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Members of Cuba’s San Isidro Movement Arrested After Delivering Complaint of Police Mistreatment

14ymedio, Havana, 17 June 2020 — Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has been released after spending the entire day on Wednesday being held in the Villa Marista detention center. The artist had been arrested in the morning, when he went to file a complaint about the police mistreatment that he and rapper Maykel Castillo suffered last … Continue reading “Members of Cuba’s San Isidro Movement Arrested After Delivering Complaint of Police Mistreatment”

The Miami Political Asylum Hearing for Cuban Oscar Casanella Continues Without a Verdict

The defense will submit its briefs for the conclusion of the summary on July 11. 14ymedio, Miami, June 24, 2025 — Cuban scientist Oscar Casanella, a member of the San Isidro Movement (MSI), had his political asylum hearing in Miami on Tuesday, three years after arriving as an exile in the United States. After the … Continue reading “The Miami Political Asylum Hearing for Cuban Oscar Casanella Continues Without a Verdict”

Cintas Foundation Award for Cuban Artist Sandra Ceballos

14ymedio, Havana, 14 November 2022 — The Cintas Foundation has awarded their annual scholarship of 20,000 dollars to three Cubans: Sandra Ceballos, visual artist, Armando Lucas Correa, writer, and Rodrigo Castro, composer. The only one of these three to currently reside in Cuba is Ceballos, who, aged 61, is one of the most recognised of … Continue reading “Cintas Foundation Award for Cuban Artist Sandra Ceballos”

Damas Street in San Isidro Street, a Year After the Violent Eviction of Otero Alcantara

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 26 November 2021 — A padlock permanently closes the two wooden panels of the 955 Damas Street door in Old Havana, which in the past was almost always open. According to many in the neighborhood, at the home of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and headquarters of the San Isidro Movement (MSI), … Continue reading “Damas Street in San Isidro Street, a Year After the Violent Eviction of Otero Alcantara”

Saily Gonzalez Walks through Santa Clara Dressed in White with a Flower for Antonio Maceo

14ymedio, Havana, November 19, 2021 — Saily Gonzalez had already made the announcement on Monday, November 15, when an angry, violent mob prevented her from leaving her home. Her protests were limited to applauding at three in the afternoon and hanging her white sheets from a window. She was unable to do what she wanted … Continue reading “Saily Gonzalez Walks through Santa Clara Dressed in White with a Flower for Antonio Maceo”

Cuban Organizers of the Peaceful Marches on November 20th (20N) Expect 8,000 People in Holguin and Santa Clara

14ymedio, Havana, 23September 2021 —  This Thursday in Villa Clara, about twenty citizens joined the Archipelago collective in its call to peacefully demonstrate on 20N. In addition, the thirty signatories joined the initiative this Wednesday in Holguín. As playwright Yunior García did in Havana, citizens from Villa Clara and Holguín submitted a document notifying local … Continue reading “Cuban Organizers of the Peaceful Marches on November 20th (20N) Expect 8,000 People in Holguin and Santa Clara”

State Workers Called to Participate in ‘Operation San Isidro’

14ymedio, Havana, April 29, 2021 — Workers at state-owned restaurants and bars in Old Havana, most of whom are at home due to the pandemic and the drop-off in tourism, were summoned to join surveillance and “confrontation with the counterrevolution” operations in the San Isidro neighborhood. There, at 955 Damas Street on Thursday, the artist Luis … Continue reading “State Workers Called to Participate in ‘Operation San Isidro’”

Spontaneity in San Isidro, Imposition in Trillo Park

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Generation Y, Havana, 5 April 2021 — They are separated by four months and an abyss. Some arrived at Trillo Park in November summoned by the Cuban government; the others danced this April in the San Isidro neighborhood to the rhythm of songs forbidden in the national media. Some could not even name the streets that border the … Continue reading “Spontaneity in San Isidro, Imposition in Trillo Park”

The Perfect Storm: San Isidro and Currency Unification

14ymedio, Jorge Hernández Fonseca, Havana, 27 December 2020 — The abolition of the Cuba’s dual currency system is, as we all know, essential to the development of a healthy economy on island. It is a reform the Communist nomenklatura has said it will adopt but which it is reluctant to undertake for fear of losing the … Continue reading “The Perfect Storm: San Isidro and Currency Unification”

Tenth of October: The Cry of San Isidro

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 11 October 2020 —  On October 10, a group of young Cuban activists and artists who identify as the San Isidro Movement attempted a civic action that included a concert and the presentation of posters that alluded to the need for changes in Cuba. Starting the day before, the political police made … Continue reading “Tenth of October: The Cry of San Isidro”

Activist Aniette González Leaves Cuba in Search of Medical Care

She is also leaving the island out of fear of returning to prison: “I always run the risk of being locked up again, because I won’t be able to hold back every time something happens” 14ymedio, Havana, September 14, 2026 / Camagüey-born activist Aniette González García left Cuba last Saturday bound for Guyana, after spending … Continue reading “Activist Aniette González Leaves Cuba in Search of Medical Care”

Otero Alcántara Receives the 27,000 Letters That Did Not Reach Him While He Was Imprisoned in Cuba

“Despite not having the physical letters, in that moment of anguish, the energy and love of everyone reached me behind the bars.” EFE (via 14ymedio), Pablo Urbón, Miami / Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara received over 27,000 letters and messages of support on Tuesday in Miami, Florida, from Amnesty International (AI). These messages, sent … Continue reading “Otero Alcántara Receives the 27,000 Letters That Did Not Reach Him While He Was Imprisoned in Cuba”

“The Fight for Cuba’s Freedom Must Be Rethought in the Face of New Challenges”

From the U.S., the artist and activist looks back on the physical shock of freedom, the impact of his confinement in Guanajay, and his unshaken conviction to return to the island 14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Miami, July 24, 2026 / On July 11, 2021, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara went out into the streets of Havana with … Continue reading ““The Fight for Cuba’s Freedom Must Be Rethought in the Face of New Challenges””

Four Days After Granting It to Cuban Activist Otero Alcántara, the U.S. Approves Parole for Maykel Osorbo

The rapper received his first family visit at Guanajay prison after being transferred from Kilo 8. 14ymedio, Madrid, July 21, 2026 — The U.S. government has approved a special travel permit (parole) for Cuban rapper and political prisoner Maykel Castillo Pérez, known as Maykel Osorbo, according to information released Tuesday by the Observatory of Cultural … Continue reading “Four Days After Granting It to Cuban Activist Otero Alcántara, the U.S. Approves Parole for Maykel Osorbo”