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| 01/12/2012 11:59 AM |
| A Chip Off The Old Block: Che’s Daughter / Ángel Santiesteban |
| A Chip Off The Old Block: Che's Daughter / Ángel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated As if by agreement, Mariela Castro flatters the Dutch system of prostitution in the Amsterdam red light district, and Aleida Guevara (both without highlighting they'd come from the most advantaged sperm of their fathers who fertilized the eggs of their mothers), [...] |
| 01/12/2012 03:11 AM |
| Parabolas of Discord / Jeovany J. Vega |
| Parabolas of Discord / Jeovany J. VegaJeovany J. Vega, Translator: Unstated It happened one April morning in 2007, when at about 8:00 am I heard the strident platoon that patrols the surrounding streets roll up; I felt the braking and slamming doors, the dry orders, the neighbors' alarm. In a minute I saw a swarm [...] |
| 01/11/2012 03:46 AM |
| Catching Up / Regina Coyula |
| Catching Up / Regina CoyulaRegina Coyula, Translator: Unstated After the claustrophobic feeling of having no internet for two weeks, catching up with events will not be easy, adding the softness of these days. I will summarize in three stories that remained me with me like feedback after the holidays. Saga North Korea is one of [...] |
| 01/09/2012 07:45 PM |
| Exemption for Cuban Prisoners |
| Jose A. Gutierrez-Solana – Former Cuban political prisoner Exemption for Cuban PrisonersPosted: 1/8/12 10:44 AM ET My name is Jose A. Gutierrez-Solana, a former Cuban political prisoner, from January 1961 to January 1971. I was content when I came across the recent announcement made on December 23rd, 2011 by Raul Castro that the Cuban Government [...] |
| 01/06/2012 05:37 PM |
| Former spanish ambassador to Cuba to head relations with Latin America |
| Posted on Thursday, 01.05.12 CUBA Former spanish ambassador to Cuba to head relations with Latin America Jesus Gracia Aldaz was ambassador in Havana when Cuban government jailed 75 dissidentsBy Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com A Spanish diplomat who served as ambassador in Havana from 2001 to 2004 was appointed Thursday to head the Foreign Ministry section that [...] |
| 01/05/2012 06:26 AM |
| Eleven News Stories Not Reported in Cuba in 2011 / Ernesto Morales Licea |
| Eleven News Stories Not Reported in Cuba in 2011 / Ernesto Morales LiceaErnesto Morales Licea, Translator: Unstated 1. The Arab spring Only when the events in Egypt exceeded the predictions, did the Cuban press note (with tweezers) some isolated incidents. Nor had it published anything earlier about the riots in Tunisia and Yemen, nor did [...] |
| 01/03/2012 07:02 PM |
| Cuban prisoner dies during hunger strike |
| Posted on Monday, 01.02.12 Cuban prisoner dies during hunger strikeThe Associated Press HAVANA — A leading human rights activist says a Cuban prisoner who launched a hunger strike because he was not part of a large prison amnesty has died of an apparent heart attack. Rights activist Elizardo Sanchez said Monday that Rene Cobas died [...] |
| 01/01/2012 12:18 PM |
| Cuba should finally release Alan Gross |
| Cuba should finally release Alan GrossBy Editorial Board, Sunday, January 1, 12:29 AM TWO LEADERS of Cuba's Jewish community have visited American Alan Gross at the maximum-security military hospital in Havana where he has been confined since Dec. 3, 2009. They lighted Hanukkah candles with him, emerging later to pronounce him healthy and hopeful. But [...] |
| 12/31/2011 11:12 PM |
| The General’s Pardons / Yoani Sánchez |
| The General's Pardons / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez Thousands of eyes were glued to national television screens this last Friday. The social networks and text messages also vibrated nervously. A strong rumor had been growing all week, feeding the hopes of Cubans on and off the island, killing sleep. Initiated and fed by official [...] |
| 12/30/2011 11:47 PM |
| Cuba’s Humanitarianism Falls Short |
| Cuba's Humanitarianism Falls Short12-30-2011 The United States is deeply disappointed that the pardon was not extended to Alan Gross. The government of Cuba says it has pardoned and will release some 2,900 prisoners held in its jails. President Raul Castro called the pre-Christmas announcement a humanitarian gesture that would include women, the ailing, people older [...] |
| 12/30/2011 11:47 PM |
| Raul Castro Releases 2,900 Common Prisoners But Holds Onto His 11 Million Cuban Hostages |
