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Unanimous Submission on Cuba’s New Family Code from a Neighborhood Meeting in Ciego de Avila

14ymedio, Havana, 9 March 2022 — No one had read the new Family Code this Monday when the debate was held in a neighborhood south of Morón, in Ciego de Ávila, in anticipation of a referendum on a date yet to be determined. At the very least, sincerity reigned in the atmosphere at the beginning of … Continue reading “Unanimous Submission on Cuba’s New Family Code from a Neighborhood Meeting in Ciego de Avila”

Cuban Government Plans Severe Penalties to Control Private Businesses / Juan Juan Almeida

Juan Juan Almeida, 21 February 2018 — The Cuban government is in the process of updating an old, punitive legal statute that would allow it to control the growth of the self-employment sector and independent commercial activity as well as to curb private initiative, which has in recent years been expanding in the country. Martí … Continue reading “Cuban Government Plans Severe Penalties to Control Private Businesses / Juan Juan Almeida”

Cuba: Access to WiFi or When Ingenuity is Penalized / Juan Juan Almeida

It is a paradox that on Friday, November 7, the 151st anniversary of the death of a singer of innocence and virtue, the Matanzas poet Jose Jacinto Milanes, at the People’s Court of Cardenas in the same province of Matanzas on the same day two Cuban citizens are awaiting sentencing — Rolando Cruz (age 46) … Continue reading “Cuba: Access to WiFi or When Ingenuity is Penalized / Juan Juan Almeida”

Red Flag: The New Penal Law Threatens Human Rights / Laritza Diversent

The reforms of the Penal Code and the Penal Procedure Act adopted by the State Council to “ensure greater effectiveness and efficiency in the prevention and the fight against crime” raises a red flag about the situation of human rights in Cuba. The amendments will come into force on October 1st. Their main objective is … Continue reading “Red Flag: The New Penal Law Threatens Human Rights / Laritza Diversent”

Concepts: Criminal Code / Cuban Law Association – Wilfredo Valln Almeida

Wilfredo Vallín Almeida As our readers know, educating the national population on legal issues is one of the projects of the Cuban Law Association. Given the importance of the issue, and the need for it, we intend to keep working in this direction from this space, to assist with this preparation so needed by everyone. … Continue reading “Concepts: Criminal Code / Cuban Law Association – Wilfredo Valln Almeida”

Increase in Penal Cases Filed in Courts of the Capital / Cuban Legal Advisor, Yaremis Floris / Laritza Diversent

By Yaremis Flores The increase in police reports and criminal trials held in the capital, were among the topics discussed a few weeks ago in a meeting among presidents of municipal courts in the former Audiencia de la Habana*, facing the Capitol. A judge who participated in the meeting and requested anonymity, said that the … Continue reading “Increase in Penal Cases Filed in Courts of the Capital / Cuban Legal Advisor, Yaremis Floris / Laritza Diversent”

Death Penalty and Respect for Life / Ernesto Morales Licea

The oldest of the three, Dylan McFarlane, is 18 and is the only one who didn’t fire that night. Eric Ronald Ellington, the first to be arrested and the author of the most amazing confession the police interrogators of Miami-Dade had ever heard in all their years in their posts, is 16, the same age … Continue reading “Death Penalty and Respect for Life / Ernesto Morales Licea”

Death Penalty for Internet in Cuba? / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado

A ghost runs around Cuba: the Internet ghost. A month after the arrival of fiber optics from Venezuela to create a much faster information and telecommunications highway — some media outlets are predicting speeds three thousand percent faster — the government seems to be looking for excuses to justify why, once again, it will continue … Continue reading “Death Penalty for Internet in Cuba? / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”

Death Penalty for Internet in Cuba?

A ghost runs around Cuba: the Internet ghost. A month after the arrival of fiber optics from Venezuela to create a much faster information and telecommunications highway — some media outlets are predicting speeds three thousand percent faster — the government seems to be looking for excuses to justify why, once again, it will continue … Continue reading “Death Penalty for Internet in Cuba?”

Platform for the abolition of the death penalty in Cuba now, tomorrow, and forever / IntraMuros

We invite you to participate in this platform because we have the profound conviction that life is something sacred and should be an indispensable value in the Republic we desire. We understand that respect for life as a supreme value is a moral principle that can be assumed by believers and non-believers. The Universal Declaration … Continue reading “Platform for the abolition of the death penalty in Cuba now, tomorrow, and forever / IntraMuros”

Initiative for the Abolition of the Death Penalty on the Island / IntraMuros

Press release (Miami-Madrid-Warsaw, 10 December)- A group of Cubans celebrates the International Human Rights Day by launching a campaign to abolish the death penalty on the Island. It is an initiative of the Christian Democrat Party of Cuba, based in Miami, which already has the support of the group Convivencia Cuba (Pinar del Río), of … Continue reading “Initiative for the Abolition of the Death Penalty on the Island / IntraMuros”

Havana and the Tourist Areas Are the Epicenter of Drug Use in Cuba

This is the case of schools that have become “areas of high incidence of drug use,” says a Public Health official 14ymedio, Havana, 11 April  2024 — Drug trafficking in Cuba is increasing and tourist enclaves and areas where foreigners pass through – in addition to Havana, due to its population density – are the places … Continue reading “Havana and the Tourist Areas Are the Epicenter of Drug Use in Cuba”

A Member of the Clandestinos Group Receives Conditional Release After More Than Four Years in Prison

“My time in prison was very hard and unpleasant, among other things due to lack of medication,” explains Jorge Ernesto Pérez García 14ymedio, 21 March 2024, Havana — This Friday, the Provincial Court of Havana granted conditional freedom to Jorge Ernesto Pérez García, a member of the Clandestinos group, arrested in January 2020 and sentenced to … Continue reading “A Member of the Clandestinos Group Receives Conditional Release After More Than Four Years in Prison”

Vicky Gil, Outraged by the Cuban TV Show Con Filo’s Defamations Against Her Brother

14ymedio, Havana, 17 March 2024 — María Victoria Gil Fernández, Alejandro Gil’s sister, continues to cry out to the heavens from Spain through her social networks. This Saturday, two days after reproaching the independent press for statements that she denied having given – “I beg the media to allow us to be in peace” – … Continue reading “Vicky Gil, Outraged by the Cuban TV Show Con Filo’s Defamations Against Her Brother”

Cuban TV Program ‘Con Filo’ Campaigns for the Execution of Ousted Economy Minister Alejandro Gil

14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, 14 March 2024 —  The most recent edition of the Cuban TV Con Filo* program has touched on “a slaughter” against Cuba’s ousted Minister of Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil Fernandez. The most unpopular program on Cuban television began by quoting Che: “this counterrevolutionary must be persecuted and annihilated.” They then established … Continue reading “Cuban TV Program ‘Con Filo’ Campaigns for the Execution of Ousted Economy Minister Alejandro Gil”