English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 6 November 2015 — On Thursday a roof in Havana’s Cerro district was a suitable space for a group of young people to have a meeting with the graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado, El Sexto (The Sixth). Perhaps because neither the artist nor the members of the Somos+ Movement (We Are More) are … Continue reading “El Sexto With Somos+ / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar”
14ymedio, Lilianne Ruiz, Havana, 6 November 2015 – He arrived in Berlin without a single euro in his pocket and with a pound of beans in his suitcase. Ariel Urquiola remembers his arrival in Germany to do post-doctoral work at Humboldt University’s Leibniz Institute. His departure from Cuba, like that of so many young specialists, … Continue reading “For Cuban Scientists Paradise Is Abroad / 14ymedio, Lilianne Ruiz”
The author, a militant follower of Hugo Chavez, rebukes Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and Speaker of the National Assembly Diosdado Caballo, and the mafiosos who are destroying Venezuela. 14ymedio, Nelson Jesus Lanz Fuentes, 5 November 2015 – I have borrowed a title from a poem by Victor Valera Mora that appeared in one of his … Continue reading “Today I Woke Up To Bullets / 14ymedio, Nelson Jesus Lanz Fuentes”
14ymedio, Generation Y, Yoani Sanchez, 5 November 2015 – Calling for austerity while living in opulence has been common practice for Cuban leaders for more than half a century. Demands to “tighten one’s belt” are brandished about by officials with fat necks and ruddy faces, who for decades haven’t known what a refrigerator with more frost … Continue reading “The Lilliput Rebellion / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez”
14ymedio, Havana, 5 November 2015 — The writer Angel Santiesteban was released Thursday after appearing before the Provincial Court of Havana. The journalist had been arrested yesterday afternoon, accused by his ex-wife of the supposed crime of “violation of domicile,” the same charge he was convicted of 2012. “We were going to revoke your probation, but … Continue reading “Writer Angel Santiesteban is Released / 14ymedio”
14ymedio, Havana, 4 November 2015 — The writer Angel Santiesteban was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Havana. A police car drove the activist from Antonio Gonzalez Rodiles’s house, where he was, to a police station, according to Santiesteban himself who spoke to this newspaper at the time of his arrest. After the arrest, the blogger Lia … Continue reading “Writer Angel Santiesteban Arrested Again / 14ymedio”
We still don’t know why he had been detained for 24 hours. He will explain shortly and we’ll offer more details. Ángel’s Editor Translated by: Rafael 5 November 2015
14ymedio, Mexico, 3 November 2015 — Cuba is the third healthiest country in Latin America and the fourth in the entire continent, according to the list compiled by Bloomberg based on data from the United Nations, the World Bank and the World Health Organization. The ranking, published on the website of the World Economic Forum , is made … Continue reading “Cuba, The Fourth Healthiest Country In The Americas / 14ymedio”
14ymedio, Havana, 3 November 2015 – He just won the top prize in the Havana Newsprint journalism contest, but Roberto de Jesus Quinones feels that reporting is only one part of his civic responsibility. A lawyer by profession, this man from Guantanamo had to enter the world of reporting, press releases and the difficult search for … Continue reading ““It is a good time for Cuban independent journalism” / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar”
14ymedio, Santiago de Cuba, 3 November 2015 — The city of Santiago de Cuba is experiencing an epidemiological nightmare right now with spread across the area of dengue fever and cholera. The problem has been exacerbated by deficiencies in water supply due to the severe drought affecting the country. The application of chlorine at building entrances and … Continue reading “Epidemiological Nightmare In Santiago De Cuba / 14ymedio”
14ymedio, Orlando Palma, Camaguey, 2 November 2015 — The peaceful city of Camagüey experienced a shock among its intellectuals this weekend. The well-known film critic Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero denounced the “intellectual conservatism” that led to the suspension of a cyber-gathering programmed for this Thursday in Café Ciudad. In his blog, Cine cubano, la pupila insomne … Continue reading “The Cancellation of A Cyber-Gathering In Camagüey Sparks Outrage / 14ymedio, Orlando Palma”
14ymedio, Havana, 2 November 2015 — Arbitrary political arrests continue to trend upward in Cuba, according to Monday’s denouncement from the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN). In its report for the month of October, the independent entity reports “at least 1,093 arrests of this nature,” the vast majority “performed or supervised by … Continue reading “A Growing Number Of Political Arrests In Cuba, According To CCDHRN / 14ymedio”
14ymedio, Jorge Luis Guillen Garcia, Bahia Honda (Artemisa), 2 November 2015 — In Bahia Honda the coffee tastes much more bitter lately. The farmers of the Castro Brothers Credits and Services Cooperative of this Artemisa town are losing 2,840 pesos for each quintal (220 pounds) of green coffee, due to a lack of transport to take … Continue reading “Cuba’s Bahia Honda Coffee Farmers Denounce Lack Of Equipment / 14ymedio, Jorge Luis Guillen Garcia”
14ymedio, Havana, 1 November 2015 – This Sunday was marked throughout the country by dozens of arrests, particularly against members of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) and the Ladies in White. The arrests began in the early hours in the Oriente (in eastern Cuba), where 91 activists were intercepted trying to reach the sanctuary of … Continue reading “More Than 100 arrested in Havana and Oriente / 14ymedio”
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 27 October 2015 — Every Cuban has a minister in charge of his or her affairs, but the Ministry of the Interior is responsible for everyone. This is the reason why, when someone says “The Ministry” everyone understands that they are speaking about MININT, the Ministry of the Interior, that macro entity … Continue reading “The Weighty Legacy of ‘Furry’ / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar”