Heroes of the Revolution: Cuban Ingenuity Keeps American Classics Running
SOUTH OF HAVANA, CUBA –The white 57 Dodge convertible has perfect banana yellow underpanels with tall matching fins, even though its passenger…
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Letter from Havana: Gays, Catholics, and Transvestites in the New Cuba
/in Salon.com/by Frank SmythChe Guevara would have been puzzled by the joy of this past Christmas in Cuba, the first time this traditionally Catholic island has officially celebrated the holiday…
Silent Struggle
/in The New Republic/by Frank SmythLast week’s missile attack against Sudan also struck Americans like a bolt from the blue. Who knew where Sudan was on the map, let alone that it was a bitter enemy of the U.S.? Actually, the strikes were the culmination of a long struggle within the Clinton administration about how to deal with that nation’s…
San Jorge’s Struggle: Guatemalan Village Blocks Resort
/in Cultural Survival Quarterly/by Frank SmythWhen Jorge found me, I was having coffee with a friend in the lakeside town of Panajachel, Guatemala. Jorge was panting, having peddled a fast mile on his bike from the nearby village of San Jorge de la Laguna or “Saint George by the Lake.”
Eritrean Run
/in Open Road/by Frank SmythSqueezing the nearest hand-hold, my right knuckles turned red from friction with the passenger door while my left hand clung to the handle of a 10-gallon water jug secured behind my bench. Our driver and translator, Kelata Abraham, honked each time he approached a blind mountain curve. This road of dirt and loose rocks…
The Nun Who Knew Too Much: Dianna Ortiz Links This North American Man to Her Rape and Torture in Guatemala
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythThey met on the set of NBC’s “Today” show. Jeanne Boylan, the forensic artist who drew the Unabomber…
People in the Mist
/in Escape/by Frank SmythWell over six feet tall, Louis Nzeyimana has long arms and legs, a strong build and high cheekbones. A veterinary scientist who worked with Rwanda’s mountain gorillas until the country imploded in April, Nzeyimana is an obvious Tutsi, like the vast majority of the 300,000 to 500,000 Rwandans killed in recent months…