English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Periodically, despotic regimes resort to purging their officials because they are no longer trusted by the supreme leader 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 15 December 2024 — It is constantly mentioned that the leader of the regime in Cuba, at least on paper, the inept Miguel Diaz-Canel, is immersed in a purge of officials who do … Continue reading “The Purges in Castro Totalitarianism”
They do not accept rivalries, they reject dialogue or debate, force is the main argument in promoting the political model they defend. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, November 24, 2024 — Though eight years have passed since his death, we must acknowledge that his ill-fated legacy remains. The totalitarian regime that Fidel Castro built has fulfilled … Continue reading “The Pharaoh’s Tragic Legacy”
Amnesty International adds four imprisoned Cubans to its list of prisoners of conscience 14ymedio/EFE, Madrid, 23 October 2024 — Miguel Díaz Bauzá, imprisoned since October 1994, when he landed in Cuba with seven other men to fight Castroism with weapons, will spend eight more years in prison, according to what his family told several independent … Continue reading “With More Than 30 Years in Prison, Miguel Díaz Bauzá Is the Longest-Serving Political Prisoner in Cuba”
Governments similar to those of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Bolivia are bitter enemies of Israel 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 3 November 2024 — The leaders of that cocktail of repression and inefficiency that we know as Castrochavismo are by nature anti-Semitic. They feel repulsion towards the Jewish state and its citizens, and are complicit with … Continue reading “Castrochavismo is Anti-Semitic”
Castroite totalitarianism accumulates an unparalleled level of evil regarding imprisonment in our hemisphere. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 27 October 2024 — I regret to be forced to write again about the immortal Cuban political prisoners, the best and most glorious proof – after the firing squad, the dead in combat and the missing – that … Continue reading “Miguel Díaz Bauzá Has Served 10,957 Days in Prison in Cuba”
Members of civil society in Cuba have requested that the EU subsidy to the Havana regime be eliminated 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, September 22, 2024 — The conclusion is not edifying, but it agrees with reality. Everything seems to indicate that many institutions act more in accordance with the opinions of their officials than according … Continue reading “Borrell, Latin America and the European Union”
The control exercised by fear is inconceivable in a society in which what is not expressly allowed is a crime 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 15 September 2024 — During my almost twelve years of residence in Venezuela, I had opportunities that I never enjoyed in my longed-for Cuba. There were problems, some very serious, but … Continue reading “Venezuela Is Heading Towards the ‘Real Socialism’ of Cuba”
Hugo Chávez’s entering the Government turned Venezuela into the most loyal lackey of Castroism. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 18 August 2024 — The totalitarian system that Cuba suffers and that threatens Venezuela if Nicolas Maduro and his henchmen are not removed from the government, has always been strongly attracted to the land of the liberator. … Continue reading “Castroism’s Interference in Venezuela”
Despots, regardless of ideology or origin, deeply hate their fellow men 14ymedio / Pedro Corzo, Miami, 8 September 2024 — The vast majority of the political prisoners of the castrochavista regimes are young people, sometimes teenagers, who are practically beginning their lives and embrace, with full consciousness, the stanza of the Cuban national anthem that … Continue reading “The Silenced Voices of ‘Castrochavismo’”
Poverty is everywhere, along with fanatical sectarianism, from which sexual preferences does not escape 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 1 September 2024 — Castro’s totalitarianism is immersed in a process of self-demolition regardless of acts against its opponents. The social crisis is very profound, consistent with the ocean of lies and myths on which he built … Continue reading “The Putrefaction of Castroism”
We came to realize that Fidel Castro’s cynicism and evil knew no limits. Nevertheless, a large sector of the population glorified him. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 28 July 2024 — I have friends who defend the military coup of 10 March 1952, led by General Fulgencio Batista. Others do the same with Fidel Castro’s attack … Continue reading “Neither Military Coup Nor Revolution, Elections”
Perhaps not all officials have been perpetrators, but all the abusers acted in the name of a state and political party that have destroyed Cuba and the Cubans 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 25 August 2024 — If the Cuban state is repressive and led by a single political party, communist, that must mean that the … Continue reading “Cuba: Executioners in a Stampede”
The electoral scam of Maduro and his supporters is now bathed in the blood of citizens who demanded their rights and with the imprisonment of many others 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 4 August 2024 — The Venezuelan opposition leadership, particularly María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, accepted the challenge of the autocracy to participate in … Continue reading “We Are All Venezuela”
Despots never forgive those who challenge them 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 7 July 2024 — A paragraph from the Venezuelan national anthem exhorts citizens to follow the example of commitment to freedom that “Caracas gave,” a sign that is repeated today by the massiveness and spontaneity with which the population, from all corners of the … Continue reading “The Example of María Corina Machado in Venezuela”
Having witnessed so many crises, I fear someone will throw the Castro regime another lifeline, though in this case it can only come from Washington, Fidel Castro’s chosen enemy since the summer of 1958. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 9 June 2024 — Cuba’s totalitarian government has experienced many serious crises. So many that it often … Continue reading “No More Lifelines for the Castro Regime”
