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| 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 [...] |
| 01/09/2012 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 [...] |
| 01/05/2012 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 [...] |
| 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 [...] |
| 12/18/2011 05:44 AM |
| Production Line for Cuban Robots / Angel Santiesteban |
| Production Line for Cuban Robots / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Regina Anavy Cuban Television puts forth, in its horrible primetime schedule, another program of manipulated news coming from Telesur, with a Venezuelan ideologue-manipulator-agent-"journalist," Walter Martinez, who has forgotten ethics and the first rule for a reporter: to report news without adding his personal opinion, which [...] |
| 12/01/2011 06:06 AM |
| Cynicism Without Ambiguity / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| Cynicism Without Ambiguity / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. Just a few days ago, the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations asked the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, to join the demands of protestors around the world who demand freedom for 5 Cuban intelligence officials who all reside in US [...] |
| 11/23/2011 09:45 PM |
| Immigration expects Cuban influx |
| Immigration expects Cuban influxBy: Brent Fuller | brent@cfp.ky23 November, 2011 They're back. For the first time in a few years, the Cayman Islands Immigration Detention Centre is brimming full of Cuban migrants after two boatloads arrived here within the past two months. Last weekend, a group of 17 Cuban migrants – 16 men and one [...] |
| 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 [...] |
| 10/31/2011 06:41 PM |
| The Cuban Missile Crisis Myth: 49 Years Later |
| The Cuban Missile Crisis Myth: 49 Years LaterPosted By Humberto Fontova On October 31, 2011 @ 12:02 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage Forty nine years ago on Oct. 28th JFK "solved" the Cuban Missile Crisis. Given the influence of Camelot's court scribes and their cronies in the mainstream media, perhaps a refresher on conservative reaction to [...] |
| 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 [...] |
| 10/03/2011 04:10 AM |
| Glass House / Rebeca Monzo |
| Glass House / Rebeca MonzoRebeca Monzo, Translator: Espirituana On Wednesday, September 28th, the newspaper Granma published on its front page an editorial titled: New Injustice of the United States against the Five Heroes. René González, one of the five Cuban spies jailed in the US, will be released this coming October 7th after having served [...] |
| 09/05/2011 03:05 PM |
| Cuba Needs Animal Protection Law |
| Cuba Needs Animal Protection LawSeptember 4, 2011Isbel Diaz Torres A few weeks ago on the TV news/commentary program "La Mesa Redonda" (The Roundtable) — known for its tedious monologues and a skewed approach to any subject — its producers had the surprisingly good judgment to take on the issue of environmental regulations in Cuba. I [...] |
| 08/31/2011 07:30 PM |
| Cuba’s Pro-Freedom ‘Resistance’ Movement Is Growing |
| Cuba's Pro-Freedom 'Resistance' Movement Is GrowingAramis L. PerezAugust 30, 2011 at 11:13 am As attention focuses on the Middle East and North Africa, where protesters have taken to the streets to demand political change, some wonder whether Cuba will follow suit. A closer look at the island, where freedom fighters wage a nonviolent struggle against [...] |
| 08/27/2011 04:47 AM |
| Declaration of Principles: We Who Are Born With No Horizon / Angel Santiesteban |
| Declaration of Principles: We Who Are Born With No Horizon / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated We were a generation they blindfolded at birth, telling us how we must think and postpone our dreams because, they told us, the light was blinding. Our mothers put up with injustice out of fear and to protect us [...] |
| 08/20/2011 06:31 AM |
| A Hunted Hunter / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| A Hunted Hunter / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. On March 24, 2010 when the political police deported me from Bayamo, Granma to Holguin, they took me directly to the G2 Operations Barrack located in the neighborhood of Pedernales. Lieutenant Colonel Sabuco, a notable oppressor known for his abuses and his aggression [...] |
| 08/19/2011 02:58 PM |
| HRW’s Credibility Seen from Cuba |
| HRW's Credibility Seen from CubaAugust 19, 2011Erasmo Calzadilla At the end of July, Human Rights Watch (HRW) was news in Cuba again. The non-governmental organization questioned the Obama administration for not legally prosecuting George W. Bush and other high officials associated with him. The crime? War crimes and torture carried out under his command in [...] |
