A BLACK CUBAN TEENAGER AND THE OPERA

By Marietta Manso

I think that my future is in the operatic singing, and I know I must to sacrifice to get it, not stay out at nights, take care of my voice and, of course, never to smoke.

These are words of Oscar Castañeda Trujillo, while all the dreams of the world escape through his black eyes.

THE CUBAN SENSE OF THE WORD "SOLIDARITY"

By Luis Marín Lopez

Sometimes there are some words or concepts we used them in our daily language, without reflecting about their meaning or reach.

Have you ever thought what solidarity means and which is its importance? According to the Larousse Dictionary, it is the feeling that impels men to help each other, and it is also the mutual dependency between men that prevent some ones of begin happy, if the others aren´t.

THE PLACE THEY LIKE THE BEST

This is what it means the sports area of San Rafael and Hospital St., for the teenagers who live in Cayo Hueso, a little neighborhood in the center 0f Havana. has become for them.


By Alicia Centelles

Every afternoon, after two o´clock, the corner of San Rafael and Hospital St., in Cayo Hueso, is full of shouts and laughter with the presence of children and teenagers who practice sports in that area of the capital of Cuba.

A FAMOUS CUBAN SINGER IS SURE OF THAT

DON’T THINK STAYING IS AN OPTION

By Fidel Díaz

I ran into Carlos Varela in Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Centre during the memorable celebration of Victor Casaus' sixty birthday. Obviously, I would have preferred, then and now, that he could be singing his songs in the cities of the United States. The fact is that it was really beautiful to have him there, sharing with the elder troubadours, with his pairs, and promoting a group from Bayamo, ormed by very young people and under the name Nubes, influenced by his legacy. Considering the fact that we are what we are, and some many things have been said overseas after the news of his visa denegation to perform in the U. S., so then, I asked him to keep the record of the following questions

CUBAN TEENAGERS TALK ABOUT ADDICTION

By Miriam García Hernández


- Riiiiing, riiiiing!

Another useful day in school is finished. Boys and girls left high school for today to return home. Glad and boisterous, they comment the incidents of the day, make plans. Suddenly, a group stops full of curiosity: very still on the turf of the park, there is a man. Some of the youngsters approach expectantly: