Dangerousness
Proposals for a Possible Cuba
Proposals for a Possible Cuba
March 18, 2013
HAVANA TIMES — A group of Cuban researchers have just released a
document containing a list of 23 proposals "for our immediate future."
While the Cuban economy remains in crisis and with the death of Hugo
Chavez in Venezuela, the consideration of measures that can inject new
optimism and dynamism to the… Continue reading
Cuban activists talk about lack of basic freedoms, 10 years on from mass crackdown
18 March 2013
Cuban activists talk about lack of basic freedoms, 10 years on from mass
crackdown
"The catalogue of repression and harassment suffered by José Daniel
Ferrer García since his release illustrates the current strategy by the
Cuban authorities under which activists are arrested for short periods
of time to discourage them from speaking up about the state of… Continue reading
Canadians are major customers in Cuba’s child sex market
Canadians are major customers in Cuba's child sex market
Canada is lax when it comes to stopping its sex offenders from going to
Cuba and preying on underage prostitutes.
Most tourists are drawn to Cuba by the sand, the sunshine, and the
culture. But a few tourists – including some Canadians – are drawn by
something far darker.
By: Robert… Continue reading
Transgender woman 1st to win office in Cuba
Posted on Friday, 11.16.12
Transgender woman 1st to win office in Cuba
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press
HAVANA — Adela Hernandez, a biologically male Cuban who has lived as a
female since childhood, served two years in prison in the 1980s for
"dangerousness" after her own family denounced her sexuality.
This month she made history by becoming the first known… Continue reading
CDR: Citizen Representation or Political Control?
http://translatingcuba.com/cdr-citizen-representation-or-political-control-yoani-sanchez/
CDR: Citizen Representation or Political Control? / Yoani Sanchez
Translator: Unstated, Yoani Sanchez
The stew was cooked on firewood collected by some neighbors, the flags
hung in the middle of the block and the shouts of Viva! went on past
midnight. A ritual repeated with more or less enthusiasm every September
27 throughout the Island. The eve of the… Continue reading
The Punks on G Street: Tracking Cuba’s Rebellious Youth 50 Years After the Revolution
The Punks on G Street: Tracking Cuba's Rebellious Youth 50 Years After
the Revolution
Julia Cooke
I met Liván, Takeshi and the rest of their band of frikis—rock and metal
fans of the punk-and-anarchist subcategory—around nine one Thursday
night on the median of Havana's G Street. I'd come to Havana to write a
book about what it was like to… Continue reading
Briefing Note No. 3 Cuban League against AIDS
Briefing Note No. 3 Cuban League against AIDS / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio
Estrada
Translator: Unstated, Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada
During the month of June and the first days of of July The Cuban League
Against AIDS has monitored the rise of protests in Cuban jails for
inmates with HIV / AIDS.
The protests show the dissatisfaction by the… Continue reading
Gay Pride Day in Cuba
Gay Pride Day in Cuba
July 2, 2012
Daisy Valera
HAVANA TIMES — Havana didn't "enjoy" or "suffer" a conga line parade
which the flag of diversity could have waved side by side with that of
the July 26 Movement, the Young Communist League and even banners with
the faces of the Cuban Five.
There was no official Gay Pride… Continue reading
The Cuban Government Before the Committee Against Torture
The Cuban Government Before the Committee Against Torture / Dora Leonor Mesa
Dora Leonor Mesa, Translator: mlk
By Miriam Leiva, Havana 06/07/2012
Cuban authorities for more than nine years avoided the analysis of their
violations of human rights in the United Nations Committee on Torture; a
period that coincides with the uprising of March 2003, when it subjected
75 peaceful… Continue reading
UN panel blasts Cuba on human rights abuses
Posted on Saturday, 06.02.12
UN panel blasts Cuba on human rights abuses
THE U.N. called Friday for an independent body to gather, investigate
and report on complaints of human rights abuses in Cuba.
