cigarette lighters nearly everywhere, it is cheaper to refill the old ones rather than buy new ones all the time. This is one of the scores of jobs which are specifically licensed, here in Cuba, as part of the growing world of self-employment. […]
Book-Buying at Fayad Jamis
CUBAN CHRONICLES by Walter Lippmann February 12, 2019 In these last days of my current 2-month visit, I engage in a mad dash of running around to stores to buy books and gifts for friends and family. Yesterday I went to one of the very best Cuban bookstore is in which everything is new and […]