English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Right now Wednesday, the 28th of September is coming to my mind, when I spoke to her daughter to coordinate an interview with Laura. She was feeling badly already, her daughter told me that she’d taken a little lime and was laying down for a while in bed. Some days later, her state of health … Continue reading “Laura Pollán Risked her Neck to Demonstrate her Truths / Iván García”
Courtesy of Rafael Alcides for Bad Handwriting For you I could not ask, Laura Pollán, that you rest in peace like we do for the currently deceased, because you will never rest in peace. On the contrary. Pollen deposited by the wind on plazas and streets in its new form of life which for you … Continue reading “SECULAR PRAYER FOR LAURA POLLÁN / Regina Coyula”
On the rainy afternoon of October 14 Laura Ines Pollan Toledo went to dwell in her Father’s house, without the cause of her death stated. The independent journalist Lucas Garves was visiting my house when he received a call on his cell phone. It was the former prisoner of conscience Adolfo Fernández Saínz, from Radio … Continue reading “Proud to Serve Laura Pollan After Her Death / Ricardo Medina”
At the time of her death on October 14 in the intensive care ward of Calixto Garcia Hospital, three weeks had passed since Laura Pollan Toldeo had marched with the Ladies in White through the streets of Havana, the scene of her civic odyssey for the release of the political prisoners from the oppressive wave … Continue reading “The Final Odyssey of Laura Pollan / Miguel Iturria Savon”
From the Washington Post Eight years ago, Laura Pollan was a schoolteacher living with her husband, Hector Maseda, the leader of the outlawed Cuban Liberal Party. Despite the vicissitudes of living in a country where association is penalized, the family tried to live a normal life in their small house on Neptune Street in Havana. … Continue reading “The legacy of Laura Pollan, Cuba’s Lady in White / Yoani Sánchez”
16 October 2011
And now, what do we do?… What right do we have to continue breathing, treading on this Island that she so defended in the face of insults, threats and beatings?… I know that “to die for the Motherland is to live”*, so why are so few interested in living and prefer to live in silence, … Continue reading “Laura Pollán Has Died / Angel Santiesteban”
Taken from Yoani Sanchez’s TwitPics 15 October 2011
Laura Pollán was initially admitted to the hospital on October 7th for respiratory failure and was subsequently reported to be suffering from Dengue Fever. She died of heart failure October 14, 2011. All photos by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo 15 October 2011
Laura Pollan, originally uploaded by orlandoluispardolazo. @DamasDBlanco Translator’s note: Laura Pollan, a founder and leader of the Ladies in White, has been hospitalized. Reportedly she is suffering from acute respiratory deficiency and is extremely ill. According to Yoani Sanchez’s Twitter, friends and colleagues are gathered outside the hospital. October 8 2011
Laura Pollan, while leaving the Santa Rita Church, speaks about the next release of prisoners. Translated by Raul G.
Title on video: “The most difficult moment was when they tried to accuse me of spying…” Cubanet.org, Julio Cesar Alvarez and Augusto Cesar San Martin, 29 July 2016, Havana – Hector Maseda dreamed of designing big ships and hanging his naval engineering degree where everyone could see it, but “since they only built boats here,” … Continue reading ““I Have Not Been Able to Overcome Laura’s Death”/ Cubanet, Hector Maseda”
14ymedio, Havana, 19 March 2015 — In a press conference Thursday in Havana, the Lady in White Laura Labrada, daughter of the late Laura Pollán, announced the creation of a foundation with the name of her mother said she wouldn’t allow “Berta Soler to use the name of [her] mother in her movement.” In a … Continue reading “Laura Labrada and a Hundred Ladies in White Distance Themselves From Berta Soler / 14ymedio”
http://lavegadelosruisanchez.blogspot.com/ It has been two years since Laura Pollan abandoned her physical presence and became eternal. Now she is in the Sta. Rita Parish, the Quinta Avenida walk, and in many Havana streets where they saw her walking invincible clutching her peaceful gladiola. She is also in her family, who lived and saw grow her … Continue reading “Laurels, Laura / Rosa Maria Rodriguez”
The sun is still rising in Cuba. The natural cycle of birth and death never fails to mock ideology and power. It is the rag that will wipe away all the actors of this diabolic drama. Recently I got to know through a friend who is a veteran of the Ladies in White, that a few … Continue reading “Laura Pollán Is With Me / Lilianne Ruíz”
