AhoraCuba!

My name is Steve, and this is my first – and probably last, asides from site announcements and news – blog post here.

The goal of AhoraCuba! is to provide an outlet for news and views from within Cuba, by ordinary Cubans. All blog posts (except this one...) here are written from Cuba. We're hoping we can grow this site into a resource for those who are looking for unbiased, sincere information on Cuba.

Ideally, we want this site to remain as apolitical as possible – this is nearly impossible, of course, as almost all topics in Cuba can be traced back to politics... la “monotema”, they call it. Nevertheless, our goal here is not to become a mouthpiece for one ideology or another, but to try and provide a glimpse into the daily realities of Cuban life, and all the good and bad which it entails.

That being said, I'll now turn things over to our authors, who are professional authors, but regular people like you and me, who happen to be living in Cuba.

We welcome your comments on any of our posts, though responding to them might take longer than you're used to. Also, since we're striving to keep as clear of politics as we can, please try and keep your comments relevant to the post on question, without diving into the political subcontext that enshrouds it.

Thank you, and we're looking forward to hearing from you.