| Yoani Sanchez – Award-winning Cuban blogger Raul Castro Releases 2,900 Common Prisoners But Holds Onto His 11 Million Cuban HostagesPosted: 12/30/11 08:39 AM ET Thousands of eyes were glued to national television screens this last Friday. The social networks and text messages also vibrated nervously. A strong rumor had been growing all week, feeding the [...] |
| 12/29/2011 09:20 PM |
| Cuba’s Justice System Mustn’t Be Blind |
| Cuba's Justice System Mustn't Be BlindDecember 29, 2011Fernando Ravsberg HAVANA TIMES, Dec 29 — Upon hearing the news of the pardon of 2,900 prisoners, a friend who's a "revolutionary" warned me that "the streets are going to turn bad"; while a dissident complained to me that "the Cuban government's decision was too limited." The controversy [...] |
| 12/29/2011 05:24 AM |
| A Little Report about Governmental Fraud / Ángel Santiesteban |
| A Little Report about Governmental Fraud / Ángel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Regina Anavy The last thing able to survive from our Cuban heritage is housing, owing to the totalitarian will of Fidel Castro, who dictated for more than 50 years that everything was his property and only he would decide what was whose and when [...] |
| 12/28/2011 08:43 PM |
| Jailing of Cuban dissidents denounced |
| Posted on Tuesday, 12.27.11 Jailing of Cuban dissidents denouncedBy Juan Carlos Chavezjcchavez@elnuevoherald.com Activists and groups advocating individual freedom in Cuba denounced the jailing in maximum security prisons of three peaceful opponents, including Ivonne Malleza Galano, who this year carried out a series of daring street protests. The arrests coincide with the massive amnesty announced by [...] |
| 12/28/2011 03:31 AM |
| Radio Gitmo has laughs at Fidel’s expense |
| Radio Gitmo has laughs at Fidel's expenseBy Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald10:36 a.m. EST, December 25, 2011GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba— -Drive through this base dotted with a McDonald's, golf course and drive-in cinema featuring first-run movies and you could be in anywhere America. But switch on the radio in this one-station town and the [...] |
| 12/24/2011 11:37 PM |
| U.S. regrets Cuba failure to free American citizen |
| U.S. regrets Cuba failure to free American citizenWASHINGTON | Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:03pm EST (Reuters) – The State Department said on Saturday it deplored Cuba's failure to free Alan Gross – a U.S. citizen serving a 15-year prison term in a case that has stalled progress in U.S.-Cuba relations – as part of an [...] |
| 12/24/2011 06:26 AM |
| Vaclav Havel: Without Fake Covers / Yoani Sánchez |
| Vaclav Havel: Without Fake Covers / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez It came carefully wrapped in a page of the newspaper Granma, but bore no relation to that official organ of the Communist Party of Cuba. The dull wrapping was just camouflage, the mask under which a copy of The Power of the Powerless by [...] |
| 12/18/2011 03:56 PM |
| U.S. defends $3.4M grant to Cuba program |
| Posted on Saturday, 12.17.11CUBA U.S. defends $3.4M grant to Cuba program A grant to a Miami nonprofit that supports democracy in Cuba ignited critics who argue the money was given to reward Obama's cronies.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com The U.S. Agency for International Development is strongly rejecting complaints of political favoritism in its grant of $3.4 [...] |
| 12/16/2011 09:03 PM |
| Cómo un bloguero cubano logra romper el cerco y publicar su post |
| Cómo un bloguero cubano logra romper el cerco y publicar su post Un solo cubano con acceso a la red, de forma clandestina o legal -en su centro de trabajo, por ejemplo- es un distribuidor en potencia. Ernesto Morales/ Especial para martinoticias.com 16 de diciembre de 2011 La pregunta que más veces he debido responder [...] |
| 12/16/2011 07:09 PM |
| Bid to tighten up Cuba travel dropped from budget bill, |
| Posted on Thursday, 12.15.11 Bid to tighten up Cuba travel dropped from budget bill Cuba was one of the last issues holding up a $1 trillion spending bill in the U.S. Congress. A bid to make it easier for Cuba to buy U.S. imports also fell.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Congressional leaders dropped both a measure to [...] |
| 12/16/2011 06:24 PM |
| Fidel Castro: Guilty of Murdering the Cuban Nation / Angel Santiesteban |
