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| 02/07/2012 12:46 AM |
| Cuban blogger blocked from travelling to film premiere in Brazil – Amnesty International |
| Cuban blogger blocked from travelling to film premiere in Brazil6 February 2012 "The Cuban government's repeated denial of exit permits to critics like Yoani Sánchez can only be seen as retaliation for the expression of their legitimate political views and activism."Javier Zúñiga, Special Advisor to Amnesty InternationalMon, 06/02/2012 The Cuban government must reform an arbitrary [...] |
| 02/06/2012 11:17 PM |
| Wilman Villar Mendoza: The Death of a Dissident / Yoani Sánchez |
| Wilman Villar Mendoza: The Death of a Dissident / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez The punishment cell is narrow, is five feet wide by two long, cold and there is not even a blanket for cover. From the hole in the floor that serves as a toilet, a rat occasionally emerges and looks curiously at [...] |
| 02/05/2012 08:38 PM |
| Cuba Denies Exit to Pro-Democracy Blogger Invited by Brazil |
| Cuba Denies Exit to Pro-Democracy Blogger Invited by BrazilFebruary 05, 2012, 1:43 AM EST By Joshua Goodman (Updates with Sanchez's comments in fourth paragraph.) Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — Cuba's best-known pro-democracy blogger said she was denied permission to leave her country after Brazil granted her a visa ahead of President Dilma Rousseff's state visit to [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:47 PM |
| Brazilian Government must defend the rights of Yoani Sánchez, Cuban blogger and all other dissidents, journalists and human rights activists – Amnesty International |
| Brazilian Government must defend the rights of Yoani Sánchez, Cuban blogger and all other dissidents, journalists and human rights activists AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 27 January 2012 AI Index: AMR 19/002/2012 Br azilian Government must d efend the rights of Yoani Sánchez , Cuban blogger and all other dissidents, journalists and human rights activist s [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:36 PM |
| Cuba, Where Sheep Are Trained To Venerate Wolves |
| Op/Ed – 1/31/2012 @ 11:15AM Cuba, Where Sheep Are Trained To Venerate Wolves With the death of Cuban dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza, Cuba has lost one of its precious remaining brave souls. While a sputtering dissident movement shows occasional signs of life, reminding us of the hell the Cuban people endure, it casts a pale [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:34 PM |
| Cuban authorities ‘responsible’ for activist’s death on hunger strike – Amnesty International |
| Cuban authorities ‘responsible’ for activist’s death on hunger strike 20 January 2012 “The responsibility for Wilman Villar Mendoza’s death in custody lies squarely with the Cuban authorities, who summarily judged and jailed him for exercising his right to freedom of expression.” Javier Zúñiga, Special Adviser at Amnesty International Fri, 20/01/2012 The death in custody of [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:29 PM |
| Cuban women on a protest march say police harassed and detained them |
| Posted on Thursday, 02.02.12 Cuban women on a protest march say police harassed and detained them They say they were trying to stage a march in the central Cuba city of Santa Clara when police searched them for cellphones By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban dissidents say police beat, groped and detained seven women who tried [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:11 PM |
| Cuban dissident blogger says exit visa denied |
| Posted on Friday, 02.03.12 Cuban dissident blogger says exit visa deniedThe Associated Press HAVANA — Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez says she has been denied permission attend a film festival in Brazil. Sanchez recently got an entry visa from Brazil. The sticking point was whether Cuba would grant the exit visa that islanders must obtain [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:10 PM |
| Dissident blogger says Cubans wanted more from Brazilian visit |
| Posted on Thursday, 02.02.12 Dissident blogger says Cubans wanted more from Brazilian visit The Brazilian leader had vowed to make human rights a cornerstone of her foreign policy pointed to the U.S. detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay on the island's southeastern tip.By Matthew BristowBloomberg News HAVANA — Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said [...] |
| 01/13/2012 03:26 AM |
| Conjectures About 2012 / Miriam Celaya |
