Just a few days before Christmas I started to feel unwell, I was feverish, weak, with a blocked nose and cough. I immediately ordered a swab, which tested positive for Covid-19. Unfortunately, since I got sick, my flatmates and some other friends also contracted the virus. Nathan Raia […]
Multiculture
One hundred years of the reign of son
Cuban culture recorded a 100-year milestone since a group of musicians gathered on Lealtad Street, between Zanja and Dragones, today Centro Habana, to conceive the idea of forming a sextet for the danceable musical genre known as “son” at the beginning of 1920. Today they are the Septeto Habanero. […]
Immigrants in Covid times: on the brink of collapse
A retired paralegal contracted Coronavirus during the first wave, forcing him to be bedridden for three weeks and facing the biggest health challenge in his whole life. Nathan Raia Hernan Gutierrez was born and raised in Colombia, but in 1989, as a consequence of internal violence he was […]
Music and strength of an immigrant
In a journey throughout the impressive audio legacy of his hometown, Colombian artist Julián Mayorga releases his new album in which he seeks to go against musical clichés, in an act of protest that reclaims his roots with a unique style. Daniela Arias Baquero Born in Ibagué, the […]
Immigrants in Covid times: “I thought I would die”
Carlos Corredor contracted the coronavirus after travelling on public transport in London. When the fever passed 40 degrees, he thought he was going to die alone, in a foreign country and without the opportunity to say goodbye to his family. Now he is scared of contracting the virus a second […]
















