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| 06/22/2017 05:59 PM |
| Elliott Abrams: Has Trump Made the Right Move in Cuba? |
| Elliott Abrams: Has Trump Made the Right Move in Cuba? Elliott Abrams, Newsweek • June 22, This article first appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations site. Congratulations to President Trump for a serious (though not total) reversal of the terrible Obama policy toward Cuba. Why? Because the Obama policy was values-free, granting all sorts […] |
| 06/22/2017 05:31 PM |
| The true face of GAESA in Havana’s Historic Quarter |
| The true face of GAESA in Havana’s Historic Quarter ROLANDO MARTÍNEZ | La Habana | 22 de Junio de 2017 – 11:27 CEST. “What has the change from Habaguanex to GAESA been like?” “Disastrous.” “Why?” “Because the military management is inept. They demand too much and want to intimidate us. Imagine: if you refuse to […] |
| 06/21/2017 02:50 PM |
| How to get off the eaten track in Santiago de Cuba |
| How to get off the eaten track in Santiago de Cuba A trip to Santiago de Cuba should start with dinner at a paladar (family-run restaurant) and end with drinks on the roof of the Hotel Casa Granda. By JENNIFER BAIN Travel Editor Wed., June 21, 2017 SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA-Ramon Guilarte welcomes us to […] |
| 06/21/2017 02:06 PM |
| Trump’s Fault? |
| Trump’s Fault? ARMANDO CHAGUACEDA | Ciudad de México | 21 de Junio de 2017 – 10:47 CEST. Donald Trump’s announcement of an alteration of his country’s policies towards Cuba caused a great stir. Despite its limited scope – in terms of affecting Obama’s legacy and the foreseeable impact of the measures – adversaries and officials […] |
| 06/17/2017 10:01 PM |
| National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba |
| National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES […] |
| 06/17/2017 09:44 PM |
| Trump’s new Cuba policy is too much for some, not enough for others |
| Trump’s new Cuba policy is too much for some, not enough for others BY MIMI WHITEFIELD [email protected] If President Donald Trump did one thing during his Miami trip it was stir up simmering passions about the best course for U.S. policy toward Cuba. Neither side in the emotional debate — those who favor a more […] |
| 06/17/2017 09:21 PM |
| Cuba to President Trump: We need to continue to cooperate and coexist |
| Cuba to President Trump: We need to continue to cooperate and coexist BY MAUREEN WHITEFIELD [email protected] Noting the hostile rhetoric of President Donald Trump in his Miami speech and saying the United States was in no position to be giving lessons on human rights, Cuba still extended an olive branch and said it wanted to […] |
| 06/15/2017 06:02 PM |
| Populism Cuban Style: Conquests, Threats and Leadership |
| Populism Cuban Style: Conquests, Threats and Leadership 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, 6 June 2017 — The leader speaks for hours on the platform, his index finger pointing to an invisible enemy. A human tide applauds when the intonation of a phrase demands it and stares enraptured at the bearded speaker. For decades these public acts were […] |
| 06/12/2017 08:50 PM |
| Drug smuggling a risk if US relations with Cuba shift, officials say |
| Drug smuggling a risk if US relations with Cuba shift, officials say By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Updated 1005 GMT (1805 HKT) June 12, 2017 Havana, Cuba (CNN)For Cuban officials on the front lines of the fight against drug trafficking, the Trump administration’s threat to roll back improved relations between the United States and the communist-run […] |
| 06/12/2017 08:25 PM |
| How to survive military service as a homosexual |
| How to survive military service as a homosexual CARLOS TRUJILLO HERRERA | La Habana | 12 de Junio de 2017 – 10:37 CEST. “My parents don’t know that I’m homosexual. And I don’t want them to, for now, so when I was recruited I didn’t say anything,” says Ariel, one of the members of the […] |
| 06/10/2017 12:48 PM |
| Cuba continues to support terrorism |