| Fidel Castro: Guilty of Murdering the Cuban Nation / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Regina Anavy The Cuban dictatorship criticizes the possibility offered by the U.S. government of accepting Cubans who cross the Florida Straits in a bid to achieve their dreams. They write lengthy manifestos to disguise the reality of the island, and blame the [...] |
| 12/14/2011 11:16 PM |
| Congress may tighten travel, remittances to Cuba |
| Posted on Wednesday, 12.14.11CUBA Congress may tighten travel, remittances to CubaBy Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com An effort to harshly tighten restrictions on Cuban Americans' travel and remittances to Cuba has come down to last-ditch negotiations in Congress over a huge government spending bill. It remains unclear exactly how the restrictions would be tightened if a rider [...] |
| 12/11/2011 09:16 PM |
| Cuba’s Ladies in White dissidents honor late leader on Human Rights Day, amid counterprotest |
| Cuba’s Ladies in White dissidents honor late leader on Human Rights Day, amid counterprotest By Associated Press, Published: December 10 HAVANA — Cuba’s Ladies in White dissident group paid homage to their late leader while observing International Human Rights Day at her home Saturday, surrounded by a jeering pro-government crowd for a second straight day. [...] |
| 12/11/2011 12:16 AM |
| Cuba’s ‘Ladies’ mark Human Rights Day amid protest |
| Posted on Saturday, 12.10.11 Cuba's 'Ladies' mark Human Rights Day amid protestBy PETER ORSIAssociated Press HAVANA — Cuba's Ladies in White dissident group paid homage to their late leader while observing International Human Rights Day at her home Saturday, surrounded by a jeering pro-government crowd for a second straight day. Photos of Laura Pollan and [...] |
| 12/06/2011 11:15 PM |
| A Cuban conundrum |
| Op-Ed A Cuban conundrum If Alan P. Gross were an American spy instead of a subcontractor, the U.S. would have secured his freedom from Cuban prison by now. Here's how it still could — and why it should.By William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh December 6, 2011Two years ago, Cuban counterintelligence officers arrested Alan P. [...] |
| 12/06/2011 05:05 PM |
| Cuban dissidents: Colleagues injured in police crackdown |
| Posted on Tuesday, 12.06.11 Cuban dissidents: Colleagues injured in police crackdownThe dissidents say they want police to free 10 dissidents arrested.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban dissidents vowed to protest at a State Security office Tuesday unless police free 10 government critics detained in a crackdown where several suffered head wounds, a broken rib and other [...] |
| 12/06/2011 04:59 PM |
| Lawyer: Cuba has refused any ‘meaningful dialogue’ in case of Md. man held for 2 years |
| Lawyer: Cuba has refused any 'meaningful dialogue' in case of Md. man held for 2 yearsBy Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, December 6, 8:32 AM WASHINGTON — A lawyer for the family of a Maryland man held in Cuba for two years says the Cuban government has "refused to engage in any meaningful dialogue" to resolve [...] |
| 12/04/2011 04:19 PM |
| Cuba’s Social Networks |
| Cuba's Social NetworksDecember 3, 2011Fernando Ravsberg HAVANA TIMES, Dec. 3 — Cuban authorities seem willing to embark on the path of social networks, but they'll do so in their own style. They propose creating internal networks on the island that will enable them to maintain control over their operation and content, according to the explanation [...] |
| 12/04/2011 04:00 PM |
| Family marks Alan Gross’ 2nd year in Cuban prison |
| Posted on Sunday, 12.04.11 Family marks Alan Gross' 2nd year in Cuban prisonBy ERIKA BOLSTADMcClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — On the sidewalk in front of the Cuban Interests Section, on a street that runs straight to the White House, dozens of people have been gathering each Monday for the past month to demand the release of [...] |
| 12/03/2011 10:38 PM |
| Marches are part of campaign for coordinated protests in Cuba |
| Posted on Saturday, 12.03.11 Marches are part of campaign for coordinated protests in Cuba Police reportedly detain about 150 dissidents in two days of attempted street marches in Cuba.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban police and men in civilian clothes attacked more than 50 dissidents as they started a protest march Friday in the eastern town [...] |
| 12/02/2011 09:51 PM |