| 08/19/2011 05:58 AM |
| Going Shopping, Punishment or Pleasure? / Rebeca Monzo |
| Going Shopping, Punishment or Pleasure? / Rebeca MonzoRebeca Monzo, Translator: Unstated For many years now, what was a very pleasurable way to spend time before 1959 — going shopping — even if just standing outside and looking in the shop windows, has become almost a punishment. Most of us who go out to buy something [...] |
| 08/10/2011 03:26 PM |
| Mirror of prosperity |
| Mirror of prosperity There has lately been a great deal of noise made locally about the joys and merits of communism.10 August 2011 | Stephen Mulhollad Certainly this is an appropriate moment for the commies to have a go at free enterprise democracy and its engine, which is the allocation of resources according to the [...] |
| 08/07/2011 03:09 PM |
| Threatened with Torture, Luis Felipe Rojas Affirms that He is Not Afraid / From Pedazos de la Isla |
| Threatened with Torture, Luis Felipe Rojas Affirms that He is Not Afraid / From Pedazos de la IslaLuis Felipe Rojas, Translating Cuba, Translator: Raul G. From Pedazos de la IslaThis Friday August 5th is the Day of Resistance in Cuba, and as is expected the regime has started a crackdown on dissidents who have participated [...] |
| 07/02/2011 01:13 PM |
| Authorities Step Up Harassment Of Independent News Centre – RSF |
| Cuba: Authorities Step Up Harassment Of Independent News CentreWritten by: Reporters Without BordersJuly 2, 2011Bookmark and Share The Cuban authorities are waging a campaign to intimidate Hablemos Press, a Havana-based independent news centre, presumably because of its criticism of the government. In the past three months, 14 of its correspondents have been threatened and 10 [...] |
| 06/27/2011 01:25 PM |
| Despite Mariel agreement, U.S. deports man to Cuba after almost 30 years |
| Posted on Sunday, 06.26.11 Despite Mariel agreement, U.S. deports man to Cuba after almost 30 years Technically, only Cubans who arrived during the Mariel boatlift can be sent back to the island if they are criminals, but several cases of non-Mariel deportations have emerged.By ALFONSO CHARDYachardy@ElNuevoHerald.com One day in March 2010 Abraham Gonzalez, a Cuban [...] |
| 06/23/2011 07:21 PM |
| Che Guevara: An emblem of freedom? |
| Che Guevara: An emblem of freedom?By Humberto Fontova 10:51 AM 06/23/2011 Let's excuse our intrepid "watchdog" MSM. They're too busy rummaging through Sarah Palin's garbage to report on the actual sayings and doings by our actual government officials. So here's a report from Britain's Guardian on a speech by Alec Ross, the U.S. State Department's [...] |
| 06/22/2011 06:20 PM |
| Cubans who can’t be deported could end up detained in U.S. |
| Posted on Tuesday, 06.21.11 IMMIGRATION Cubans who can't be deported could end up detained in U.S. Cubans with deportation orders are alarmed about a bill in Congress that immigrant rights activists say could lead to indefinite detentions.By ALFONSO CHARDYachardy@ElNuevoHerald.com Julio Muñoz, who arrived during the Mariel boatlift in 1980, spent more time in immigration detention [...] |
| 06/14/2011 03:52 PM |
| Cuba ships off dissidents to be ‘liberated’ in Spain, and the rest remain tortured in jail |
| Cuba ships off dissidents to be 'liberated' in Spain, and the rest remain tortured in jailMax HartshorneMonday, June 13, 2011 I posted a note on Facebook about new opportunities to travel to Cuba, at least if you can claim to be a part of an educational tour or study group. A bunch of friends commented [...] |
| 05/31/2011 11:46 PM |
| The State That’s Afraid of Words / Angel Santiesteban |
| The State That’s Afraid of Words / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated Henry Constantin How weak is a State that sees danger in the words of a student? And using its power forcefully attacks and dictates the immediate expulsion of Henry Constantin from the Superior Art Institute (ISA) in Havana, brutally abusing his rights and [...] |
| 05/26/2011 12:18 PM |
| Prisoner dies in alleged beating |
| Prisoner dies in alleged beating An inmate in a Cuban prison was beaten by guards days before he died from what authorities later described as pneumonia, according to complaints sent by fellow prisoners to a human rights commission in Havana. "The reports are not conclusive but this man died in circumstances that merit attention … [...] |
| 04/23/2011 02:39 PM |
| Cuban Reforms Still Over The Horizon As Aging Elite Demurs |
| Cuban Reforms Still Over The Horizon As Aging Elite DemursPublished on April 23, 2011by Staff ReporterHAVANA (CUBA) Fear of doing too much too soon and losing the grip on power has led Cuban leadership to stick to Plan A — continue with business as usual while dipping toes into the unfamiliar waters of a market [...] |
