Watch the video (in Spanish) Is Cuba a dictatorship? Two articles of its own law prove it
It is not something people say out of passion. Where there is no change and no possibility of change, there is a dictatorship, even if it holds elections.
Ismael Guimarais
The trouble with overthinking is that sometimes it works.
I am Cuban and Christian. A freedom absolutist, thanks to a dictatorship. I write songs and the occasional poem. Here are my videos, essays, and songs.
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Ismael Guimarais · Ideas
Faith, freedom, and culture.
I write and record about what I believe and about what does not add up. Sometimes it turns into a long essay, sometimes a video, and sometimes a song.
Faith
Why I still believe in God, and what I answer when someone tells me faith cannot survive an argument.
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Politics and culture
I grew up in Cuba. I write about the dictatorships in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, about socialism, and about what those systems leave behind in a culture.
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Music
My own songs about God, family, and what it feels like to emigrate.
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Songs
I write songs and the occasional poem.
They are on Spotify, YouTube, and the other platforms. The lyrics are in Spanish. Here are a few.
“La soledad es una iglesia sin espíritu, una casa sin familia, una máscara, un disfraz.” Loneliness is a church without a spirit, a house without a family, a mask, a disguise.
La Soledad 
Muy Civilizado 
Mil Mares 
Amor Princesa 
Mamá 
Santos Incompletos 
The name
My name is Ismael López-Silvero Guimarais. Call me Isma.
It is a long name, so I use it in parts. Here, where I write about faith, freedom, and culture, I am Ismael Guimarais. At work I am Ismael Silvero, and that lives at ismasilvero.com.
Write to me
About a project, to argue with an essay, or to tell me where I got it wrong.
contacto@guimarais.com