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Bem conchê ess terra morena Ondê que cada criola é um serena Bem, q’ês nos céu tambê é de anil Êss nos terra piquinina É um padacinho di brasil Brasil,…
Intellectual stress It is very seldom written about. Stress is usually associated with emotional stress , even though the word stress was used to denote physical or structural stress in…
There is a poem by that eminent latin american poet who belongs to all PABLO NERUDA How much happens in a day and I will tell you what happened to…
From The National Geographic: Florida Keys A key is a small, low-lying coral island. The Florida Keys are probably the most famous keys in the world. A 205 kilometer (127…
Saturday, September 11, 2021 Miami Remembering the Terrorist Event 20 years ago in which we all lost so much: mainly an innocence. It was a pivotal moment for those with…
No need for me to add a commentary. Al Jazeera reporting from Havana, Cuba. Not the usual vitriol from Miami. Just a small comparison La Habana is a centre of…
We are always grateful for friends from yore who introduced us to books or poems or countries or ways of thinking. We are the collective expressions of so many of…
I had a chance to study at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami School of Medicine, twice during my professional formation as a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology. I was there…
Last night I felt an excitement which I couldn't explain and always reminded me of my Meskwakia teacher : What a pity you are not smart enough to understand all…
I think of Ahmad Shamlou in the same manner I think of Pablo Neruda of Chile and Pramoedya Ananta Toer of Indonesia . All suffered for their beliefs. But they…
Today Mother’s Day is celebrated in Cuba, along with many other countries in this hemisphere and elsewhere. If you ask a Cuba, what is the most precious thing in their…