| 04/07/2011 11:59 AM |
| Jimmy Carter does Havana |
| FONTOVA:Jimmy Carter does HavanaEx-president sympathizes more with Castro thugs than their murdered victimsBy Humberto FontovaThe Washington Times Embracing a recent invitation by the Castro brothers, Jimmy Carter visited Cuba last week. "We greeted each other as old friends," gushed the former president after his meeting with Fidel Castro. "In 2002, we received him warmly," Fidel [...] |
| 04/02/2011 01:33 PM |
| Jimmy Carter Charms the Castro Brothers in Havana |
| Jimmy Carter Charms the Castro Brothers in HavanaHumberto Fontova Embracing a recent invitation by the Castro brothers Jimmy Carter visited Cuba this week. "We greeted each other as old friends," gushed Carter regarding his meeting with Fidel Castro. "In 2002, we received him warmly," reciprocated Castro. "Now, I reiterated to him our respect and esteem." [...] |
| 03/29/2011 07:32 PM |
| Defector claims torture in ex-CIA operative’s case |
| Posted on Monday, 03.28.11 Defector claims torture in ex-CIA operative's caseBy WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press, EL PASO, Texas — A former Cuban intelligence officer is testifying in the perjury trial of an ex-CIA agent. Roberto Hernandez Del Llano worked for Cuban counter-intelligence before defecting in 2007. He told jurors he was tortured in 2005 by a [...] |
| 02/23/2011 07:45 PM |
| ANNIVERSARY OF PRISONER´S DEATH HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED ABUSES IN CUBA |
| ANNIVERSARY OF PRISONER´S DEATH HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED ABUSES IN CUBA23-02-2011.Freedom House(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Washington – February 23, 2011 – It is with great sadness that Freedom House marks the one-year anniversary of Cuban poli... |
| 02/23/2011 01:38 AM |
| Defense says Cuba tried to kill ex-CIA agent |
| Defense says Cuba tried to kill ex-CIA agentBy WILL WEISSERT, Associated PressTuesday, February 22, 2011 at 3:02 p.m. EL PASO, Texas — A Cuban investigator is back on the witness stand in an ex-CIA agent's perjury trial and facing tough questions from defense attorneys who claim the island's government wants to kill their client. Cross-examination [...] |
| 02/21/2011 11:52 PM |
| Cuba braces as dissidents remember a martyr |
| Posted on Sunday, 02.20.11 Cuba braces as dissidents remember a martyrCastro critics will commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who was a political prisoner.BY JUAN O. TAMAYOjtamayo@ElNuevoHereald.com Orlando Zapata Tamayo was one of Cuba's least-known political prisoners, a 42-year-old Afro-Cuban plumber and bricklayer from the remote eastern town of Banes. [...] |
| 02/16/2011 10:42 PM |
| Ex-Prisoner: Cubans Beginning a New Hope |
| 15-February-2011 — ZENIT.org News Agency Ex-Prisoner: Cubans Beginning a New HopeCatholic Church Seen as Renewing the IslandBy Nieves San Martín SAN FELIU DE LLOBREGAT, Spain, FEB. 15, 2011 (Zenit.org).- It's been five months since Miguel Galbán Gutiérrez was walked out of a prison in Cuba and put on a plane with certain members of his [...] |
| 02/14/2011 07:00 PM |
| Cuba is no Egypt |
| Posted on Monday, 02.14.11MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL Cuba is no EgyptCastros' dictatorship not same as autocratic Egypt Somewhere in Havana, Fidel Castro is probably laughing out loud to see Hosni Mubarak lose his grip on power after 30 years of undisputed leadership. In Castro's eyes, no doubt, the octogenarian Mr. Mubarak brought a world of trouble [...] |
| 11/25/2010 08:48 PM |
| Premature thanks in Cuba |
| Premature thanks in CubaThe myth of Raul the ReformerBy Daniel AllottThe Washington Times4:21 p.m., Wednesday, November 24, 2010 It has been more than four years since Raul Castro assumed the duties of the presidency of Cuba and more than 2 1/2 years since he officially took over for his older brother, Fidel. In that time, [...] |
| 11/15/2010 09:43 PM |
| Cuban migrants report abuses in Mexico |
| Posted on Monday, 11.15.10Cuban migrants report abuses in MexicoSince a deal between Cuba and Mexico was made two years ago, Cubans traveling through Mexico to get to the U.S. say their journey has become riskier and costlier.By PENILEY RAMIREZSpecial to El Nuevo Herald MEXICO CITY — On Oct. 26, Yanisleidys Pineda Nápoles turned 20 years [...] |
| 11/08/2010 04:36 PM |
| Cuba deadline to free political prisoners passes |
| Cuba deadline to free political prisoners passesAPBy PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Paul Haven, Associated Press – Mon Nov 8, 12:06 am ET HAVANA – The wives and mothers of Cuba's most prominent political prisoners marched through the leafy streets of the capital Sunday, but their demands that the government honor an agreement to release their [...] |
| 11/08/2010 04:17 PM |