| Conjectures About 2012 / Miriam CelayaMiriam Celaya, Translator: Norma Whiting A recurring theme among the last days of 2011 and early 2012 by Cubans and foreign individuals interested in the Cuban reality has been about the outlook for the year just begun, given the chronic nature of the national economic crisis, the ongoing measures (reforms) [...] |
| 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 11:59 AM |
| January 8th in Cuba: Jubilee and Repression / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| January 8th in Cuba: Jubilee and Repression / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. What a surprise his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will find when he visits the two main cities of Cuba. To kick off the Year of Jubilee, the repressive machinery unleashed a wave of aggression in nearly all the cities [...] |
| 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 10:45 PM |
| Cuba activist says brief detentions doubled in 2011 |
| Cuba activist says brief detentions doubled in 2011Wednesday, January 11, 2012 HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — A leading Cuban human rights campaigner said yesterday that brief detentions of dissidents nearly doubled in 2011 compared to the year before. The report released by Elizardo Sanchez, who monitors arrests as head of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights [...] |
| 01/11/2012 06:37 PM |
| Have Cubans Lost Their Rebeliousness? |
| Have Cubans Lost Their Rebeliousness?January 10, 2012Haroldo Dilla Alfonso* HAVANA TIMES, Jan 10 — Recently I read one of Yoani Sanchez's incisive articles stating that Cubans have had their capacity for rebellion rooted out. Her statement alluded to the inability of Cuban society to produce a socio-political rebellious response similar to the ones that occurred [...] |
| 01/11/2012 05:44 AM |
| The Paths of the General / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| The Paths of the General / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. This article was written by Luis Felipe Rojas for 'Diario de Cuba'. It has been re-posted on this blog: In regards to the year which has just begun, it is evident that the directions of the Cuban government are like forked [...] |
| 01/11/2012 04:45 AM |
| Open Letter from the Writer Ángel Santiesteban-Prats to the New President of Spain / Ángel Santiesteban |
| Open Letter from the Writer Ángel Santiesteban-Prats to the New President of Spain / Ángel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated Havana, 20 December 2011 President Mariano Rajoy, I turn to you on the day my daughter celebrates her birthday. Just thinking of the Cuban young people, I decided to write you these humble and sincere words [...] |
| 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 [...] |
| 01/11/2012 02:47 AM |
| Cuba and Cuba / Regina Coyula |
| Cuba and Cuba / Regina CoyulaRegina Coyula, Translator: Unstated Yesterday, two pleasant women from Madrid appeared in my house. One of them follows Bad Handwriting, and the other came with her because she didn't want to come alone. After the introductions and making arrangements with the driver of the Soviet-made Lada car that brought them, [...] |
| 01/11/2012 02:06 AM |
| And If Nothing Happens? / Reinaldo Escobar |
| And If Nothing Happens? / Reinaldo EscobarReinaldo Escobar, Translator: Unstated It is less than three weeks until the First National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba, and it seems that almost no one cares about what will happen there. Perhaps we haven't lost the habit of events like these coming accompanied by billboards, posters, [...] |
| 01/10/2012 04:35 PM |
| Human Rights Still Suffer Despite Change In Cuba |
| Human Rights Still Suffer Despite Change In Cuba01-09-2012New incarcerations for political dissent have not stopped. Members of dissident group "Ladies in White" pray after a Mass and before the group's weekly march at Santa Rita church in Havana, Cuba, Sunday Oct. 16, 2011. The group continues to face harassment by government officials and pro-government groups. [...] |
| 01/08/2012 03:37 PM |
| Ahmadinejad’s Latin America “tour of tyrants” |
| Posted on Saturday, 01.07.12In My Opinion Ahmadinejad's Latin America "tour of tyrants"By Andres Oppenheimeraoppenheimer@MiamiHerald.com Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad will be visiting Latin America this week for the fifth time since 2007 — as often as U.S. presidents over the same period, and visiting more countries than them. He must have powerful reasons to spend so [...] |
| 01/07/2012 09:08 PM |
