 Major publications of the country such as "Revolución", "Cuba Magazine" and "Revolución y Cultura" have been directed by him.He has written for publications such as "Bohemia", "Carteles", "Granma", "Juventud Rebelde", "El Mundo", "Casa de las Américas", "Unión", "La Gaceta de Cuba de Cuba", "Le Monde Diplomatique", "Partisans", "Europe", "The Washington Post" and "Excelsior".Otero won the Novel Prize in Casa de las Américas Contest in 1963 with "La situación (The Situation)".