English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
At the bottom of the video… select “English” in the subtitle bar. The ‘title’ on the screen reads: Eliecer Ávila makes a fool of Ricardo Alarcón This event is from 2012.
14ymedio, Havana, 14 August 2017 – The Office of the Attorney General of Cuba declared the “final dismissal” of the case against the activist Eliécer Ávila, accused of the crimes of receiving and illegal economic activities. The court also ordered the seizure “in favor of the Cuban State” of most of the property seized during a … Continue reading “Prosecutor Dismisses The Case Against Eliecer Avila But Seizes His Belongings”
The video shows Eliecer Avila and other human rights activists at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, protesting the confiscation of Avila’s laptop when he returned to the country from abroad. 14ymedio, Havana, 8 April 2017 – Some fifty uniformed members of the National Revolutionary Police and the Ministry of the Interior raided the … Continue reading “Police Arrest Activist Eliécer Ávila and Raid His Home”
14ymedio, Havana, 11 January 2016 – The repressive actions against the Cuban opposition were repeated this Sunday across the country. It is estimated that more than 200 activists were arrested, according to independent reports. The police also arrested Eliecer Avila, the leader of the Somos+ (We Are More) Movement, and warned him that they would … Continue reading “Police Warn Eliecer Avila That Somos+ Convention Will Not be Allowed / 14ymedio”
Somos+, 31 July 2015 — The engineer Eliecer Avila, president of the Movement Somos+, was received in Buenos Aires by the National Deputy Cornelia Schmidt-Liermann, member of the Union PRO party and president of Parladem (Parliamentarians for Democracy). After a cordial conversation about the Cuban reality and Argentina, the deputy was interested in knowing whether the … Continue reading “Eliecer Avila is Received in Buenos Aires by National Deputy, Cornelia Schmidt-Liermann / Somos+”
Outside the government press, how Cubans experience the CELAC Summit. As often happens with more or less important events that take place in Cuba, all of the radio, TV and written press is focused for days on the preparations undertaken to guarantee the success of the 2nd CELAC Summit. According to the images shown, it’s … Continue reading “We’re at the Summit! / Eliecer Avila”
HAVANA, Cuba, September 6, 2013, Lilianne Ruiz / www.cubanet.org. – Recently, the Patmos Forum held its third conference. This time the topic of discussion was The Quality of Life, in connection with politics. The meeting was attended by about 30 people, gathered in the courtyard at the home of independent journalist Yoel Espinosa Medrano, located … Continue reading “Eliecer Avila Defends His Right To Be Politically Active / Lilianne Ruiz”
This morning I was awakened by a call from a friend to tell me that finally señor Ricardo Alarcón had uttered words referring to our encounter*. I immediately started to make arrangements to see where I could download this post, but nothing worked. It was already around 11:00 and curiosity made me make a sad … Continue reading “Response to Ricardo Alarcon / Eliecer Avila”
After traveling widely in Europe and the United States, Eliecer Avila returned to Cuba yesterday. 27 May 2013
3 May 2013
Welcome Eliécer Ávila: Meet & Greet @ Baruch College, NYC 4-6 p.m., Thurs. May 2 – RSVP now! To RSVP e-mail Ted Henken at yumated@gmail.com If you would like to schedule Eliecer for an event you can also email Ted Henken. 1 May 2013
Operation Truth Video & Transcript Site manager: We decided not to subtitle the video itself, given its length and poor sound quality, so a transcript is provided below and can be downloaded here. The video of Eliecer’s encounter with Ricardo Alarcon is available subtitled in English here. Yoani Sánchez: It’s a pleasure to be with you … Continue reading “Operation Truth – Video / Eliecer Avila and Yoani Sanchez”
26 February 2013
The title of this post is a phrase by Eliecer Ávila, who, while still a student at the University of Computer Sciences (UCI) in 2008, ridiculed the President of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo Alarcón, perhaps unintentionally. On that occasion, the young man unambiguously publicly questioned the emigration policy imposed on Cubans by their government. The … Continue reading ““The Internet Has its own Soul.” Eliecer Avila in a revealing interview / Miriam Celaya”
