Willy and the Magic Beanstalk / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

As a birthday present, Willy Toledo announces that he is going to live to Havana. At forty something and with his own First World “savage capitalism” bank account, it was now time for the actor to star in one of those “humanist processes that have improved the lives of people” and which are an “example … Continue reading “Willy and the Magic Beanstalk / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

Light and Liberty / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo from Sampsonia Way

The images of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero covered the façade of Cuba’s diplomatic mission at New York City Read OLPL in English in Sampsonia Way here. Rosa María Payá is visiting the United States from April 3 to 16. She lives in Havana and is the daughter of Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, the Cuban dissident … Continue reading “Light and Liberty / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo from Sampsonia Way”

FEBRUARY 23 #OZT / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

BUT THE DEAD, AYE, CONTINUED DYING The Februarys begin to accumulate, with the complicity of our indolent amnesia. Indecent. Till death do us bring together. Was it one or three years ago? Orlando Zapata Tamayo? Or were the last names reversed? From Santa Clara or Santiago de Cuba? Before or after the clinical case of … Continue reading “FEBRUARY 23 #OZT / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

IN THE DEATH OF THE HEART / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

LOOK AT ME DEATH, AND DO NOT CRY FOR YOUR LOVE [Short video of the tanks on the train] When Orlando Zapata Tamayo died in Havana, I went to the Playa del Este to die a little too me. En route 462 we saw a convoy of trucks loaded with tanks. Tanks of war to … Continue reading “IN THE DEATH OF THE HEART / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

Cuba: Another Orlando Zapata? / Iván García and Laritza Diversent

I’m afraid that General Raul Castro’s government has done it again. In the early morning of May 8th, the death of the opponent Juan Wilfredo Soto Garcia, 46, is the worst news that the Cuban mandarins could have received, as they focused on their timid economic reforms which are being realized at snail’s pace. There … Continue reading “Cuba: Another Orlando Zapata? / Iván García and Laritza Diversent”

DEATH, DEATH AND MORE DEATH / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

DEATH IN MAY Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo It begins happening more every day. First as an accident, then as business-as-usual. The despicable childishness of the police beating innocents (in the street and in prison) is also a sinister little game, eventually an assassination. As the pyramid of governability disintegrates in Cuba, as the budget for … Continue reading “DEATH, DEATH AND MORE DEATH / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

WEBDITORIAL / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

It’s beautiful to sit in front of the TV and contemplate the end of the Revolution. “Cuba’s Reasons,” they call it on Monday nights, this material clearly anonymous. My blog, which appeared for the first time on the small screen, is also called Monday. Post-Revolution Mondays. A slightly obsolete title. The Revolution is no longer … Continue reading “WEBDITORIAL / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

Orlando, Son of Cuba / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado

This February 23 commemorated the first anniversary of the passing of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a man who paid with fearlessness for his ticket to immortality. He was serving a penalty imposed by a court composed of jailers, judges and police, where all were mentally uniformed and carrying the same intellectual arms. This tenacious fighter did … Continue reading “Orlando, Son of Cuba / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”

Orlando, Son of Cuba

This February 23 commemorated the first anniversary of the passing of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a man who paid with fearlessness for his ticket to immortality. He was serving a penalty imposed by a court composed of jailers, judges and police, where all were mentally uniformed and carrying the same intellectual arms. This tenacious fighter did … Continue reading “Orlando, Son of Cuba”

The Day Orlando Zapata Died / Iván García

An event of such magnitude always leaves its mark. The death of Orlanado Zapata Tamayo, at the age of 42, is indelibly engraved on my memory. In the afternoon of 23 February 2010 I was at the home of the independent lawyer and journalist Laritza Diversent, reviewing some legal cases which might be of journalistic … Continue reading “The Day Orlando Zapata Died / Iván García”

Freelance Magazine VOICES 6 is just about ready… / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

Revista free-lance VOCES 6 ya a punto de caramelo…, originally uploaded by orlandoluispardolazo. Very soon. Hopefully next week. VOICES with its usual 60 pages and twenty authors, plus a minimum dossier on THE BODY AS RESISTANCE AND INSUBORDINATION, dedicated to the martyrdom of the political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo. February 19 2011

Zapata Forever / Pedro Arguelles Moran, Voices Behind the Bars

Link to recording of Pedro reading this text. For the members of the 2003 Black Spring Group of 75 who still remain as hostages of the Cuban totalitarian regime, this February 18 will mark 7 years and 11 months since their having been kidnapped by Castro’s political police. Five days later I will turn 63, … Continue reading “Zapata Forever / Pedro Arguelles Moran, Voices Behind the Bars”

New Yorkabana… / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

NEW YORKABANA…, originally uploaded by orlandoluispardolazo. Sunday, February 20 To the Big Apple Everybody! In memory of Orlando Zapata Tamayo On the 1st anniversary of his death Meeting Place @ Times Square, New York City 43rd St. @ 7th Ave. Suddenly sometimes on Sundays something happens… Translated by Dodi 2.0 February 16 2011

6oices v6ices vo6ces voic6s voice6 voices6 / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

6oces v6ces vo6es voc6s voce6 voces6, originally uploaded by orlandoluispardolazo. NEXT ON… www.vocescuba.com From Havanada, mon amour…. (Includes unpublished dossier on The Body as Resistance and Insubordination, as a tribute to the Cuban political prisoner, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, on the first anniversary of his Martyrdom.) Translated by: T February 14 2011

CALL TO MARCH: ZAPATA LIVES! / Antunez

February 7 2011 The National Orlando Zapata Tamayo Civic Resistance and Disobedience Front is calling on all activists and members of the Cuban resistance to participate in the “Zapata Lives!” march, which will take place throughout the nation on February 23rd, the one year anniversary of the assassination of political prisoner Orlando Zapata. Brothers, Sisters, … Continue reading “CALL TO MARCH: ZAPATA LIVES! / Antunez”