| Deadline gone, Cuban dissident vows hunger strike |
| Posted on Sunday, 11.07.10Deadline gone, Cuban dissident vows hunger strikeBy PAUL HAVENAssociated Press HAVANA — A prominent Cuban dissident is vowing to begin a hunger strike Monday to pressure the government to free the last 13 political prisoners jailed in a 2003 crackdown on dissent, after a midnight deadline for the men's release passed without [...] |
| 10/27/2010 06:54 PM |
| Millions suffer torture in jails |
| Millions suffer torture in jailsOctober 27, 2010 – 10:34AMAFP Torture remains prevalent around the world and millions of jail inmates suffer inhuman treatment, a UN specialist says. Manfred Novak, UN special rapporteur on torture, on Tuesday said he had visited 18 countries in the past year and only in one — Denmark — was no [...] |
| 09/21/2010 01:32 PM |
| The Atlantic’s Astounding Stupidity on Cuba |
| The Atlantic's Astounding Stupidity on CubaBy Humberto Fontova Monday, September 20, 2010 Hired help might be hard to find nowadays—but not for Fidel Castro. Jack Benny had his Rochester. Louise Jefferson had her Florence. And Fidel Castro now has his Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic magazine's freshly-minted "Cuba-Expert." Last month Fidel Castro granted Goldberg an extensive [...] |
| 09/13/2010 05:21 PM |
| Fidel Castro Apologizes to Gays, MSM Accepts |
| Humberto FontovaFidel Castro Apologizes to Gays, MSM AcceptsEmail Humberto Fontova | Columnist's Archive The oldest gay-rights organization in Latin America is taking Fidel Castro to the International Court of justice in The Hague for "crimes against humanity." "What?!" snort the "enlightened." This clown got the news exactly bass-ackwards! In fact, last week Fidel Castro apologized [...] |
| 09/09/2010 11:10 PM |
| Cuban dissident: Castro should be tried |
| Posted on Thursday, 09.09.10Cuban dissident: Castro should be triedWARSAW, Poland — Fidel Castro should face an international tribunal for alleged crimes against his own people, a recently released Cuban dissident said Thursday. Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, part of a group of political prisoners released in August following negotiations between the Roman Catholic Church and Cuba's [...] |
| 08/26/2010 03:04 PM |
| Congressional Black Caucus Still Stuck on Castro |
| Congressional Black Caucus Still Stuck on CastroHumberto Fontova Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who also serves as chairperson for the Congressional Black Caucus, has composed an entreaty to President Obama for an end to the "embargo" on Cuba. "Mr. President: Lift the travel ban," reads the title of her post on The Hill's Congress Blog. "[W]e [...] |
| 08/20/2010 12:27 PM |
| Exiles emphasize Cuban people’s lack of hope |
| Exiles emphasize Cuban people's lack of hopeAug, 19, 2010 01:49 PM – EFE Ingles By Alida Juliani. Madrid, Aug 19 (EFE).- Freed Cuban political prisoners Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, who arrived on Thursday in Madrid with some of their relatives, said they were happy to be out of prison but also [...] |
| 08/11/2010 11:41 AM |
| CUBAN GOVERNMENT DENIES WORKERS THEIR TRADE UNIONS RIGHTS |
| CUBAN GOVERNMENT DENIES WORKERS THEIR TRADE UNIONS RIGHTS Despite Increased Repression Independent Unions Continue to Emerge Inside CubaBy Jack Otero During the Clinton Administration Mr. Otero served as Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs, Assistant Secretary of Labor-Designate and was the U.S. Government Representative on the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization (ILO) [...] |
| 08/02/2010 09:31 PM |
| Cuba a prison masquerading as a nation |
| Cuba a prison masquerading as a nationBy Ian RobinsonLast Updated: August 2, 2010 2:00am Hmm. Looking for a vacation spot. Gotta have sun and sand and beaches. Cheap would be good. Let's see. Is there a repressive police state lacking in anything resembling rule of law as I know it that I could go to? [...] |
| 07/07/2010 09:44 PM |
| Advances in Vatican dialogue with Castro’s Cuba |
| Advances in Vatican dialogue with Castro's CubaWednesday, July 07, 2010by Armando Valladares As the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti has just made an extensive five-day official visit to communist Cuba on June 16-20. Already on the first day of his stay, the prelate held a joint news conference with [...] |
| 06/29/2010 06:20 PM |
| Sunshine policy toward Cuba? |
| CLAVER-CARONE: 'Sunshine policy' toward Cuba?Similar wishful thinking failed to bring together the two KoreasBy Mauricio Claver-Carone 5:59 p.m., Monday, June 28, 2010 North and South Korea are facing their gravest crisis since the end of the Korean War as South Korea threatens to retaliate against North Korea for sinking one of its warships. Forty-six sailors [...] |