Cuban Stories on The Green Plantain

Today I would like to introduce you to Meylin Ruiz, a fifth-generation Cuban who lives in Santa Clara, Cuba, and works in Information Technology at the medical center. She gifts the world her smile an...

10 Feb 202115min

This podcast is a copyrighted excerpt from the book, Cuban Exile Memories, Journeys of Courage and Resilience in the Pursuit of Freedom, written by Talek Nantes. Talek has always harbored a passion fo...

26 Jan 202119min

Sapi-Sapi [Sæpee-Sæpee], a story written by Margarita and her sister Elsa, the Calleja sisters, is a childhood memory from their hometown Victoria de las Tunas, now known as Las Tunas, located in nort...

13 Jan 202121min

Today’s feature is a historic story titled Green Arms like Snakes, as told to me by Cousin Teresa Fuentes-Sardiñas of how they survived the Battle of Santa Clara, Cuba at the end of 1958. This battle ...

29 Des 202021min

Episode 11 is titled The Pedro Pan Kids, and discusses Operación Pedro Pan (also known as Operation Peter Pan) where 14,000 unaccompanied children were sent to exile in the United States to avoid comm...

15 Des 202031min

Today, I would like you to imagine you were born in Venezuela, and you are a first-generation Cuban-Venezuelan. Growing up, you hear your grandfather tell stories of his Cuba, an island in the Caribbe...

2 Des 202017min

Episode 9 of The Green Plantain is featuring a multi-generational story titled Across the Atlantic. It's the story of Marta Nadal and one of her granddaughters, Ioanna Nelson. Today's story is how Ma...

17 Nov 202014min

In Episode 6 of The Green Plantain you met the author of Perico - The Fabulous Burro, Arnaldo Artiles Quintana who makes his home in Cuba. In this episode we share an excerpt of the book told in Peric...

3 Nov 202011min