| Cuba continues to support terrorism BY FRANK CALZON [email protected] President Donald Trump’s strong opposition to terrorism, during his successful campaign, his recent speech to Arab leaders in Riyadh, and comments following the Manchester bombing, are welcome. Now, media reports indicate the administration is reevaluating U.S.-Cuba policy. It can be hoped that as Trump will look […] |
| 06/09/2017 06:47 PM |
| The Cuban Government, Complicit in Corruption and Peddling Favours |
| The Cuban Government, Complicit in Corruption and Peddling Favours / Iván García Iván García, 26 MAY 2017 — Ideology is no longer the most important consideration if you want to get an administrative position in Cuba’s chaotic business and commercial network. They only ask you to do two things: fake support for the autocracy and […] |
| 06/07/2017 04:35 PM |
| Local Surfers Are Rallying to Legalize Surfing in Cuba |
| Local Surfers Are Rallying to Legalize Surfing in Cuba TUESDAY JUNE 6, 2017 Corey McLean Filmmaker, Photographer In Cuba, there is a small, tight-knit community of diehard local surfers who are determined to represent their country in the 2020 Olympics, despite a laundry list of obstacles working against them. The most significant of these obstacles? […] |
| 06/06/2017 04:35 PM |
| Cubans Want More Severe Laws for Criminals |
| Cubans Want More Severe Laws for Criminals / Iván García Iván García, 6 May 2017 — Some people in Cuba, not just a minority, want blood. And more severe laws for criminals. While the Catholic Church and different international institutions are advocating a crusade to eliminate the death penalty on the Island, there are people […] |
| 06/06/2017 02:27 PM |
| Geingob calls for removal of U.S. trade embargo on Cuba |
| Geingob calls for removal of U.S. trade embargo on Cuba June 6, 2017 Albertina Nakale Windhoek-President Hage Geingob says there is much ground to cover to ensure the complete lifting of the United States of America’s long running economic and trade blockade against Cuba. Geingob made the remarks yesterday during the commencement of the 5th […] |
| 06/02/2017 07:07 PM |
| In The Bank or Under the Mattress? Where Do Cubans Keep Their Money? |
| In The Bank or Under the Mattress? Where Do Cubans Keep Their Money? 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 25 May 2017 — Finding a little bottle filled with coins that her father hid in the patio was something that happened to Eneida when she was young; now she’s a retired and says that financially she’s “escachada, […] |
| 06/02/2017 06:55 PM |
| Economic Crime, the Pitfall in the Path |
| Economic Crime, the Pitfall in the Path 14ymedio, Generation Y, Yoani Sanchez, 22 May 2017 — The saleswoman described her merchandise in a murmur: loggerhead turtle steaks, beef and shrimp. The man salivated, but replied that he could not buy any of those products, the most persecuted in the informal market. Every opponent knows that […] |
| 05/31/2017 07:27 PM |
| Officials: Trump may roll back Obama opening with Cuba |
| Officials: Trump may roll back Obama opening with Cuba By Patrick Oppmann and Elise Labott, CNN Updated 0903 GMT (1703 HKT) May 31, 2017 Story highlights Officials: Trump may reverse Obama-era policies softening relations with Cuba Gesture would fulfill campaign promises to Cuban-American voters and anti-Castro Congress members Havana, Cuba (CNN)President Donald Trump is expected […] |
| 05/19/2017 05:23 PM |
| Activists on both sides still await President Trump’s reset with Cuba |
| Activists on both sides still await President Trump’s reset with Cuba Ledyard King and Alan Gomez, USA TODAY Published 5:41 p.m. ET May 18, 2017 WASHINGTON — Four months after he was sworn in, President Trump has yet to make good on his vow to undo his predecessor’s Cuba policies. There were reports the president […] |
| 05/16/2017 09:59 PM |
| Independent Journalism Seeks to Revive Press Freedom |
