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• Laira, Valáiria Hernández, is a divorced Cuban social worker who is happy with her life and outspokenly proud of her country. 
• She inadvertently solves mysteries with the help of her friends and family.
• Thus far, she's solved them in Havana, New York and Caracas in English, Spanish and Russian. She and author, Carolina Cositore, are  at work on her next adventure.
• Paperback or ebook at https://store.bookbaby.com/  or your favorite ebook site.

• Carolina Cositore (me), the author of the Valáiria Hernández mystery series, has been a justice activist her entire life.
• She (me) is also a longtime mystery reader, editor, journalist, teacher, social worker, mother, grandmother and traveler. 
• I am a free-thinking woman, forthright and passionate about my ideas and causes and not easy to hoodwink or intimidate. You may not agree with my positions but if you read them, hopefully you'll be roused to do some research and talk back to me :D
• Let me (and Laira) hear from you.

Raging Grannies International groups themselves in gaggles in the United States, Canada and elsewhere. We are social activist women old enough to be grandmothers, who dress up in clothes that mock stereotypes of old women and go in the streets in hats with buttons promoting peace, justice, social and economic equality through song and humor. https://raginggrannies.org/

This page shares some Raging Granny videos.

It has been years since I've even considered getting my news from Western media. Instead, I rely on trusted sources: friends' blogs, some on Facebook, and I pick and choose from alternative and foreign media that I have found reliable. I share some of those on this page and update them regularly. What I occasionally miss of current trends, I find I gain in facts not filtered through the CIA.