Cuban eyes often look close to tears. Tears never seem far away because both their pain and their joy are always so close to the surface. Brin-Jonathan Butler closecubaneye Change image and share on social
Cuban athletes represent the most expensive human cargo on earth. They are sitting on over a billion dollars of human capital if these boxers and baseball players would come over to any other field or ring in the world and begin to ply their trade. Brin-Jonathan Butler athletebaseballbegin share on social
Exploring Castro's pawns in Cuba and exposing anything negative also makes you a pawn to all his enemies 90 miles away. Both sides don't have much of a track record for nuance of opinion. Brin-Jonathan Butler castrocubaenemy Change image and share on social
Mike Tyson notoriously looked for a way out against Evander Holyfield when it was clear Holyfield had his number. Suddenly, Tyson's cowardice in gnawing off Holyfield's ear overshadowed nearly everything he had accomplished as a fighter. Brin-Jonathan Butler accomplishclearcowardice share on social
Galileo wasn't put in prison because he was wrong about anything he discovered looking through his telescope; rather, he was incarcerated simply because he saw what others didn't wish to see. Brin-Jonathan Butler discovergalileoincarcerate Change image and share on social
Castro always used the boxers as a symbolic war against American values to demonstrate that they fight for something more than money. Brin-Jonathan Butler americanboxercastro Change image and share on social
In Old Havana, the names of the streets before the revolution provided a glimpse into the city's state of mind. You might have known someone who lived on the corner of Soul and Bitterness, Solitude and Hope, or Light and Avocado. Brin-Jonathan Butler avocadobitternesscity share on social
I have a dirty little habit of distilling every city I've ever visited into the historical person I'd have most wanted to meet and share a cigarette with. Brin-Jonathan Butler cigarettecitydirty Change image and share on social
You can't learn to take a punch. Whether you have a glass chin or you don't, the only way of finding out is having it land. Brin-Jonathan Butler chinfindglass Change image and share on social
Where the 'Bay of Pigs' invasion failed, undoubtedly the tourist invasion will succeed in forever changing the landscape of island. What comes next in Cuba? The answer is that many Cubans aren't waiting around to find out. Brin-Jonathan Butler answerbaychange share on social
