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Political Police Attack Activists in Cuba, Including Active Members of #Somos+ / Somos+

Somos+, 4 May 2021 — The repressive organs of the Cuban dictatorship yesterday attacked peaceful dissidents in Camagüey, including members of Somos+. Adrián Quesada, an activist and member of our movement, was violently arrested, along with fellow dissident Yosvani Sepúlveda. We believe that what happened is the result of the growing rise of dissident activism on … Continue reading “Political Police Attack Activists in Cuba, Including Active Members of #Somos+ / Somos+”

Somos+ Calls a Protest Against the Complicity of #PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) with the Havana Regime / Somos+

Press release: SOMOS+ Movement, 8 June 2021 A wave of indignation is sweeping through Cuban communities around the world today. Thanks to the cooperation of Prisoners Defenders and the BBC, we have learned of the complicity in Brussels of several Euro-MPs with the dictatorship that enslaves our people. The leaked messages reveal that representatives of … Continue reading “Somos+ Calls a Protest Against the Complicity of #PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) with the Havana Regime / Somos+”

Cuban Politics During the Last Six Decades / Somos+, Hector Fernandez

Somos+, Héctor Fernández, 23 May 2020 — For more than five decades, the Castro brothers – good thieves that they are – did all kinds of illicit business, such as trafficking in arms, gold, marble, drugs, anything that could be beneficial to the Government. Africa, America, and Europe were their primary settings. They seized such … Continue reading “Cuban Politics During the Last Six Decades / Somos+, Hector Fernandez”

A Prime Minister with Doubtful Results as a Minister / Somos+

SOMOS+, Germán M. González, 6 February 2020 — Reviewing the results of the tourism sector in the current year, we have the following outcome: The arrival of visitors decreases, the official explanation is the restrictions the Trump Administration has put on Americans’ travel to Cuba, including stopping the cruise ships, but the truth is that destinations … Continue reading “A Prime Minister with Doubtful Results as a Minister / Somos+”

Arbitrary Detention in Cuba of Somos+ Coordinator for Uruguay, Lidier Hernadez Sotolongo / Somos+

SOMOS+, 16 February 2020 — Lidier Hernández Sotolongo, coordinator of Somos+ (We Are More) in Uruguay and a human rights activist, was arrested today in Cuba when he was going to fly back to Uruguay (Lidier’s current country of residence). Lidier has already been released and is at his relatives’ house; however, he was served … Continue reading “Arbitrary Detention in Cuba of Somos+ Coordinator for Uruguay, Lidier Hernadez Sotolongo / Somos+”

"Now You Will See What Legality Really Is" / Somos+

Part I SOMOS+,  Adalberto R. Mes Duarte, LLB, 7 November 2018 Now you will see what legality really is … And these were the exact words of the Head of the Municipal Unit of the National Revolutionary Police in the City of Cienfuegos, Captain (I don’t even know his name), when he showed up in … Continue reading “"Now You Will See What Legality Really Is" / Somos+”

Removing Life Support from a Comatose Patient / Somos+, German M. Gonzalez

Somos+, Germán M. González, 26 April 2019 — When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, the Cuban government and Communist Party assumed a disinterested attitude. At first, official propaganda outlets gave the event little attention and toned down their routine attacks on American leaders. That attitude persisted until some time after the presidential inauguration, when … Continue reading “Removing Life Support from a Comatose Patient / Somos+, German M. Gonzalez”

May 1, Exaggerations and Contradictions / Somos+, German Gonzalez

Somos+, Germán M. González, 2 May 2019 — In its broadcast on May 1, 2019, NTV reported that six million Cubans attended the parade celebrating International Workers’ Day. This is impossible given it would amount to more than fifty percent of the island’s population, or a much higher proportion if you discount the sick, disabled, … Continue reading “May 1, Exaggerations and Contradictions / Somos+, German Gonzalez”

Do We Want to Be Like Che? / Somos+

Somos+, Susana Acosta Diaz, 12 March 2019  —  To be born and grow up in a country that is dreaming, a country that is asleep and seems not to want to wake up. A dream country that lives in a constant nightmare. An island that looks out to sea, to the infinite, because it does … Continue reading “Do We Want to Be Like Che? / Somos+”

A Better Cuba / Somos+

Somos+, Ry, 15 February 2019 — Cuba needs a rebirth that unites all workers, creativity, initiative, respect, and love to transform the things for which the Cuban people suffer. Sociologists, street sweepers, artists, economists, carpenters, religious leaders, doctors, humans; together Cubans, all who are found sensible, connected with this island, wherever you are. Let’s unite … Continue reading “A Better Cuba / Somos+”

Reprogramming for Change / Somos+

Somos+, from a special friend and collaborator from Germany. A friend was telling me recently (commenting on the recent events in Venezuela and the consequences that this change could bring for Cuba) that “the Cuban people don’t have the necessary courage to rise up against the dictatorship.” These two countries, although they have gone through … Continue reading “Reprogramming for Change / Somos+”

When A People Unites, No Dictatorship Can Prevail / Somos+

Somos+, Richard Shirrman, 27 January 2019 — This January 26 we watched as thousands of Cuban citizens and lovers of liberty and democracy came together with one voice demanding our rights, it was more than one march or protest against that dictatorship that robs us all alike of our liberty, that subjugates, and that represses … Continue reading “When A People Unites, No Dictatorship Can Prevail / Somos+”

The March of the Prohibited: #I Vote No / Somos+

The March of the Prohibited Somos+, 17 January 2019: This coming February 26th will be transcendental for all Cubans abroad, who will answer the call to responding NO to the unacceptable proposal of the constitutional reform that the Cuban government has launched. Cubans from all over the world will demonstrate against this constitutional project that enslaves … Continue reading “The March of the Prohibited: #I Vote No / Somos+”

Believing is Easier than Thinking / Somos+

Somos+, Jorge Pantoja, 3 December 2018 — Upon hearing and studying the history of Cuba, as told by the victors of the so-called Cuban Revolution, there are many points of total incoherence that we, without being experts, can ask ourselves. Did it really happen like that? Wherever there exist doubt, there is a very high … Continue reading “Believing is Easier than Thinking / Somos+”

I Am Voting No / Somos+, German Gonzalez Rodriguez

Somos+, Germán González Rodríguez, 5 January 2019 — Compatriots: If you do not want your family or partner to have to migrate for personal and professional fulfillment. If you do not want to have to leave your country and your family to fulfill yourself personally and professionally. If you are a worker and want a … Continue reading “I Am Voting No / Somos+, German Gonzalez Rodriguez”