| U.S. contractor to mark two years in Cuba prison |
| U.S. contractor to mark two years in Cuba prisonAgence France-Presse December 2, 2011 11:05 AM Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) meet in Havana March 30, 2011. The United States should end its trade embargo on Cuba to mend ties, Carter said on Wednesday, but he also urged Havana [...] |
| 12/01/2011 05:05 AM |
| Mariela and the Red Light District: Bad Girl’s Romance / Ernesto Morales Licea |
| Mariela and the Red Light District: Bad Girl's Romance / Ernesto Morales LiceaErnesto Morales Licea, Translator: Unstated I wonder if Cuban television will air at least a small morsel of the delicious interview Mariela Castro Espin offered to the cameras of Radio Netherlands Worldwide during her recent visit to the Red Light District in Amsterdam. [...] |
| 11/30/2011 06:56 PM |
| Cleric hopes to meet with jailed US man in Cuba |
| Posted on Tuesday, 11.29.11 Cleric hopes to meet with jailed US man in CubaBy ANDREA RODRIGUEZAssociated Press HAVANA — A delegation of U.S. religious leaders visiting Cuba has asked for access to an American man imprisoned for bringing restricted communications equipment to the island, a leading clerical official said Tuesday. The 15-member delegation is still [...] |
| 11/29/2011 11:25 PM |
| Wife Of US Man Imprisoned In Cuba Wants Obama’s Help |
| Wife Of US Man Imprisoned In Cuba Wants Obama's HelpPublished November 29, 2011Fox News Latino The wife of U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, who is serving a lengthy prison sentence in Cuba on subversion charges, asked Monday for President Barack Obama's intercession in the case. "I spoke with Alan two days ago. Never have I [...] |
| 11/26/2011 11:15 PM |
| Cuba repatriates three shipwrecked US sailors |
| Cuba repatriates three shipwrecked US sailorsAFP Cuba has repatriated three Americans picked up recently in Cuban territorial waters after their sailboat ran aground, diplomatic sources said Friday. "We can confirm the handover and return of three people," a spokeswoman for the US Interests Section in Havana said without providing more details. Cuban authorities and the [...] |
| 11/21/2011 12:46 PM |
| New Jewish Push To Free Alan Gross |
| New Jewish Push To Free Alan GrossAs Diplomacy Falters, Wife Pleads for Release From Cuban JailBy Nathan GuttmanPublished November 21, 2011, issue of November 25, 2011. Washington — An emotional Judy Gross recently pleaded with thousands of Jewish community leaders to help free her husband from a prison in Cuba, marking a public shift in [...] |
| 11/19/2011 11:56 PM |
| Amid economic reforms, Cuba goes after corruption |
| Posted on Saturday, 11.19.11 Amid economic reforms, Cuba goes after corruptionBy PAUL HAVENAssociated Press HAVANA — Green-clad security agents swoop down on an upscale business complex to shutter the offices of a Canadian car dealership. Top executives at Cuba's famed cigar monopoly find themselves behind bars. A former government minister trades his seat in power [...] |
| 11/19/2011 05:09 AM |
| Santiesteban, Padura, Milanes and the Repression of Intellectuals in Cuba / Angel Santiesteban |
| Santiesteban, Padura, Milanes and the Repression of Intellectuals in Cuba / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated From Havana, Cuba, where he lives and is subjected to systematic police and legal abuse by the island's military regime, because of his determination to be a free writer, especially in his blog "The Children Nobody Wanted," Angel Santiesteban [...] |
| 11/15/2011 02:35 PM |
| Vigil for Contractor Jailed in Cuba |
| Vigil for Contractor Jailed in Cuba Interfaith group plans weekly protests.Monday, Nov 14, 2011 | Updated 8:58 PM ESTASSOCIATED PRESS A group representing hundreds of synagogues across the region is pushing for the release of a Potomac, Md., man jailed in Cuba. Gross was arrested in Cuba in 2009. He was accused of promoting political [...] |
| 11/15/2011 02:31 PM |
| Cuba says US behind illegal wireless networks |
| Cuba says US behind illegal wireless networks(AFP) HAVANA — Cuba accused the United States on Monday of enabling illegal Internet connections in its territory and said several people were arrested in April for profiting from the wireless networks. The official communist party newspaper Granma said those arrested, who were not identified, "had for some time [...] |
| 11/12/2011 06:47 PM |
| Cuba pol cool to talk of release, swap for US man |
