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Cuba: How Cubans in exile measure time

Categories: Latin America, Cuba, Migration & Immigration, Politics

Marta Darby posts an image of the Cubana AviaciĆ³n plane ticket that brought her, as a small child, from Cuba to the US in 1961, plus a video comprising home movies set to a Celia Cruz song: ‘When we encounter other Cubans wherever we are, there's always a sweet recognition. Then comes the interview: “Where are you from? How long have you been here? Do you still have family there?” [1]