| Independent Journalism Seeks to Revive Press Freedom / Iván García Iván García, 3 May 2017 — Let’s step back in time. One morning in 1985, Yndamiro Restano Díaz, a thirty-seven-year-old journalist with Radio Rebelde, took out an old Underwood and wrote a clandestine broadsheet entitled “Nueva Cuba.” After distributing the single-page, handmade newspaper up and […] |
| 05/16/2017 09:58 PM |
| El Sexto’ Will Stay In The US But Will Continue To Fight Against Arbitrary Detentions In Cuba |
| El Sexto’ Will Stay In The US But Will Continue To Fight Against Arbitrary Detentions In Cuba 14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 15 May 2017 — The artist Danilo Maldonado, known as ‘El Sexto’ (The Sixth), announced his desire to reside in the United States, although he will remain attentive to what happens in Cuba to […] |
| 05/16/2017 07:09 PM |
| Cuban activist prevented from meeting U.S. counterparts |
| Cuban activist prevented from meeting U.S. counterparts HAVANA — An independent Cuban LGBT rights advocate claims authorities prevented him from traveling to Havana late last week to meet with a delegation of U.S. advocates. Nelson Gandulla, president of the Cuban Federation for LGBTI Rights, told the Washington Blade he received a summons that ordered him […] |
| 05/16/2017 06:37 PM |
| Cuban activists denounce new methods of repression |
| Cuban activists denounce new methods of repression BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] While the new U.S. president’s policies on Cuba remain uncertain, the government in Havana appears to be more nervous about its domestic opposition than usual, as the island heads into a complicated political transition. Authorities have expelled students from universities, arrested dissidents who […] |
| 05/11/2017 06:28 PM |
| The Government Unleashed a Crackdown on Journalists After Hurricane Matthew |
| The Government Unleashed a Crackdown on Journalists After Hurricane Matthew 14ymedio, Havana, 10 May 2017 –The independent Cuban press has been especially harassed after the passage of Hurricane Matthew in the eastern part of the country. Several reporters were arrested while trying to cover the situation of the victims, reports the Association for Freedom of […] |
| 05/10/2017 08:55 PM |
| Interview with El Sexto (Danilo Maldonado) in San Francisco |
| Interview with El Sexto (Danilo Maldonado) in San Francisco Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado is in San Francisco, planning for the opening of his art exhibit, “Angels and Demons,” at the Immersive ART LAB, 3255A Third Street, May 11, 6-10pm. His exhibit is sponsored by the Human Rights Foundation as part of its Art in Protest […] |
| 05/09/2017 02:25 PM |
| Cuban man carrying U.S. flag rewrote monotonous script of Havana’s annual celebration |
| Cuban man carrying U.S. flag rewrote monotonous script of Havana’s annual celebration BY MARIO J. PENTÓN [email protected] The rehearsals for Havana’s annual May Day celebration went on for weeks. The Plaza of the Revolution was to host hundreds of thousands of Cubans as they marched past top government leaders in the best Soviet tradition. But […] |
| 05/08/2017 09:01 PM |
| Cuba: Another perspective |
| Cuba: Another perspective U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall wants to sell Kansas wheat to Cuba (“Congressman reflects on a recent Cuba trip,” High Plains Journal, April 10), and has filled a bill that “allows” American banks and to finance the Cuban government’s purchase. Really? Cuba has one of the worst credit records in the world. Americans […] |
| 05/07/2017 06:59 PM |
| Camaguey Police Prohibit Sol Garcia and Henry Constantin From Exercising Journalism |
| Camaguey Police Prohibit Sol Garcia and Henry Constantin From Exercising Journalism 14ymedio, Havana, 4 May 2017 — Journalists Sol García Basulto and Henry Constantín were summoned Thursday to Camagüey’s Third Police Unit, where they were threatened with having their homes searched and the equipment they use to do their work confiscated if they do not […] |
| 05/05/2017 08:51 PM |
| Laritza Diversent and Cubalex Begin Their Life In Exile |
