“Catch and Release”: El Sexto (Danilo Maldonado) Arrested on Saturday, Released on Sunday, His Work Confiscated / Lia Villares, Danilo Maldonado

Saturday [18 May 2013] El Sexto is raided at his home this afternoon at 1:15 pm, according to Alexandra his wife and owner of the apartment, who learned of it through an email from her dad who lives downstairs and saw men and women in uniform and in plainclothes, accompanied by 2 neighbors from the … Continue reading ““Catch and Release”: El Sexto (Danilo Maldonado) Arrested on Saturday, Released on Sunday, His Work Confiscated / Lia Villares, Danilo Maldonado”

Internet Access in Cuba / Lia Villares

[Note: The following is translated from the ETECSA (the Cuban telephone company) website. 1 CUC, with currency exchange costs, is less than $1 US.  Monthly salaries in Cuba for the most part do not exceed $20/month and may be well below that.] Who can apply for service to access the Internet? Service to access the … Continue reading “Internet Access in Cuba / Lia Villares”

Recharge Antonio Blanco’s Cellphone to Keep the News Coming Out of Cuba / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Lia Villares, For Another Cuba

Orlando, Lia, and For Another Cuba are all asking for help to recharge the cellphone of Anger Antonio Blanco, activist and correspondent with the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), in Santiago de Cuba. You can recharge this phone and those of other bloggers and human rights activists by following the directions here: Direct Help to … Continue reading “Recharge Antonio Blanco’s Cellphone to Keep the News Coming Out of Cuba / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Lia Villares, For Another Cuba”

Activist Iliana Hernandez Released from Jail

14ymedio, Havana, 12 May 2018 — The activist Iliana Hernandez, director of the television program Lente Cubano (Cuban Lens), was released on Saturday after being arrested on Friday when she tried to enter El Círculo gallery, where a show that is a part of the independent #00 Biennial currently taking place in Havana is on … Continue reading “Activist Iliana Hernandez Released from Jail”

Cuban Police Detain El Círculo Gallery Artists Villares and Trapaga for 24 Hours

14ymedio, Havana, 4 February 2018 — A police search of Havana’s independent El Círculo Gallery, managed by the activist Lía Villares and the painter Luis Trápaga, ended with the seizure of computers, cameras and video cameras, several hard drives, USB drives and cell phones. The authorities informed Villares and Trápaga, the owner of the house … Continue reading “Cuban Police Detain El Círculo Gallery Artists Villares and Trapaga for 24 Hours”

A New Trial for Angel Santiesteban / Lilianne Ruiz

I always remember from Oedipus: I am a toy in the hands of destiny. Maybe the life of Angel Santiesteban, prominent Cuban writer and opposition blogger, is also marked by that concept. But the Kafkaesque style of totalitarian societies where fatum is a metaphor for the State, has to be taken into account. Making the … Continue reading “A New Trial for Angel Santiesteban / Lilianne Ruiz”

Cuba’s Independent Artists Denounce the "State of Exception" They’ve Faced Since 1959

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana | 17 September 2018 — The group of independent artists who since July have been carrying out a campaign against Decree 349 reports that “since the triumph of the Revolution, in 1959, there has existed a state of exception when it comes to the freedom of artistic creation and expression” in … Continue reading “Cuba’s Independent Artists Denounce the "State of Exception" They’ve Faced Since 1959”

Persecution of Cuban Artists and Intellectuals Gains Legal Framework / Lynn Cruz

Havana Times, Lynn Cruz, 17 July 2018 — Everybody knows that there has been a upswing of repression and censorship of artists here in Cuba. Within its institutions and recently, censorship of the film “Quiero hacer una pelicula” (I Want to Make A Movie) by Yimit Ramirez, during the previous edition of ICAIC’s Young Filmmakers’ Festival. … Continue reading “Persecution of Cuban Artists and Intellectuals Gains Legal Framework / Lynn Cruz”

Police Threaten A Journalist with More Repression for Working "for An Imperialist Outlet"

14ymedio, Havana, 6 July 2018 — The independent journalist Roberto de Jesus Quinones was freed Thursday afternoon following 58 hours in custody in Guantanamo.  The police gave him a warning for “spreading false news that puts international peace at risk” and threatened him with increased pressure, as revealed by the reporter to 14ymedio. “Last Tuesday, at … Continue reading “Police Threaten A Journalist with More Repression for Working "for An Imperialist Outlet"”

Poet Rafael Alcides, the Protagonist in Miguel Coyula’s Latest Documentary

Yanelys Nunez Leyva, Havana Times, 26 December 2016 — One of the most recent films directed by filmmaker Miguel Coyula is being screened during some independent spaces in Havana: Samuel Riera’s studio, Oscar Casanella’s home and the El Circulo gallery. On Sunday the 18th, I went to see it at this last venue, located in Lia … Continue reading “Poet Rafael Alcides, the Protagonist in Miguel Coyula’s Latest Documentary”

Cuban Police Seize APLP Equipment After Search of its Headquarters

14ymedio, Havana, 30 May 2018 — The police search that took place on Wednesday against the headquarters of the Pro Free Press Association (APLP) resulted in the seizure of two computers, two external hard drives, twelve USB memory sticks, three printers and dozens of documents, Amarilis Corty, head of the public relations of the independent organization, told 14ymedio. … Continue reading “Cuban Police Seize APLP Equipment After Search of its Headquarters”