| Posted on Friday, 11.11.11 Cuba pol cool to talk of release, swap for US manBy ANDREA RODRIGUEZAssociated Press HAVANA — The president of Cuba's parliament said Friday no one should expect the island to unilaterally free an imprisoned American aid contractor and threw cold water on hopes he could be swapped for five Cuban agents [...] |
| 11/10/2011 04:05 PM |
| Cuban official says corruption crackdown to go on |
| Cuban official says corruption crackdown to go onBy Nelson AcostaHAVANA | Wed Nov 9, 2011 6:29pm EST (Reuters) – Cuba's top law enforcement official said Wednesday a crackdown on corruption that has given Cuba's international business community the jitters will continue and warned that no one was immune from prosecution. Attorney General Dario Delgado, speaking [...] |
| 11/09/2011 05:20 PM |
| Defiant Cuban dissident Guido Sigler arrives in Miami |
| Posted on Wednesday, 11.09.11Miami Defiant Cuban dissident Guido Sigler arrives in MiamiBy Juan Carlos Chavezjcchavez@ElNuevoHerald.com Guido Sigler Amaya, one of 12 former political prisoners who opted to stay in Cuba after their release from prison earlier this year, arrived Tuesday at Miami International Airport determined to continue his opposition to the island nation's regime and [...] |
| 11/08/2011 11:41 PM |
| Cuba Urged To Let Church Leader, Family Leave Island |
| Cuba Urged To Let Church Leader, Family Leave IslandMonday, November 7, 2011 (6:02 pm)By BosNewsLife Americas Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)– The leader of a major Cuban network of independent churches and his family have urged Cuba's government to let them leave the Communist-run island following years of harassment, including imprisonment, [...] |
| 11/08/2011 11:41 PM |
| Cuba’s smoke-and-mirror reforms |
| Cuba's smoke-and-mirror reformsPosted By José R. Cárdenas Monday, November 7, 2011 The Castro regime's announcement that for the first time Cuban citizens will be able to buy and sell their own homes has spurred an outpouring of irrational exuberance that real change is finally coming to the island-prison of Dr. Castro. "To say that it's [...] |
| 11/06/2011 04:36 AM |
| The Fate of the Cuban Taliban / Angel Santiesteban |
| http://translatingcuba.com/?p=12491 The Fate of the Cuban Taliban / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated Reading Carlos Alberto Montaner's book, Conversation at the funeral of the Comandante. What will happen after the death of Fidel Castro?, from the first pages I could recognize a reality that was predicted by the author several years before it happened. Who [...] |
| 11/04/2011 11:20 PM |
| Lawmakers meet with freed Cuban prisoners |
| Posted on Thursday, 11.03.11 Lawmakers meet with freed Cuban prisoners Miami lawmakers on Capitol Hill hosted several former Cuban prisoners who had protested against the regime of Fidel Castro.By Erika Bolstadebolstad@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON — Three Cuban dissidents jailed in a 2003 crackdown and imprisoned until their exile last year to Spain, brought their story to Capitol [...] |
| 11/03/2011 11:39 PM |
| The Cuban Political Prisoners Deserve a Cuban Spring |
| The Cuban Political Prisoners Deserve a Cuban Spring11/03/2011 @ 12:02PM In March 2003, the Cuban regime rounded up 75 journalists, librarians and human peaceful dissidents and quickly hustled them off to prison for lengthy terms on bizarre, trumped-up charges. For example, Normando Hernandez, who had been writing articles on CubaNet since 1999, was found guilty [...] |
| 10/31/2011 06:40 PM |
| For Cuban women, Sundays are for protest marches |
| For Cuban women, Sundays are for protest marches31 Oct 2011 03:09Source: Content partner // Womens eNews The Ladies in White, a group of family members of imprisoned dissidents, march during their weekly protest in Havana February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa Relatives of political prisoners in Cuba–many of them women–are fighting to curb abuses [...] |
| 10/31/2011 06:14 PM |
| Appeals court reverses sports agent’s conviction |
| Posted on Monday, 10.31.11 Appeals court reverses sports agent's convictionBy GREG BLUESTEINAssociated Press ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has reversed some of the convictions against a professional sports agent who was sentenced to prison for smuggling five Cuban baseball players into the U.S. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reversed Gustavo [...] |