| Laritza Diversent and Cubalex Begin Their Life In Exile 14ymedio, Mario J. Penton, Miami/Havana, 4 May 2017 — The team at the Cubalex Legal Information Center and its director, attorney Laritza Diversent, have obtained political refuge in the United States following the intensification of repression against the nonprofit organization dedicated to legally advising Cubans. Diversent, […] |
| 05/04/2017 07:55 PM |
| Neither CUPs nor CUCs, It’s Bucks That Reign in Cuba |
| Neither CUPs nor CUCs, It’s Bucks That Reign in Cuba 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 3 May 2017 — The guard looks at him and dismisses him as an undercover cop. “Are you coming to change dollars? I’ll pay you at 90 cents,” he tells the customer while turning his back on the security camera at […] |
| 04/26/2017 08:29 PM |
| Lady In White Sentenced To Almost Three Years In Prison For Alleged Crime Of ‘Attack’ |
| Lady In White Sentenced To Almost Three Years In Prison For Alleged Crime Of ‘Attack’ 14ymedio, Havana, 25 April 2017 — On Tuesday morning the Court in Havana’s municipality of Diez de Octubre, confirmed the prosecutor’s request of two years and eight months in jail for Micaela Roll Gibert, 53. The woman, a member of […] |
| 04/26/2017 08:27 PM |
| How Cuban State Security Intimidates Potential Informants |
| How Cuban State Security Intimidates Potential Informants / Iván García Iván García,9 April 2017 — They did not put a Makarov pistol to his head or torture him with electric prods. Let’s call him Josué. (The names in his article have been changed). He is a guy who wears American-made jeans, listens to jazz by […] |
| 04/23/2017 10:08 PM |
| The Fidel Castro Fair |
| The Fidel Castro Fair / Iván García Iván García , 21 February 2017 — The wood charcoal embers are slowly browning half a dozen kebabs with vegetables, pineapples and pieces of pork, while, on a shelf, the flies are hovering around the steamed corn cobs. From very early in the morning, Jesús, a chubby mulatto […] |
| 04/13/2017 02:03 PM |
| Cuba and Venezuela: And God Created Them… |
| Cuba and Venezuela: And God Created Them… / Cubanet, René Gómez Manzano Cubanet, René Gómez Manzano, Havana, 5 Abril 2017 — In recent days, the absence of a true rule of law has become evident in the two countries of “Socialism of the 21st Century,” an absence that reached the highest levels of arbitrariness and […] |
| 04/13/2017 02:13 AM |
| Lysandra Does Not Want To Be Reeducated |
| Lysandra Does Not Want To Be Reeducated 14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 12 April 2107 — Confined for more than 80 days in a punishment cell, without a single contact with the outside, the activist Lisandra Rivera Rodríguez of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) received her first family visit this Tuesday, in the Mar Verde […] |
| 04/08/2017 03:21 PM |
| Danilo Maldonado Machado, the dissident artist called ‘El Sexto,’ on art and liberty in Cuba |
| Danilo Maldonado Machado, the dissident artist called ‘El Sexto,’ on art and liberty in Cuba Carolina A. Miranda At the tail end of 2014, Danilo Maldonado Machado, the graffiti artist known as “El Sexto,” was detained by the authorities as he made his way to a public park in Havana to stage a work of […] |
| 04/07/2017 12:36 AM |
| Alleged Cuban smuggler pleads guilty to sex trafficking |
| Alleged Cuban smuggler pleads guilty to sex trafficking BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] This was the premise of a case involving a Cuban resident in Miami accused of illegally bringing women from the island and forcing them into sex slavery in the United States. Silvio Clark Morales, 31, plead guilty in federal court Thursday to […] |
| 04/06/2017 05:30 PM |
| State Security Doctors Constantly Mistreated Us |
| “State Security Doctors Constantly Mistreated Us” 14ymedio, Havana, 4 April 2017 — Maydolys Leyva can breath easy for the first time since last March 7. Her three children have abandoned their hunger strike after being released on parole. This Monday, their mother prepared a meal of mild creamed vegetables, root vegetables and meat for her […] |
| 04/04/2017 06:36 PM |