| Decapitating Cubans’ hope for political freedom |
| Posted on Saturday, 01.07.12CUBA Decapitating Cubans' hope for political freedomBY JOSE AZELjazel@miami.edu In the study of government transitions, particularly those that took place in Eastern and Central Europe following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a pivotal argument about the sequencing of reforms took the form of a "chicken or the egg" causality dilemma: What [...] |
| 01/06/2012 05:28 PM |
| Cuban blogger appeals to Brazil’s president for help to leave Cuba |
| Cuban blogger appeals to Brazil's president for help to leave Cuba Dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez has issued a video plea after being denied permission to leave the country since 2004 The dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez – famed for her outspoken online critiques of the country's communist regime – has issued an appeal to Brazil's [...] |
| 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 [...] |
| 01/05/2012 04:05 AM |
| 2011, That Year So Remote / Yoani Sánchez |
| 2011, That Year So Remote / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez In October Laura Pollan left us, in a dark hospital on a drizzly day, in a year, 2011, that had been born already battered. In the early months, the final prisoners of the Black Spring had been released and national and international headlines gave [...] |
| 01/05/2012 02:51 AM |
| Cuban Intellectuals: When Fear Seeps Into the Bones / Angel Santiesteban |
| Cuban Intellectuals: When Fear Seeps Into the Bones / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated Miguel Barnet, Raúl Castro and Abel Prieto How is it possible that intellectuals who were humiliated and punished by the same people who now govern the country, stay next to the boots that kicked them into submission, that harassed them until [...] |
| 01/04/2012 09:28 PM |
| Raul Castro’s absurd hope: a socio-capitalistic system |
| Posted on Tuesday, 01.03.12CUBA Raul Castro's absurd hope: a socio-capitalistic systemBY CARLOS ALBERTO MONTANERelblogdemontaner.com Another Jan. 1 passed. What's happening in Cuba 53 years after the communist dictatorship was imposed? Some important things. Fidel, now 85, distanced from power by his age and his chronic ailments, no longer commands. He has some moments of lucidity [...] |
| 01/04/2012 08:05 PM |
| Condemning the Attitude of Bishop Ricardo Pereira, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Cuba / Ricardo Medina |
| Condemning the Attitude of Bishop Ricardo Pereira, Bishop of the Methodist Church in Cuba / Ricardo MedinaRicardo Medina, Translator: Unstated Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. Psalm 25:21 King James Bible At 10:34 PM I received a text message from my brother the Pastor Yordi Alberto Toranzo Collado in which [...] |
| 01/04/2012 03:36 AM |
| CID Party Leader Arrested in Pinar del Rio for Listening to Music by Willy Chirino / Katia Sonia |
| CID Party Leader Arrested in Pinar del Rio for Listening to Music by Willy Chirino / Katia SoniaKatia Sonia, Translator: Paul Knopinski Luis Alberto Hernández Marrero, delegate of the Party for an Independent and Democratic Cuba in the province of Pinar del Rio was violently arrested, together with his son, Luis Adrian Hernández Martínez, at [...] |
| 01/03/2012 09:02 PM |
| How Far Can Cuba’s Raul Castro go on Immigration? |
| How Far Can Cuba's Raul Castro go on Immigration?January 3, 2012Haroldo Dilla Alfonso* HAVANA TIMES, Jan 3 — No one should be mistaken. When something is affirmed by the second-rate intellectuals of the Cuban government, particularly those who don't enjoy the protection of Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC) and the minister of Culture, it's because [...] |
| 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 [...] |
| 01/03/2012 06:19 AM |
| The Pope’s Visit to Cuba: Expectations and Possibilities / Intramuros |
| The Pope's Visit to Cuba: Expectations and Possibilities / IntramurosIntraMuros Editorial 24The Catholic Church and the official press have announced that His Holiness the Pope Benedict XVI "is considering visiting Mexico and Cuba during the spring of the year 2012". At the same time, the spokesman of the Holy See has declared that the State [...] |
| 01/02/2012 10:45 PM |
| Lady in White Elizabeth Linda Kawoya Toca Summoned by State Security / Katia Sonia |
| Lady in White Elizabeth Linda Kawoya Toca Summoned by State Security / Katia SoniaKatia Sonia, Translator: Unstated Elizabeth Linda Nanyonga Kawooya Toca, a member of the Laura Pollan Ladies in White Movement, was summoned by State Security for 2:00 pm on November 4th at the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) station at Infanta and Amenidad in [...] |
