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The Home of Havana Journalist Julio Aleaga Was Broken Into and a Laptop Stolen

14ymedio, Havana, 27 March 2024 — A short video shows the moment when a man entered, last Monday, the building where independent journalist Julio Aleaga Pesant resides on 1st Street, between C and D, in El Vedado, Havana. About 40 minutes later, the same security camera, from a private cafeteria located on the ground floor … Continue reading “The Home of Havana Journalist Julio Aleaga Was Broken Into and a Laptop Stolen”

Citizen Diplomacy / Julio Antonio Aleaga Pesant

Cuba Today, El Vedado, Havana, (PD): Bit by bit some of the early activists who were able to cross the sea are returning; they were guests or sponsored by organizations or individuals the “outside world.” I say some, because you must remember that under their inalienable right, there are friends who took the opportunity to … Continue reading “Citizen Diplomacy / Julio Antonio Aleaga Pesant”

Lessons from Argentina and Venezuela for Building Democracy in Cuba

14ymedio, Julio Aleaga Pesant, Manzanillo, 29 October 2023 — Last Sunday, October 22, was a noteworthy page in Latin American politics from which the Cuban democratic opposition can learn. Firstly, the fact that Javier Milei was not elected in the first round of Argentine presidential elections, and secondly that María Corina Machado (MCM) was elected in … Continue reading “Lessons from Argentina and Venezuela for Building Democracy in Cuba”

Professor Alina Barbara Lopez Has Been ‘Regulated’ and Will Not Be Able To Leave Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, June 2, 2023 — The Cuban historian Alina Bárbara López Hernández, who has been demonstrating peacefully since April on the 18th of each month in the Freedom Park of the city of Matanzas, is regulated; that is, prohibited from leaving the Island. In a post published this Friday, the professor explained that she … Continue reading “Professor Alina Barbara Lopez Has Been ‘Regulated’ and Will Not Be Able To Leave Cuba”

Press Association Denounces ‘Repression’ Against the Media, Journalists and ‘Influencers’ in Cuba

EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami, April 25, 2023. (EFE) — The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) denounced on Tuesday an unprecedented “crisis” in Cuba’s unofficial media and the “repression” of the authorities against journalists and influencers. In its new biannual report, the IAPA says that “the crisis of independent journalism is approaching a bottom never seen in … Continue reading “Press Association Denounces ‘Repression’ Against the Media, Journalists and ‘Influencers’ in Cuba”

Citizen Insecurity Is Growing, According to the Cuban Conflict Observatory

14ymedio, Havana, 5 April 2023 — The Cuban Conflict Observatory (OCC) recorded 372 demonstrations against the regime during the month of March. In its most recent report, the Miami-based organization also documented numerous cases of repression against activists and human rights defenders. In its report, the Observatory highlighted the reappearance of graffiti with slogans offensive … Continue reading “Citizen Insecurity Is Growing, According to the Cuban Conflict Observatory”

Cuban Telecommunications Company Attributes the Cuts in Communications to ‘The Failure of a Card’

14ymedio, Havana, 22 February 2023 — Several independent activists and journalists in Cuba suffered a cut in communications this Wednesday. Both 14ymedio’s director, Yoani Sánchez, and its chief editor, Reinaldo Escobar, cannot use their telephone lines. Miriam Celaya and Boris González report the same. In a phone call, the state telecommunications monopoly Etecsa responded to … Continue reading “Cuban Telecommunications Company Attributes the Cuts in Communications to ‘The Failure of a Card’”

Life Returns to Havana’s Malecon

14ymedio, Havana, 29 September 2021 — Less than a week after restaurants in Havana were allowed to reopen, the municipal government announced on Wednesday that it was relaxing other pandemic-related measures that have been in place for months, such as restrictions on gatherings along the Malecon. Use of “the long bench,” as many locals refer … Continue reading “Life Returns to Havana’s Malecon”

Cuban Biology Students Object to Mandatory Attendance of ‘Revolutionary Reaffirmation’ Act

14ymedio, Havana, 17 July 2021 — With an attendance below previous times, at 6 am this Saturday, an act of “revolutionary reaffirmation” took place on the Malecon, in Havana, in which the ruler Miguel Diaz-Canel intervened. On the eve of this demonstration, a group of students from University of Havana’s School of Biology had criticized the decision to … Continue reading “Cuban Biology Students Object to Mandatory Attendance of ‘Revolutionary Reaffirmation’ Act”

Large Police Deployment on Havana’s Malecon and Against the Independent Press

14ymedio, Havana, 20 May 2021 — On May 20th the Cuban regime is celebrating the 119th anniversary of the Republic, with a strong police operation that keeps several independent activists and journalists under siege. The 14ymedio newsroom in Havana is without internet and one of our reporters, Luz Escobar, once again has a State Security agent at … Continue reading “Large Police Deployment on Havana’s Malecon and Against the Independent Press”

The Magazine ‘Vocabulo’ Reappears After a Six Year Pause

14ymedio, Havana, 2 March 2021 — The magazine Vocablo of the Association for Freedom of the Press (APLP), which stopped printing in 2015, has been published again, this time in PDF format and with a selection of the best of the Cuban free press. To prepare this first issue of the second stage, its current coordinator, Julio Aleaga Pesant, summoned … Continue reading “The Magazine ‘Vocabulo’ Reappears After a Six Year Pause”

"The Bus Left, What a Pain"

14ymedio, Julio Aleaga Pesant, Havana, 8 May 2020 — The patients and their companions were surprised. A beautiful caravan of 16 new blue buses, from the company Ómnibus Nacionales, passed festively at full speed in front of them, led by two police motorcycles that facilitated their passage. The public admired the semi-empty buses, amid the … Continue reading “"The Bus Left, What a Pain"”

2.5 Million Cuban Voters Distance Themselves From the Constitution

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, February 26, 2019 — The preliminary results from the referendum on the new Constitution confirm what was expected: that the new Constitution was going to be approved by the majority and that the process was going to make clear the increase in citizen dissent by putting a number to that group … Continue reading “2.5 Million Cuban Voters Distance Themselves From the Constitution”

In Cuba, Markets Attract More People Than Polling Places Do

14ymedio, Havana, 24 February 2019 — An unusual bus procession travels around centrally located G Street in Havana starting in the morning this Sunday. Pedestrians passing through the street, also known as Avenue of the Presidents, cannot help associating the volume of buses with the electoral process that this Sunday convenes more than 8 million Cubans … Continue reading “In Cuba, Markets Attract More People Than Polling Places Do”

I’M VOTING NO, a Campaign Attempting to Make History in Cuba / Ivan Garcia

Iván García, 14 January 2019 — “That cold morning of February 15, 1976,” recalls Sergio, a retired worker, “I was one of the first to vote in the referendum that was held to ratify the drafts of the Constitution and the Law of Constitutional Passage. I believed blindly in Fidel Castro and neither I nor … Continue reading “I’M VOTING NO, a Campaign Attempting to Make History in Cuba / Ivan Garcia”