| Three Siblings On Hunger Strike Released On Parole |
| Three Siblings On Hunger Strike Released On Parole 14ymedio, Havana, 3 April 2017 — The three Holguin siblings who had been on hunger strike since last March 7 were released on Sunday on parole, according to what their mother, Maydolys Leyva, told this newspaper. The activists Anairis Miranda, Adairis Miranda and Fidel Batista were sentenced […] |
| 04/04/2017 01:46 PM |
| The regime paroles the three siblings from Holguín who went on a hunger strike |
| The regime paroles the three siblings from Holguín who went on a hunger strike DDC | Madrid | 4 de Abril de 2017 – 11:01 CEST. On Sunday the regime released on parole the three siblings from Holguín who had been on a hunger strike since March 7, when they were sentenced to a year […] |
| 04/02/2017 02:07 PM |
| Locked up for 16 months: how a British architect discovered Cuba’s dark side |
| Locked up for 16 months: how a British architect discovered Cuba’s dark side 2 APRIL 2017 • 7:00AM The Cuban conundrum is that little is what it seems. The mojitos flow, the Buena Vista tribute acts play and the tropical sun shines magnanimously on the tourists: the pasty Canadians, Britons and now – thanks to […] |
| 04/01/2017 05:07 PM |
| Warning to the Repressors – “We Are Watching You ” |
| Warning to the Repressors: “We Are Watching You” 14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 31 March 2017 — The Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FDHC) launched its new program Artists For Rights in Miami on Friday and sent a strong message to the Cuban government’s “repressors”: You are being watched and your actions will not go […] |
| 04/01/2017 04:14 PM |
| Los riesgos de hacer negocios en Cuba: cárcel, despojo y expulsión |
| Los riesgos de hacer negocios en Cuba: cárcel, despojo y expulsión MANUEL C. DÍAZ Especial/el Nuevo Herald Mucho antes de que el presidente Barack Obama estableciese relaciones diplomáticas con Cuba y de que algunas compañías norteamericanas como Carnival Cruise Lines, Airbnb, Starwood Hotels y Jet Blue, comenzasen a hacer negocios en la isla, ya había […] |
| 04/01/2017 02:29 PM |
| PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE ON HUNGER STRIKE – URGENT ACTION |
| UA: 76/17 Index: AMR 25/6001/2017 Cuba Date: 31 March 2017 URGENT ACTION PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE ON HUNGER STRIKE Two days after Fidel Castro’s death, a family of four human rights defenders were arrested in Holguín, south-east Cuba. They received a one-year sentence, and the three siblings are currently on hunger strike. They are prisoners of […] |
| 04/01/2017 11:06 AM |
| N.J. lawmakers launch push for fugitive Chesimard’s return from Cuba |
| N.J. lawmakers launch push for fugitive Chesimard’s return from Cuba on March 31, 2017 at 7:10 AM, updated March 31, 2017 at 8:51 AM WASHINGTON — Reps. Chris Smith and Albio Sires began a new effort to push for the return of convicted cop-killer Joanne Chesimard to the U.S., re-introducing legislation to have the government […] |
| 03/30/2017 09:21 PM |
| Ladies in White Report the Repression They Suffer to Attorney General |
| Ladies in White Report the Repression They Suffer to Attorney General 14ymedio, Havana, 2017 — The Ladies of White Yamile Garro Alfonso, Lázara Barbara Sendilla and Maria Cristina Labrada delivered on Monday, as representatives of the whole movement, a summary report to the Attorney General’s Office on the repression they have suffered over the last […] |
| 03/30/2017 09:16 PM |
| The Ascent Of The Spy |
| The Ascent Of The Spy 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 29 March 2017 — It was only a matter of time before the spy Fernando González Llort took over the presidency of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP). Since his return to Cuba after serving a 15-year prison sentence in the United States, […] |
| 03/30/2017 07:17 PM |
| Cuba starving for children – and here’s why |
