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Havana honey, Part 4 Havana honey, Part 4
I'm getting close to finding my father, but first I have to please my "boyfriend" who makes me wear his tightie-whities and act like a man while he wears my lingerie and acts like a woman.
By Alysia Vilar May 23, 2003
Havana honey, Part 3 Havana honey, Part 3
My latest humiliation-for-money job is to deliver the Cuban Lolita -- fresh from her bikini wax -- to Richard as he gets off the plane from London.
By Alysia Vilar May 22, 2003
Havana honey, Part 2 Havana honey, Part 2
He loves Cuban communism, and every part of my body, which he surveys with his tape measure. But Terence will soon be back in Canada, after one final bout in his humid hotel room.
By Alysia Vilar May 21, 2003
Havana honey Havana honey
Flying in from the U.S., I joined the female "jockeys" who sold themselves to tourists for rum and money. But I did it to find my father. Part 1
By Alysia Vilar May 20, 2003
Cuba confidential Cuba confidential
Ann Louise Bardach talks about the fading of Fidel, the end of the embargo, and the drive for democracy -- and why exile leaders aren't happy about any of it.
By Damien Cave Jan 28, 2003
Bravo, Jimmy Carter Bravo, Jimmy Carter
His visit can't end Castro's tyranny, Cuba's poverty or the Bush administration's lame policies, but he's the first American politician who has tried to give to Cuba, not just take.
By Ben Corbett May 16, 2002
Confessions of a Cuban housewife Confessions of a Cuban housewife
We are not married but he calls me his wife. He is not faithful but his lips make me believe. I could go home to America anytime I want, but the heat between us keeps me in the torrid zone.
By M. Faraday Apr 30, 2002
The price of milk (and sex) in Cuba The price of milk (and sex) in Cuba
What is it about these poor countries? What savor do they offer us? Is it just the perfume of misery that makes us appreciate our own lives?
By Ann Marlowe Feb 7, 2002
Tourism apartheid in Cuba Tourism apartheid in Cuba
Many of the island nation's most beautiful areas are off limits to its citizens. Will Fidel's tourist policy be his undoing?
By Damien Cave Feb 6, 2002
Havana online Havana online
In Cuba, black market Internet access makes it easier for prostitutes to get connected than doctors.
By David Lipschultz Oct 10, 2001
"Before Night Falls" "Before Night Falls"
Julian Schnabel's tale of a gay Cuban poet smolders with vivid sensuality. Plus: Johnny Depp in drag.
By Charles Taylor Jan 26, 2001
The people's Cuba The people's Cuba
Thierry Le Gouès' new collection of photos, "Popular," reveals Castro's lush and decaying secret.
By Carina Chocano Jan 25, 2001
Whorehouse of the Caribbean Whorehouse of the Caribbean
Castro promised to clean up Cuba, but the new poverty has driven many to sell what they can, including their bodies.
By Jonathan Lerner Jan 4, 2001
Honey in the vagina Honey in the vagina
An elderly Cuban woman reveals her herbal techniques for restoring virginity, inducing pregnancy and curing pimples and diarrhea.
By Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno Oct 19, 2000
Josi Latour
"Outcast"
By Josi Latour Oct 5, 2000
The U.N.'s millennium bash
President Clinton shakes Fidel Castro's hand and sits in on a speech by Iran's president at the organization's P.R. bonanza.
By Ian Williams Sep 8, 2000
Adiss, Elian Adiss, Elian
Now that your telenovela is over, perhaps your normal childhood can begin again.
By Myra MacPherson Jun 29, 2000
Elian, politics and the Roman Empire
Readers write about the Gonzalez family's telenovela temperament; the cognitive dissonance of liberals; and Diocletian and that damned horse.
By Camille Paglia Jun 8, 2000
"I never made myself famous"
Donato Dalrymple defends his role in the ongoing Elian Gonzalez saga.
By Daryl Lindsey May 12, 2000
What Elian learned in Georgetown
Unlike Cuban homes, American houses have swimming pools in the basement.
By Daryl Lindsey May 11, 2000
A little boy's night on the town
A Georgetown society dinner for the Cuban refugee raises eyebrows -- and thickly mascaraed lashes.
By Daryl Lindsey May 10, 2000
"A concentration camp on American soil"
Sen. Bob Smith offers a new description for the Cuban boy's Wye Plantation digs.
By Daryl Lindsey May 9, 2000
Clash of the featherweights
George W. Bush and Al Gore both support contradictory policies on China and Cuba. Neither can explain why.
By Joe Conason May 9, 2000
"I want to see my mommy"
Sometimes it's easy to forget what a wretched place Castro's Cuba is. Armando Valladaras reminds us.
By Daryl Lindsey May 6, 2000
The last supper
Recounting the negotiators' shocking final hours before the Elian Gonzalez raid.
By Myra MacPherson May 4, 2000
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