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The Cubanology Bi-Weekly “Christmas Special”

With Respect to Respect
While crossing the bridge to go home the other day, I noticed several bright blue flashing lights through the fog.  As I approached the lights, I realized that they were part of a sizeable police motorcade escorting a funeral. Somehow, my immediate reaction was to pull to the [...]

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“Los Viejos Cubanos” – The Old Cubans
“This article was written in Spanish by an anonymous person and was attributed online by Andres Reynoso, Poet and Writer for El Nuevo Herald.”

Elena Read the Article and commented on it in Spanish but she wanted to translate the article and her comment in English so she could share [...]

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Cuban Christmas Memories of Long Ago….continued
PART ONE
When I was growing up in Cuba, a very long time ago, it was the custom in our family to get dressed up in the afternoons on the week of Christmas, and visit the Asilos de Ancianos (homes for the elderly or nursing homes), hospitals and convents [...]

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