| Cuba starving for children – and here’s why Thursday, March 30, 2017 | Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com) If Cuba is to emerge into a vital and productive nation, it must first begin to encourage families. That’s the advice of one of the leading experts on the international pro-life movement. Dr. Joseph Meaney, a spokesman for Human […] |
| 03/30/2017 04:10 PM |
| Activist on hunger strike is transferred to an isolated intermediate care room |
| Activist on hunger strike is transferred to an isolated intermediate care room DDC | Holguín | 30 de Marzo de 2017 – 11:20 CEST. On Monday Cuban activist Anairis Miranda Leyva was moved to an isolated intermediate care room at the provincial hospital of Holguin after spending 22 days on a hunger strike, her mother, […] |
| 03/29/2017 07:47 PM |
| Health Of Three Siblings On Hunger Strike In Cuba Worsens |
| Health Of Three Siblings On Hunger Strike In Cuba Worsens 14ymedio Havana, 27 March 2017 — The health of the siblings Fidel Batista Leyva, and Anairis and Adairis Miranda Leyva is worsening, as Monday marked their 21 days on a hunger strike, according to their mother, Maydolis Leyva Portelles, who spoke with 14ymedio. Members of […] |
| 03/29/2017 02:47 PM |
| No bandits, scum, or mercenaries (bandidos, escoria, mercenarios) – learning to speak without the keywords of Castroist propaganda |
| No bandits, scum, or mercenaries (bandidos, escoria, mercenarios): learning to speak without the keywords of Castroist propaganda FRANCISCO ALMAGRO DOMÍNGUEZ | Miami | 29 de Marzo de 2017 – 11:00 CEST. On March 11 Cuban television aired The Other War (La otra guerra) a series on the civil conflict (1960-1966) that took place in the […] |
| 03/28/2017 02:55 PM |
| The Cuban Regime Survives by Fear |
| The Cuban Regime Survives by Fear / Iván García Iván García, 21 March 2017 — In the slum of Lawton, south of Havana, the need for housing has converted an old collective residence with narrow passageways into a bunkhouse. With dividers made from cardboard or bricks recovered from demolished buildings, “apartments” have appeared where a […] |
| 03/26/2017 04:53 PM |
| Christie Renews Call to Demand Cuba Return Convicted Killer |
| Christie Renews Call to Demand Cuba Return Convicted Killer New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is again calling on the federal government to have Cuba return a woman convicted in the murder of a state trooper. March 25, 2017, at 5:45 p.m. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has again called on the […] |
| 03/22/2017 04:55 PM |
| A Cuban film about gay repression pulled from festival. Was it censorship? |
| A Cuban film about gay repression pulled from festival. Was it censorship? BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] Cuban filmmaker Carlos Lechuga has pulled an acclaimed film, based on repression against gay writers in the early years of the Revolution, from an upcoming presentation in New York after festival organizers banned it from official competition and […] |
| 03/21/2017 03:48 PM |
| UN Watch testimony at UNHRC interrupted by Cuba, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Iran, Bangladesh |
| UN Watch testimony at UNHRC interrupted by Cuba, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Iran, Bangladesh By UN Watch —— Bio and Archives March 21, 2017 GENEVA— Cuba, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Bolivia, UAE, Iran, Bangladesh, and Venezuela today attempted to silence UN human rights council testimony by the head of UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights […] |
| 03/19/2017 03:06 PM |
| ‘From now on you have no name. You are prisoner 217’: life in a Cuban jail |
| ‘From now on you have no name. You are prisoner 217’: life in a Cuban jail A brutal high-security prison was the last place Stephen Purvis expected to end up when he moved to Havana. Stephen Gibbs tells his story Stephen Gibbs Sunday 19 March 2017 09.00 GMT If you happened to go to a […] |
| 03/18/2017 05:14 PM |
| Cuba capitalism blinds tourists from Communist reality |
| Cuba capitalism blinds tourists from Communist reality George Diaz Orlando Sentinel “So when are you going to Cuba?” I get that a lot, maybe once a week. It’s understandable, since I am a home-grown Cubano, at least until I was almost 5 years old. That’s when my parents, in an act of ultimate sacrifice, left […] |
| 03/13/2017 06:28 PM |
| Un arquitecto inglés acusado de espiar para EEUU publica sus vivencias dentro de Villa Marista |
| Un arquitecto inglés acusado de espiar para EEUU publica sus vivencias dentro de Villa Marista DDC | Londres | 12 de Marzo de 2017 – 22:26 CET. “En Villa Marista hay en promedio un intento de suicidio al mes. Dos de cada tres reclusos se vuelven locos. Regularmente oía a alguien empezar a gritar, seguido […] |
| 03/13/2017 04:21 PM |
| Rio Mar, a Restaurant Under Surveillance by Alejandro Castro |
| Rio Mar, a Restaurant Under Surveillance by Alejandro Castro / Juan Juan Almeida Juan Juan Almeida, 28 February 2017 — An unusual combination of powerful forces has conspired to put Río Mar, a privately owned restaurant, in the defendant’s dock. Who has broken the rules this time? Río Mar occupies an enviable location on the […] |
| 03/09/2017 10:23 PM |
| José Daniel Ferrer “This Type Of Assault Does Not Discourage Us” |
| José Daniel Ferrer: “This Type Of Assault Does Not Discourage Us” / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 9 March 2017 — The leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba, José Daniel Ferrer, was released Thursday after being detained for more than 24 hours. The opponent denounced an “increase in the repression” against the activists of his movement, […] |
| 03/09/2017 07:49 PM |
| CCDHRN – 482 arbitrary arrests on the Island in February and a political activist, dead in prison |
| CCDHRN: 482 arbitrary arrests on the Island in February and a political activist, dead in prison DDC | La Habana | 8 de Marzo de 2017 – 20:48 CET. In its monthly report the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) denounced the “482 arbitrary arrests” of peaceful opponents and dissidents that took […] |
| 03/08/2017 06:12 PM |
| Cuban Human Rights Group Denounces The Death Of A Political Prisoner Pending Trial |
| Cuban Human Rights Group Denounces The Death Of A Political Prisoner Pending Trial / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 7 March 2017 — The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) has denounced the death of political prisoner Hamel Santiago Maz Hernández, an activist from UNPACU, who died* on February 24 at Combinado del Este […] |
| 03/08/2017 05:05 PM |
| No sign of release for the last Cuban spy in a US jail |
| No sign of release for the last Cuban spy in a US jail Despite thaw in relations, Ana Belén Montes looks set to serve last nine years of quarter-century sentence PABLO DE LLANO Corresponsal en Miami Miami 8 MAR 2017 – 16:05 CET On February 28, in her cell at a maximum security prison in […] |
| 03/08/2017 04:29 PM |
| Raúl Castro slams Trump – and I’m forced to agree with the dictator. How sick is that? |
| Raúl Castro slams Trump – and I’m forced to agree with the dictator. How sick is that? BY FABIOLA SANTIAGO [email protected] Cuban dictator Raúl Castro has no moral authority to condemn any democratically elected world leader. Not when the most distinguishing trait of his and his late brother’s legacy is death, prison and exile for […] |
| 03/06/2017 07:05 PM |
| Cuba Kills Another Dissident |
| Cuba Kills Another Dissident After Obama’s detente: More tourists on the island and more repression. By Mary Anastasia O’Grady March 5, 2017 5:08 p.m. ET Score another kill for the Cuban military dictatorship: Last month it eliminated Afro-Cuban dissident Hamell Santiago Más Hernández, an inmate of one of its most notoriously brutal prisons. The remarkable […] |
| 03/05/2017 05:14 PM |
| The Prosecution Asks For Three Years In Prison For The Opponent Eduardo Cardet |
| The Prosecution Asks For Three Years In Prison For The Opponent Eduardo Cardet / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 3 March 2017 — This Friday, the trial against Eduardo Cardet, a doctor and the national coordinator of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL), was concluded. The prosecution has maintained its original request for three years of deprivation of […] |
