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, 1 May 2022 — This Saturday, Cuban diplomat Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada passed away in Havana at the age of 84. Submerged in official oblivion, after retiring from public life, his health had deteriorated in recent months, family sources confirmed to 14ymedio. Born in Havana in 1937, Alarcón entered the University of Havana in 1954 … Continue reading “Ricardo Alarcon Dies, the Cuban Diplomat Who Was Sidelined in His Last Years”
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”
Video is 49 minutes long. Note: If the video doesn’t work please put this link in your browser and it will appear: Click here, or Insert this line into the menu bar and choose SUBTITLES in the bar under the video: http://amara.org/en/videos/2sn3NOO3uzTj/info/alarcon-y-estudiantes-de-la-uci-video-completo/ Notes: This video came to light in February 2008. It was filmed at … Continue reading “Eliécer Ávila and Ricardo Alarcón Face Off / Eliécer Ávila”
To Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada. President of the National Assembly of People’s Power You recently echoed a report by the CIA – sacrilege! – to assert that Cubans perceive a per capita annual income equivalent to $ 9,900.00 USD, which would place us just behind Brazil, the world’s sixth largest economy. This joke from “the … Continue reading “Ricardo Alarcon and Creole Humor / Jeovany Jimenez Vega”
In Cuba, a State defined by pimping and patronage, the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP) which cannot be anything other than a sort of private club where the criminal jet set meets, serves as the highest legislative body. Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada is the human detritus with great histrionic ability who presides over this … Continue reading “Ricardo Alarcon: The Ascent of Shamelessness / Juan Juan Almeida #Cuba”
How much truth can a man take? Friedrich Nietzsche Somos+, Roberto Camba, 12 September 2016 — They say it began with the fight to return the young rescued rafter Elian Gonzalez from the United States to Cuba. Really it was much earlier, since the strategy never changes: silence and ignore the adversary, incessantly repeat lies until … Continue reading “Fidel Castro’s Battle of Ideas… Political Pantomime / Somos+, Roberto Camba”
Those of us who lived through the repressive crackdown that took place in Cuba in 2012 during the visit of Benedict XVI have never received a response from the Vatican, although it was informed of the facts. Jose Conrado—the priest who is a maverick within the Catholic Church in Cuba, like a modern-day Father Bartolome … Continue reading “Quo Vadis* Francis? / Mario Lleonart”
Listen to the podcast: HERE. Somos+, Niurvys Roca, 11 September 2015 — I was traveling from New Jersey to Florida with butterflies fluttering in my stomach. It felt like a first date. At the time I was thinking about how great it was going to be to meet Cubans who shared my passion and commitment to … Continue reading “An Excuse to Visit Florida / Somos+, Niurvys Roca”
14ymedio, Eliecer Avila, Havana, 28 June 2015 — Last Friday afternoon, my wife Rachell and I were going to the city of Jagüey Grande in Mantanzas Province. Several friends were waiting for us there to spend a weekend together talking and discussing future projects. We were going to see Alexey, a motorcycle mechanic and computer … Continue reading “Chronicle of a Visit Postponed to Jagüey Grande / 14ymedio, Eliecer Avila”
14ymedio, Regina Coyula, Havana, 16 March 2015 – I always heard Ricardo Alarcon repeat, during his time as President of the National Assembly of People’s Power, that the Cuban electoral system was the most democratic in the world. The truth is that the weighted advantages of this system not only have never been demonstrated, but … Continue reading “A Simple Proposal for Elections / 14ymedio, Regina Coyula”
Once, many years ago, the little palace at 13th and 4th in Vedado was the home of a family, a rich family who abandoned it also leaving behind other assets at the triumph of the Revolution in 1959 to go into what they thought was temporary exile and where nothing would even be the same … Continue reading “The Last Days of a House / Regina Coyula”
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”
24 February 2013
In March 2007 the Attorney General of the Republic replied just once to the first of three applications by two doctors who had been unjustly disqualified. It wasn’t just a technical report issued by a non-political and autonomous body against two citizens who considered their rights had been fundamentally violated, but this retrospective response was … Continue reading “The Turn of the Outraged / Jeovany Jimenez Vega #Cuba”
