Cuban Journalist Henry Constantin Released After Seven Days Arbitrarily Imprisoned

The director of ‘La Hora de Cuba’ has been locked up in the detention center known as El Vivac 14ymedio, Madrid, 26 December 2024 — Henry Constantín, director of La Hora de Cuba and national vice president of the Press Freedom and Information Commission of the Inter-American Press Society (IAPA), was released this Thursday, just … Continue reading “Cuban Journalist Henry Constantin Released After Seven Days Arbitrarily Imprisoned”

Cuban State Security Detains Journalist Henry Constantin for Four Days

A collaborator of ’La Hora de Cuba’ is prevented from delivering toiletries to the detainee 14ymedio, Havana, 23 December 2024 — Henry Constantín, director of La Hora de Cuba and regional vice president for Cuba of the Inter-American Press Society (IPA), has been in detention for 96 hours in El Vivac de La Habana. This … Continue reading “Cuban State Security Detains Journalist Henry Constantin for Four Days”

Inter-American Press Association Demands the Immediate Release of Cuban Journalist Henry Constantin

EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami,18 September 2023 — The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) demanded on Monday the immediate release of Cuban journalist Henry Constantín, victim of arbitrary detention by the Island’s authorities since last Friday. The director of the independent magazine La Hora de Cuba, from Camagüey, was arrested that day by State Security agents in … Continue reading “Inter-American Press Association Demands the Immediate Release of Cuban Journalist Henry Constantin”

Henry Constantin and Juan Lorenzo Holmann, Awarded Grand Prize for Press Freedom

EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami, 22October 2021 — On Thursday, the journalists Henry Constantín, from La Hora de Cuba, and Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, from La Prensa (Nicaragua), were officially awarded this Thursday with the Grand Prize for Press Freedom granted by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA). The award had been announced earlier this month. The awards to both, vice-presidents of the … Continue reading “Henry Constantin and Juan Lorenzo Holmann, Awarded Grand Prize for Press Freedom”

IAPA Press Freedom Award goes to Henry Constantin, Director of ‘La Hora de Cuba’

14ymedio, Havana, 1 October 2021 — Independent journalist Henry Constantín Ferreiro, editor of the magazine La Hora de Cuba, has won the 2021 Press Freedom Award, granted by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). Along with the Cuban, the Nicaraguan Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, manager of the newspaper La Prensa, persecuted by Daniel Ortega’s regime, … Continue reading “IAPA Press Freedom Award goes to Henry Constantin, Director of ‘La Hora de Cuba’”

Cuban Authorities Forbid Journalist Henry Constantin to Travel Outside Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 19 June 2019 — The authorities again prevented the independent journalist Henry Constantín from leaving the country, as he prepared to attend the next General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Colombia. The director of La Hora de Cuba will not be able to participate in the event because he is “regulated” — Cuban … Continue reading “Cuban Authorities Forbid Journalist Henry Constantin to Travel Outside Cuba”

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 stop “publishing on social networks and in independent magazines.” An official, … Continue reading “Camaguey Police Prohibit Sol Garcia and Henry Constantin From Exercising Journalism”

Police Accuse Journalist Henry Constantin Of “Usurpation Of Legal Capacity”

14ymedio, Havana, 17 March 2017 – Journalist Henry Constantin, director of La Hora de Cuba (Cuba Hour) magazine and regional vice president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), was formally charged Friday with the crime of “usurpation of legal capacity,” he told 14ymedio. Constantin received a subpoena for the third Police Station in the city of Camagüey … Continue reading “Police Accuse Journalist Henry Constantin Of “Usurpation Of Legal Capacity””

Inter-American Press Association Names Henry Constantin Vice President for Cuba

14ymedio, 30 December 2016 — The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) has named independent journalist Henry Constantín Ferreiro as regional vice president for Cuba. Director of the magazine La Hora de Cuba and a resident of the city of Camagüey, the reporter told 14ymedio that he intends to defend and spread “the reality of journalism” on the island from his … Continue reading “Inter-American Press Association Names Henry Constantin Vice President for Cuba”

Police Confiscate Activist Henry Constantín’s Phone And Computer / 14ymedio

On Sunday night, the activist Henry Constantín was detained at Customs at the Ignacio Agramonte International Airport of Camaguey, on his arrival from Miami. The dissident was taken to a police station where they confiscated his cellphone and laptop, according to what he told 14ymedio. The independent journalist was released around ten at night and … Continue reading “Police Confiscate Activist Henry Constantín’s Phone And Computer / 14ymedio”

When Will the Government of Cuba Have Normal Relations With the Cuban People? / 14ymedio, Henry Constantin

14ymedio, Henry Constantin, New York, 31 May 2016 — This video is mute. Like Josefina Vidal, an official from Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX), and José Ramón Cabañas, Cuba’s ambassador to the United States, when I asked them questions that they did not expect, after their lecture on “normalization” at the Latin American Studies Association … Continue reading “When Will the Government of Cuba Have Normal Relations With the Cuban People? / 14ymedio, Henry Constantin”

“Venezuela Is Worse Than Cuba” / 14ymedio, Henry Constantin

14ymedio, Henry Constantin, Washington, 2 May 2016 — “There is nothing: No power, no water, no supplies in hospitals, there is no aspirin, no food, no security,” said Venezuelan Deputy Angel Medina in a debate on Venezuela organized last week by the Inter-American Dialogue Center of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. “Venezuela is worse than … Continue reading ““Venezuela Is Worse Than Cuba” / 14ymedio, Henry Constantin”

Henry Constantin Arrested at the Airport on His Return From Lima / 14ymedio, Luz Escobar

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 26 November 2015 — Journalist and activist Henry Constantin, director of the magazine La hora de Cuba (Cuba’s Hour), a member of the editorial board of the magazine Convivencia (Coexistence) and collaborator with 14ymedio, was arrested at three in the afternoon on Thursday at customs in the José Martí Airport, as he himself reported via … Continue reading “Henry Constantin Arrested at the Airport on His Return From Lima / 14ymedio, Luz Escobar”

Camagüey’s San Juan Festival, Somewhere Between Fun and Indecency / 14ymedio, Henry Constantin

14ymedio, Henry Constantín,Camagüey, 28 June 2015 — Saint John the Baptist, or San Juan in Spanish, was a man who used river water to baptize those who wanted to purify themselves, yet he ended up decapitated for criticizing Galilee’s corrupt rulers. Ironically, now almost two thousand years later, San Juan’s feast day is celebrated in … Continue reading “Camagüey’s San Juan Festival, Somewhere Between Fun and Indecency / 14ymedio, Henry Constantin”

Yes to Regulation, No to Control / 14ymedio, Henry Constantin

14ymedio, Henry Constantin, Camagüey, 21 January 2015 — I interviewed Fernando Pérez in a small room of that little movie theater is still left in Camagüey one day after the premiere of his latest production, La pared de las palabras (Wall of Words), a stellar film about which I didn’t ask a single question. I … Continue reading “Yes to Regulation, No to Control / 14ymedio, Henry Constantin”