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Dissidents’ return to Cuba an act of courage
Posted on Friday, 05.31.13
Dissidents’ return to Cuba an act of courage
By Fabiola Santiago
Here’s Cuba, post-travel “reform,” round one.
In short lines sent from her cellphone — one could say guerrilla-style,
for the way a word, a smiley face, a phrase began in one tweet and ended
in another — the celebrated blogger Yoani Sánchez reported… Continue reading
Cuban blogger Sanchez back after world tour
Posted on Thursday, 05.30.13
Cuban blogger Sanchez back after world tour
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and PETER ORSI
Associated Press
HAVANA — Blogger Yoani Sanchez returned Thursday to the island homeland
that officially considers her a traitor, concluding a more than
three-month globe-trotting tour that cemented her status as the most
internationally recognizable face of Cuba’s small dissident community.
Sanchez emerged… Continue reading
“Ajustar los temas o el discurso para buscar aceptación de un público es engañar a los lectores”. Entrevista con la bloguera Miriam Celaya
“Ajustar los temas o el discurso para buscar aceptación de un público es
engañar a los lectores”. Entrevista con la bloguera Miriam Celaya
[31-05-2013]
Redacción de Misceáneas de Cuba
www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Entrevista a la bloguera Miriam Celaya,
quien recientemente visitó Estocolmo donde participó en varios eventos
juntos a otros activistas y blogueros que viajaron desde la isla.
1- ¿Cómo te surgió… Continue reading
Cuba Keeps Private Internet on Hold
Cuba Keeps Private Internet on Hold
May 29, 2013
HAVANA TIMES — Cuban authorities ruled out today widespread Internet
access to homes on the island, despite the expansion of public
infrastructure, reported dpa news.
“It is foreseen that [someday] Cubans may have a connection at home, but
the initial priority under the current circumstances, is for public
access,” at government… Continue reading
Cuban blogger returns home to unknown future
Posted on Wednesday, 05.29.13
Cuban blogger returns home to unknown future
By PAUL HAVEN and PETER ORSI
Associated Press
HAVANA — One of Cuba’s most famous names is returning from a prolonged
global tour on Thursday, but don’t expect well-wishers, flowers or
marching bands.
Most islanders won’t even know about it.
When Yoani Sanchez touches down on a flight from… Continue reading
Cuba ‘to offer’ limited public internet access
28 May 2013 Last updated at 20:15 GMT
Cuba ‘to offer’ limited public internet access
The government of Cuba has said it will soon expand public access to the
internet, although it will maintain restrictions for access at home.
It said that 118 internet points would be set up on the Caribbean island
from 4 June, to allow web surfing… Continue reading
Universal
Universal / Yoani Sanchez
Posted on May 23, 2013
sif2013Someone sitting at the table behind spoke in French, while in
chairs at the side two Brazilians exchanged ideas. Two steps further on
some activists from Belarus were talking with some Spaniards who had
also come to the Stockholm Internet Forum. An event that began on May 21
in the Swedish… Continue reading
Dissidents Find ‘Cuba Outside Cuba’ In Miami
Dissidents Find ‘Cuba Outside Cuba’ In Miami
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO 05/23/13 03:49 PM ET EDT AP
MIAMI — When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami,
he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the
Cuban-American community who do not believe in pacific opposition.
The reaction has been far different. When he went to the… Continue reading
Cuban Dissident Guillermo Fariñas Interviewed in Miami
Cuban Dissident Guillermo Fariñas Interviewed in Miami
May 22, 2013
Daniel García Marco
HAVANA TIMES — After the more than 20 hunger strikes that have seriously
undermined his health, Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas is still
determined to oppose Raul Castro’s government through peaceful means and
wishes to send “a message of love” to his “oppressors”, DPA reported.
“We always… Continue reading
US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
By PETER ORSI
Associated Press
HAVANA – The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba’s revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.
Dozens of young bloggers and tweeters gathered to talk about their place in a socialist society whose leaders have… Continue reading
Smuggling Satellite Dishes into Cuba
Smuggling Satellite Dishes into Cuba
May 20, 2013
Revisiting “Operation Surf”
Tracey Eaton (alongthemalecon.com)
HAVANA TIMES — An Internet freedom activist linked to the smuggling of
satellite dishes to Cuba said he wouldn’t feel safe going back to the
island “until the situation changes there.”
“The security threats are real,” Robert Guerra said Thursday. “It’s very
important for democracy groups… Continue reading
Blogging a Revolution from Cuba
Blogging a Revolution from Cuba
Logan Payne | May 21, 2013
Imagine a world where you couldn’t get on the Internet, where you
couldn’t access Facebook from your iPhone. Tweets, what are that? A
Google search? A Yelp review?
Fiction writer, photographer, journalist and revolutionary Cuban
blogger, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, also known simply as OLPL, visited UC… Continue reading
The Party Continues
The Party Continues
Written by Jerry Brewer
Regardless of how much the Castro brothers try to reinvent their
revolution, the old adage of a leopard cannot change its spots appears
to be the reality within their fantasy idealism. Raul Castro was
reappointed to a second five-year term as chief of state in February,
and thus he could serve until 2018.… Continue reading
Cuba’s New Real Estate Market, Betting on the Future, Wary of the Past
Yoani Sanchez – Award-winning Cuban blogger
Cuba’s New Real Estate Market, Betting on the Future, Wary of the Past
Posted: 05/18/2013 5:19 pm
Placing zeros to the right seems to be the preferred sport of those who
put a price on the homes they sell in Cuba today. A captive market at
the end of the day, the buyer could… Continue reading
Should We Criticize Mandela?
May 15, 2013
Alfredo Fernández
HAVANA TIMES — A well-known episode in contemporary history is the fact that, when the government of South Africa established the apartheid regime, former South African president Nelson Mandela, then a civil rights activist, personally asked the United States to impose an economic blockade on the country in order to hasten… Continue reading
Internet Censorship in Cuba Backfires
Internet Censorship in Cuba Backfires
May 16, 2013
Fernando Ravsberg
HAVANA TIMES — Young Cuba (La Joven Cuba, LJC) has returned to the
blogosphere after tearing down the barriers that denied it access to the
Internet.
We had a feeling this would happen when we saw the authors of this blog
from the province of Matanzas in a photograph, standing… Continue reading
The Children of the Satellite Dish, Bypassing Ideology in Cuba
Yoani Sanchez – Award-winning Cuban blogger
The Children of the Satellite Dish, Bypassing Ideology in Cuba
Posted: 05/17/2013 3:50 pm
For World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
They look the same as everyone else: small, restless, ready to play and
joke, like any child. But something distinguishes them beyond the
neighborhood where they live or the family they belong to.… Continue reading
Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, visits Miami
Posted on Thursday, 05.09.13
Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, visits Miami
By Juan Carlos Chavez
Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, said the Cuban
government is “worried” more about assigning resources to criticize
opponents while ignoring the most urgent needs of the population.
Morejón arrived recently in South Florida to visit her… Continue reading