| 01/01/2012 06:03 PM |
| It’s Not The Same Water / Yoani Sánchez |
| It's Not The Same Water / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez My small end-of-year tribute to the commentators Water* falls from the balconies. It's midnight and sonorous waterfalls spill from the windows and doors that give on to the street and terraces. It is the overflowing liquid of a slow scrubbing, the residue of a [...] |
| 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 [...] |
| 01/01/2012 11:36 AM |
| Cuba’s culture of poverty persists: Op-ed |
| Cuba's culture of poverty persists: Op-edPublished: Saturday, December 31, 2011, 12:08 PMThe Jersey Journal By The Jersey JournalBy ROLAND A. ALUM / SPECIAL TO THE JERSEY JOURNAL The Fidel-&-Raul Castro regime marks 53 years this Jan. 1. The brothers unquestionably enjoyed extraordinary popularity in 1959, but the enthusiasm soon vanished as they turned Cuba into [...] |
| 01/01/2012 10:18 AM |
| Repression still the rule, but Cuba sees year of change |
| Posted on Saturday, 12.31.11CUBA Repression still the rule, but Cuba sees year of change Now you can get a loan, buy a house and — maybe soon — travel abroad more easily. But the Castro government has no desire to ease its authoritarian ways.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Joe Garcia, a former executive director of the [...] |
| 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 [...] |
| 12/30/2011 11:22 PM |
| There’s No Turning Back Now for Cuba |
| There's No Turning Back Now for CubaDecember 30, 2011Dariela Aquique HAVANA TIMES, Dec 30 — When I'm out on the street, in the corner bodega store, at the bus stop, standing in the line at the Coppelia ice cream parlor, at the farmers markets, relaxing in any park, visiting at the homes of friends, sitting [...] |
| 12/30/2011 04:37 AM |
| Neither a Poet or a Cuban / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| Neither a Poet or a Cuban / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. It is the determination of the literary colonels of the Cuban Book Institute. Five years ago, they officially ceased inviting me to artistic events, competitions, and public readings. An edict, coming from the ditches of Villa Marista and aimed at [...] |
| 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 09:16 PM |
| Cuban Jewish leaders meet with jailed American |
| Posted on Wednesday, 12.28.11 Cuban Jewish leaders meet with jailed AmericanBy PAUL HAVENAssociated Press HAVANA — A leader of Cuba's small Jewish community who visited jailed American contractor Alan Gross and even released pictures of them celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah together said Wednesday that he was in good spirits and fine health. But [...] |
| 12/29/2011 04:37 AM |
| The Pineapples of Wrath / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado |
| The Pineapples of Wrath / Rosa María Rodríguez TorradoRosa María Rodríguez Torrado I'm not referring to John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath written in 1939. I'm talking about the culinary experience that led me to the farmer's market: I decided to make a cold salad with a pasta base. For any mortal in another [...] |
| 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 01:16 AM |
| Vendedores en peligro |
| Vendedores en peligroMartes, 27 de Diciembre de 2011 00:18Ainí Martin Valero Regla, La Habana (PD) Los vendedores de ropas traídas de Ecuador y otros países latinoamericanos, enfrentan el riesgo de que les decomisen sus mercancías.Según una fuente que prefirió el anonimato, nuevas limitaciones para los vendedores de ropa se aplicarán a partir del próximo enero [...] |
| 12/27/2011 07:56 PM |
| Cuban Dissident Freed Hours After Violent Arrest |
| Cuban Dissident Freed Hours After Violent Arrest HAVANA – Prominent Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas was released without charges several hours after his "violent" arrest in the central city of Santa Clara, his family and colleagues said Monday. Fariñas was headed for church on Sunday together with a group of 10 opposition members when "three (police) [...] |
| 12/26/2011 05:41 PM |
| Vigil Planned For American Held in Cuba |
| Vigil Planned For American Held in Cuba Alan Gross not among 2,900 prisoners released by Cuban regime Monday, Dec 26, 2011 | Updated 10:22 AM EST Supporters of a Maryland man who is entering his third year of captivity in Cuba are holding a vigil Monday in downtown Washington. Alan Gross, 62, of Potomac, was [...] |