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My Take on Mobile Phones in Cuba

My Take on Mobile Phones in Cuba
May 7, 2013
Rosa Martínez

HAVANA TIMES — I’ve been meaning to buy a cellular phone for some time
now, but there’s always something more vital I need to spend my money
on: if it’s not a pair of shoes for my kids, then it’s something around
the house urgently needing repair, or… Continue reading

Cell phones Cuba one is All You Get

Cell phones/Cuba: One is All You Get
April 26, 2013
Osmel Almaguer

HAVANA TIMES — My friend Leslie was recently informed by (Cuba’s
State phone company) that he cannot open a new mobile phone account. He
was told that you are entitled to only one line and that one has already
been activated under his name. Incidentally, my friend… Continue reading

Sustainable Farming In Cuba Ideal Job In An Isolated Country

Sustainable Farming In Cuba Ideal Job In An Isolated Country
By Kassondra Cloos for The Pulitzer Center

The farmers pour in after sunrise and leave before sunset. The workday
is one to two hours shorter than a typical day for a government
employee, depending on the season, and the pay is higher—much higher.

Organiponico Vivero Alamar (OVA) is an organic,… Continue reading

Beyoncé and Jay-Z in Havana another calibrated Cuba plot

Posted on Saturday, 04.06.13

Beyoncé and Jay-Z in Havana another calibrated Cuba plot

By Myriam Marquez

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z trotted around their mothers in Havana for the

couple's fifth anniversary, posing with cute Cuban schoolchildren,

dining at a famous paladar — the royal couple of hip-hop-pop creating

the predictable paparazzi buzz and Cuban exile lament.

The calibrated juxtaposition of… Continue reading

Yoani Sanchez: technology will help bring democracy to Cuba

Yoani Sanchez: technology will help bring democracy to Cuba

MIAMI, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Cuban and

independent Yoani Sanchez said despite restrictions on

cyberspace in Cuba, the is changing the communist country,

during a lecture at Florida International in Miami.

"The virtual Cuba is influencing, directly and definitively, the real

Cuba," she said,… Continue reading

Cuba national soccer team defectors surface with Battery

Cuba national soccer team defectors surface with Battery

Posted: Mar 29, 2013 12:35 AM RST Updated: Mar 29, 2013 5:11 AM RST

By Mark Davenport

DANIEL ISLAND, SC (WCSC) – Soccer is a game of speed, patience and quick

decision making. It's those same skills that also allowed three Cuban

national soccer team players to make a daring escape from… Continue reading

Church evicts occupiers from Havana temple

Posted on Tuesday, 12.18.12

Cuba

Church evicts occupiers from Havana temple

The occupation of the protestant temple in Havana lasted 16 months.

By Juan O. Tamayo

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Leaders and members of a Pentecostal church in Cuba have evicted the

followers of a rebel pastor who had occupied a temple and apartment in

Havana in a bizarre stand-off for the past… Continue reading

Driver convicted in Payá accident to return to Madrid

Posted on Saturday, 12.15.12

CUBA

Driver convicted in Payá to return to Madrid

Angel Carromero will serve the rest of his four-year sentence in ,

Cuban and Spanish officials said.

By Juan O. Tamayo

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The widow of Havana Oswaldo Payá said Friday she's glad that

Spanish politician Angel Carromero will leave his Cuban jail but has… Continue reading

U.S. investigates former Cuban provincial prisons chief

Posted on Tuesday, 11.27.12

CUBA

U.S. investigates former Cuban provincial prisons chief

Immigration authorities checking whether Crescencio Marino Rivero and

his wife, now Miami residents, lied in their visa and residency applications

By Juan O. Tamayo

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U.S. immigration authorities have launched a formal investigation into

whether a former Cuba provincial prisons chief and his wife, now living

in Miami,… Continue reading

Rodiles, Targeted by the Regime

Rodiles, Targeted by the Regime / Luis Felipe Rojas

Antonio Rodiles, Luis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G., Yoani Sanchez

Two opposite dynamics have had to change their actions in order to

prevail: government repression and the peaceful opposition. Everyday

Cubans have taken up arms with new technologies, they have supported

each other with the scarce glimmers left behind by the… Continue reading

Cyber-indigence in Cuba

Cyber-indigence in Cuba

November 8, 2012

Alfredo Fernandez

HAVANA TIMES — "Please, when you write to Zenaida, tell her not to

forget to send the shoes for Carlitos' graduation, the eye drops for

Claudia and the cooking yeast. And please, please, remember to also

remind her that the power supply of the computer isn't going to hold up

much longer.… Continue reading

Cuban ingenuity in the iPhone age

Cuban ingenuity in the iPhone age

Elien Blue Becque

Published 5:43 p.m., Friday, September 14, 2012

When my iPhone slipped from the back of the tank and into the toilet, I

snatched it out immediately. Though at first all seemed fine, it soon

switched off and remained unresponsive.

"It's toast," was the verdict from Grant, an Apple store Genius. "We… Continue reading

Cuba rejiggers its creaky economy

Cuba rejiggers its creaky

The Communist island loosens up a little. Here's why.

Nick MiroffSeptember 4, 2012 06:23

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HAVANA, Cuba — Often in the pages of Granma, the red-and-black-inked

Communist Party newspaper that is a daily presence in Cuban life,

there is a standard sort of feature article about the island's

economic troubles.… Continue reading

Aunt says the daughter of Cuba’s vice president defected for love

Posted on Tuesday, 08.28.12

Aunt says the daughter of Cuba's vice defected for love

The daughter of Cuba's vice president defected because she has a

boyfriend in Florida, her family said.

By Juan O. Tamayo

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The tale of the Cuban vice president's daughter who defected may turn

out to be a love story after all. Glenda Murillo went… Continue reading

Cuba Vice President Marino Murillo’s daughter defected and is living in Tampa

Posted on Monday, 08.27.12

Cuba Vice Marino Murillo's daughter defected and is living in

Tampa

By Juan O. Tamayo

[email protected]

The 24-year-old daughter of Cuban Vice President Marino Murillo,

sometimes mentioned as a possible successor to ruler Raúl Castro,

defected earlier this month and is now living in Tampa, knowledgeable

sources said.

Glenda Murillo Diaz crossed the Mexico border… Continue reading

News Conference by Rosa María Payá Acevedo Regarding Her Father’s Death

News Conference by Rosa María Payá Acevedo Regarding Her Father's Death

/ Rosa María Payá Acevedo

Oswaldo Payá, Rosa María Payá Acevedo, Translator: Cleonte

Today, I do not intend to give another version of what happened, we are

not accusing anyone at this time.

The facts I will communicate below were read by Captain Fulgencio

Medina, a criminal investigator, in… Continue reading

21st Century Socialism and Mind-Set Change in Cuba

21st Century Socialism and Mind-Set Change in Cuba

July 2, 2012

Vicente Morin Aguado

HAVANA TIMES — On several occasions, Cuban has

stressed the importance of changes in people's mentality, as an

objective of the Communist Party but considered one of the most

difficult to achieve.

Among the various statements by President Castro, who is also the… Continue reading

Cellular Telephony "a la Cubana"

Cellular Telephony "a la Cubana" / Rebeca Monzo

Rebeca Monzo, Translator: Maria Montoto

"+0000000000 Today 6:48

From mobile phones compradetodo.com (buyeverything.com)

Call as soon as possible to 07 2043145

For recharge of minutes balance via ,

If you do not call back today the charge will be returned

to the purchaser.

In case of fraud, the line… Continue reading

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