English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Havana, 1 January 2022 — The return of Detective Mario Conde, the adventures of Federico García Lorca in Havana and a fast-paced essay on the concentration camps on the Island marked the route of the Cuban book in 2022. 14ymedio proposes an account of the best titles from authors residing inside and outside the … Continue reading “2022, a Fertile Year Outside the Island for Books Linked to Cuba”
14ymedio, Madrid, 13 December 2022 — Cuban physician Antonio Guedes, founder of the Liberal Union, told 14ymedio on Tuesday that the controversy generated by the presentation in Miami of the book Cuban Privilege (Cambridge University Press, 2022), by the American sociologist Susan Eckstein, was a natural response of the community of Cuban residents in the … Continue reading “There is an ‘Abuse of the Adjustment Act by Those Who Return to Cuba After a Year’”
14ymedio, Havana, 10 December, 2022 — The controversial book Cuban Privilege (Cambridge University Press, 2022) – about US immigration policies towards Cuba – by American academic Susan Eckstein, was presented this Friday at Florida International University (FIU). The event included comments from the author and journalist Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat and the moderation of Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban … Continue reading “Tension in the Debate on the Book ‘Cuban Privilege’, But No Blood Was Spilled”
14ymedio, Havana, 8 December 2022 — A heated controversy in the Cuban-American community of Miami surrounds the book Cuban Privilege (Cambridge University Press, 2022), by American academic Susan Eckstein, which will be presented this Friday at Florida International University (FIU). [Open link to see video of event, which was held in English.] Although the book is a history of the immigration … Continue reading “‘The Ideal Would be to Give All Migrants the Same Thing Cubans Have Enjoyed’”
14ymedio, Luis Zúñiga, Miami, 22 November 2021 — The Cuban regime faces a very delicate and dangerous situation to maintain itself in power. On the one hand, the July 11 protests, in more than 40 cities and towns, showed the disgust of the population, which is living under the longest dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere, as … Continue reading “The Paris Club Must Stop Financing the Repression in Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, November 9, 2021 — Facing harassment by State Security and the local government, Archipiélago in Santa Clara announced this Tuesday “replacing the initial proposal” of a march on November 15th (15N). The new strategy proposed taking to the streets in “a decentralized manner from any point in the city.” The convening will still take place … Continue reading “In Santa Clara, Cuba, Archipielago Proposes Taking to the Streets in a Decentralized Manner on 15 November”
The previous article of this series started a debate in which, ironically, I was not able to participate in. The reasons of the government – that Cuba is under attack, and the application of the United States embargo- bestow them the right to deny me internet access, or of selling it to me at an … Continue reading “Non-Violence in Cuba: A Particular Case? (Pt. II) / Luis Felipe Rojas”