By Juan O. Tamayo
[email protected]
The U.N.'s Committee Against Torture hammered Cuba on Friday for a
lengthy string of human rights abuses and repeatedly complained the
island… Continue reading
Protesting in Cuba
Protesting in Cuba
May 29, 2012
Veronica Vega
HAVANA TIMES — When working with the multidisciplinary cultural group
Omni Zona Franca back in 2007, I read an essay about the phenomenon of
graffiti. Someone in the group had the outlandish idea that such an
effort set to prose could be done in the lobby of a twelve-story
building in the… Continue reading
The Vatican’s silence amid Cuba’s atrocities
Posted on Sunday, 04.08.12
The Vatican's silence amid Cuba's atrocities
BY MARIA C. WERLAU
During his recent visit to Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI said nothing about
the Castro brothers' victims. This is not surprising. For decades, the
Catholic Church has remained silent about most of the Castro regime´s
worst crimes in its quest to expand its reach in totalitarian… Continue reading
Sharp rise in harassment and attacks against activists and journalists in Cuba
22 March 2012
Sharp rise in harassment and attacks against activists and journalists
in Cuba
"Tactics have changed, but the repression in Cuba is as strong as ever."
Gerardo Ducos, Cuba researcher at Amnesty International
Thu, 22/03/2012
Harassment and detention of political dissidents, human rights
activists, journalists and bloggers across Cuba has risen sharply over
the past 24 months, Amnesty… Continue reading
Cuba: Minority Report / Enrique García Mieres / Cuban Law Association
Cuba: Minority Report / Enrique García Mieres / Cuban Law Association
Cuban Law Association, Translator: Unstated
foto tomada de internetThe famous Spielberg film based on the eponymous
story of science fiction writer Philip Kindred Dick has as a story line
the existence of a police unit capable of fighting potential criminals
before they commit a crime, the future can be… Continue reading
The Paths of the General / Luis Felipe Rojas
The Paths of the General / Luis Felipe Rojas
Luis 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 transit lines. With
more… Continue reading
Compassion fatigue on Cuba
Posted on Tuesday, 10.04.11
PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS
Compassion fatigue on Cuba
BY MICHAEL PUTNEY
Are we experiencing compassion fatigue on Cuba? I'm seeing signs of it,
which doesn't bode well for Cuba's brave pro-democracy activists. Or for
us. They're suffering and most of us — along with most of the world —
are yawning.
Thousands marched down Calle Ocho two… Continue reading
"House Agent": A Very Lucrative Business in Havana / Iván García
"House Agent": A Very Lucrative Business in Havana / Iván García
Iván García, Translator: JT
Genovevo, age 58, has been imprisoned twice and on three occasions has
been arrested for criminal dangerousness. He is a 'house agent', as they
call those who — under the table — dedicate themselves to transmit
trades, purchases, or sales of houses in Cuba. A… Continue reading
I Still Don’t Know If You Will Sing / Yoani Sánchez
I Still Don't Know If You Will Sing / Yoani Sánchez
Translator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez
I greatly fear the response of "never"
Pablo Milanés
The last time I went to a Pablo Milanés concert I couldn't hum a single
one of his songs. In the middle of the anti-imperialist bandstand*
several friends and I unfurled a cloth with the name… Continue reading
Family Members of Teenager Killed by Ex-Police Official Demand Justice / Laritza Diversent
Family Members of Teenager Killed by Ex-Police Official Demand Justice /
Laritza Diversent
Laritza Diversent, Translator: Unstated
Raiza Medina claims justice for the death of her son Ángel Izquierdo
Medina, a black teenager of 14, who died this last July 15, after having
been shot by a retired police official.
According to Ismael Suarez Herc, 17, eyewitness of the events… Continue reading
Home is sweet – compared to Cuba
Home is sweet – compared to Cuba
By Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now June 10, 2011
There's nothing like a trip abroad to make you appreciate home. And
after a recent sojourn in Cuba, I've come to appreciate things formerly
taken for granted in Canada: things like fully stocked grocery shelves,
freedom of the press and toilet paper in abundance.
Hookers, an Anonymous Society / Laritza Diversent
Hookers, an Anonymous Society / Laritza Diversent
Laritza Diversent, Translator: Unstated
On February 25, in a human-trafficking case, the Las Tunas Provincial
Court recognized in Judgment No. 92 that the young Cuban women "were
blinded in the presence of foreigners, seeing in them the possibility of
wearing stylish clothing and shoes, and the ability to visit historic
sites."
The trial… Continue reading
Blogger Claudia Cadelo Speaks for Cuba’s Younger Generation
Blogger Claudia Cadelo Speaks for Cuba's Younger Generation
April 26, 2011
by Erik Silk
Cuban blogger Claudia Cadelo will not tell you about her Web posting
habits, at least not via phone or email. And, even though she is someone
who writes and tweets regularly, the way she gets online is a closely
guarded secret.
That's because Cadelo–better known by… Continue reading
