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Yailen Insua Alarcon, Former Director of Cuban Television, Asks for Political Asylum in Columbia

14ymedio, Madrid, 10 February 2022 — Yailén Insúa Alarcón, former director of the Cuban Television Information System and of the magazine Buenos Días, has been stranded at the Bogotá airport since Saturday, February 5, and has asked the Colombian government for asylum because, she alleges, “if she returns to Cuba, her life is in danger.” … Continue reading “Yailen Insua Alarcon, Former Director of Cuban Television, Asks for Political Asylum in Columbia”

For Cuban Newswoman Yailen Insua, Crossing the Darien Jungle was Less Dangerous than the Mexican Mafia

14ymedio, Havana, 23 December 2022 — Yailén Insúa Alarcón, former director of the Cuban Television Information System and the morning program Buenos Días, arrived in the United States on December 19 after a complicated journey through the Darién jungle, and after being scammed and detained in Mexico. “I arrived in the land of liberty on … Continue reading “For Cuban Newswoman Yailen Insua, Crossing the Darien Jungle was Less Dangerous than the Mexican Mafia”

Cuba: A Radio Rebelde Announcer Denounces ‘The Monster They Have Turned My Country Into’

14ymedio, Havana, 28 April 2022 — The ’Informative System’ announcer Amanda Toirac joins the ranks of official journalists who are leaving Cuba. The young woman published on social networks that she left the Island after discovering that she felt “complicit and dishonest.” The young Radio Rebelde announcer pointed out that she was told to “repress” … Continue reading “Cuba: A Radio Rebelde Announcer Denounces ‘The Monster They Have Turned My Country Into’”

With the Arrival in the US of a Radio Rebelde Announcer, the Stampede of Cuban Regime Spokespeople Continues

14ymedio, Madrid, 15 March 2022 — Alejandro Quintana Morales, a presenter on Radio Rebelde and also on Cuban television, arrived in the United States on Monday, “a country where I can finally feel free,” he said on his Facebook profile. The young man published a photograph surrounded by family and friends living in Florida who received … Continue reading “With the Arrival in the US of a Radio Rebelde Announcer, the Stampede of Cuban Regime Spokespeople Continues”

Cuban Journalist Held at the Bogota Airport is Given a Safe Conduct

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 16 February 2022 — The same day that the activist Anamely Ramos was prevented from boarding a plane to Cuba, the journalist Yailén Insúa Alarcón celebrated that a judge ruled in her favor not to be returned from Bogotá to Havana. Both women are part of a migratory drama, the arbitrariness of … Continue reading “Cuban Journalist Held at the Bogota Airport is Given a Safe Conduct”

‘My Greatest Fear is Setting Foot in the Havana Airport’

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, 15 February 2022 — Cuban journalist Yailén Insúa Alarcón, 42, and her husband, Boris Luis Ramos Salgado, 48, have been sleeping on the floor of Bogotá’s El Dorado airport for ten days. “The most stressful moments are when there are flights to Cuba and we fear that they will deport us on one of … Continue reading “‘My Greatest Fear is Setting Foot in the Havana Airport’”