| 03/05/2017 04:40 PM |
| HUMAN RIGHTS? CUBA ARRESTS, ORDERS TRIAL FOR HOMESCHOOLING PARENTS |
| HUMAN RIGHTS? CUBA ARRESTS, ORDERS TRIAL FOR HOMESCHOOLING PARENTS Father reports: ‘They are making inquiries as if we were criminals’ Published: 16 hours ago BOB UNRUH Even as President Trump prepares to undo some of Barack Obama’s executive orders to normalize America’s relations with Cuba, the communist island nation remains far short of international human-rights […] |
| 03/04/2017 09:36 PM |
| Cuban Double Agent Fears for His Life after Revealing His True Identity |
| Cuban Double Agent Fears for His Life after Revealing His True Identity / Juan Juan Almeida Juan Juan Almeida, 27 February 2017 — Luis Enrique Cepero García was an opponent of the Cuban regime serving a sentence in the Combinado del Este prison when he decided to infect himself with a disease rather than continue […] |
| 03/04/2017 08:05 PM |
| Report – Cuba has kept drug trafficking, consumption in check |
| Report: Cuba has kept drug trafficking, consumption in check BY MIMI WHITEFIELD [email protected] Although Cuba sits in close proximity to Caribbean drug lanes and the U.S. market, the U.S. State Department’s annual narcotics control report found that it’s not a major consumer, producer or transit point for illegal narcotics, and drug consumption on the island […] |
| 03/03/2017 02:41 PM |
| The Private Sector Consolidates Its Presence in Gastronomy and Services |
| The Private Sector Consolidates Its Presence in Gastronomy and Services / 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 1 March 2017 — The corner of Galiano and Zanja is a hive of people at noon. The area’s private cafes sell everything from bread with croquettes to a complex meat lasagna, but the nearest state places […] |
| 03/01/2017 11:31 PM |
| Havana Mobilizes For The Liberation Of The Spy Ana Belén Montes |
| Havana Mobilizes For The Liberation Of The Spy Ana Belén Montes 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana 27 February 2017 – This Tuesday, a campaign launches in Cuba for the liberation of Ana Belén Montes, a former intelligence analyst for the United States Defense Intelligence Agency, condemned for espionage and considered a “prisoner of conscience” by the […] |
| 02/25/2017 06:51 PM |
| Appeasement Never Works |
| Appeasement Never Works by GEORGE WEIGEL February 25, 2017 4:00 AM And it’s making matters worse in Cuba. At first blush, Luis Almagro would seem an unlikely candidate for the disfavor of the current Cuban regime. A man of the political Left, he took office as the tenth secretary general of the Organization of American […] |
| 02/23/2017 06:48 PM |
| Felipe Calderón “I Ask The Cuban Government To Rectify This Absurdity” |
| Felipe Calderón: “I Ask The Cuban Government To Rectify This Absurdity” / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 22 February 2017 — Just five years ago, Mexican President Felipe Calderón was greeted warmly in Havana during an official visit. However, this week the now former president was denied entry to the island to participate in the Oswaldo Payá […] |
| 02/21/2017 02:55 PM |
| Broken Dreams |
| Broken Dreams / Cubalex Translator’s note: The references here to the empty offices and the inability to work relate to a police raid that occurred in September of last year, during which much of the organization’s equipment was confiscated. Cubalex, 20 February 2017 – It is an ordinary November day. Cubalex members are visiting the […] |
| 02/17/2017 07:52 PM |
| Trump – Rubio and I have ‘very similar views on Cuba’ |
| Trump: Rubio and I have ‘very similar views on Cuba’ BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] President Donald Trump said during a press conference Thursday that he shares Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio’s views on Cuba. “We had dinner with Senator Rubio and his wife, who was by the way, lovely, and we had a very […] |