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Cuban Writers-Artists Union Addresses “Organized Gangs” / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 17 February 2016 — The deterioration of ethical values ​​was the focus of discussions held at the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) last Friday in Havana. The meeting also addressed violence and the emergence of “organized gangs” formed by children and adolescents, a problem in response to which the … Continue reading “Cuban Writers-Artists Union Addresses “Organized Gangs” / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata”

Cuban Musicians Are Freeing Themselves / 14ymedio, Lilianne Ruiz

14ymedio, Lilianne Ruiz, Havana, 12 January 2016 – In an apartment located in a dingy, rundown concrete building of Havana’s Plaza district, dozens of musicians have made the dream of recording their songs come true. Here we find one of those “home studios” that are becoming essential for the Cuban music scene, and especially for … Continue reading “Cuban Musicians Are Freeing Themselves / 14ymedio, Lilianne Ruiz”

Cuban Faces of 2015: Elio Hector Lopez, ‘The Transporter’ / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 28 December 2015 – The Weekly Packet, that compendium of audiovisuals that has given so many headaches to Cuban officialdom and such gratification to its viewers, has several managers and millions of consumers. One of its founders is Elio Hector Lopez, also known as The Transporter. With the rule “zero politics, zero violence, zero pornography” “The … Continue reading “Cuban Faces of 2015: Elio Hector Lopez, ‘The Transporter’ / 14ymedio”

Education Launches a New Offensive against the “Weekly Packet” / 14ymedio, Orlando Palma

14ymedio, Orlando Palma, Havana, 25 September 2015 – Under the name To Educate Yourself, the Ministry of Education announced Thursday a collection of documentaries, films and music that it will begin distributing monthly in its learning facilities during the current academic year. In open competition with the illegal weekly packet of audio-visual material, this official … Continue reading “Education Launches a New Offensive against the “Weekly Packet” / 14ymedio, Orlando Palma”

Drivel and Anniversaries: Cuban Television is a Wreck / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 29 July 2015 — Twenty minutes after the start of the news, the only things they had announced were the anniversaries of historic events and obituaries. As if nothing has happened in the country now. For the evening prime time news, the world stopped fifty years ago and remains only something to remember … Continue reading “Drivel and Anniversaries: Cuban Television is a Wreck / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez”

The Cuban Government Unveils Its Version of Google / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 13 July 2015 — The launching of a new Cuban Internet search engine was barely mentioned on official websites or on tonight’s national newscast. However, it was reported that on the occasion of the Tenth Congress of the Communist Youth League, a new search engine would be launched. “Unified Contents for an Advanced … Continue reading “The Cuban Government Unveils Its Version of Google / 14ymedio”

Delegates to Cuba’s National Assembly Blame the “Weekly Packet” for Drug Use in Schools / 14ymedio, Rosa Lopez

14ymedio, Rosa Lopez, Havana, 13 July 2015 — Ten official caucuses of Cuba’s National Assembly of the People’s Power* convened last weekend to discuss –among other things – the state of the country’s senior citizenry, and the use of drugs in schools. This gathering at Havana’s Convention Center was a working prelude to the July … Continue reading “Delegates to Cuba’s National Assembly Blame the “Weekly Packet” for Drug Use in Schools / 14ymedio, Rosa Lopez”

Cuban Professionals do Business Under the Table / Ivan Garcia

Ivan Garcia, 28 June 2015 — Already by noon, Óscar has downloaded two terabytes of audiovisual material from the Internet. Taking advantage of his lunch hour some place nearby, he hands over the flash drive to the person who is in charge of loading the “weekly packet,” a compendium of documentaries, serials, soap operas and … Continue reading “Cuban Professionals do Business Under the Table / Ivan Garcia”

Politicians by Decree and Illiterate by Submission / Cubanet, Victor Manuel Dominguez

Cubanet.org, Victor Manuel Dominguez, Havana, 24 June 2015 – Abel Prieto rides again. Not as the author of two little novels whose names I cannot remember. Nor as the ex-president of a union of writers and authors more sold to the powers-that-be than self-help books at the Havana book fair, or reproductions of “Still Life … Continue reading “Politicians by Decree and Illiterate by Submission / Cubanet, Victor Manuel Dominguez”

Women Before Their Time / Cubanet, Luis Cino Alvarez

On May 17, on the Sunday television program Passage to the Unknown, the journalist and host Reinaldo Taladrid, and guest psychologist Patricia Ares, addressed the issue of gender training received unconsciously by many girls. Training them, from very early days, to be future frivolous objects of erotic pleasure. The phenomenon of the eroticism of childhood, although it happens … Continue reading “Women Before Their Time / Cubanet, Luis Cino Alvarez”

Here Comes the Packet, Knock, Knock / 14ymedio, Orlando Palma

Research shows that among the main forms of cultural consumption in Cuba are television, visiting with friends and listening to music 14ymedio, ORLANDO PALMA, Havana, 5 January 2015 — A Cuban television special this Sunday entitled “They Call Me Cuba” addressed issues of “cultural consumption in the 21st century,” with special emphasis on the well-known … Continue reading “Here Comes the Packet, Knock, Knock / 14ymedio, Orlando Palma”

For the "Mules," Life Goes On, and So Does Business

14ymedio, Marcelo Hernández, Havana, October 17, 2019 — Joaquín and Modesto are friends and relatives who saw from the beginning that trips to Panama to bring back to Cuba household appliances and electric motorcycles would be a successful business. Since the middle of 2018 they have worked fulfilling on-demand orders, putting an added value on the … Continue reading “For the "Mules," Life Goes On, and So Does Business”

The Many Faces of Tarara

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 19 June 2019 — Few Cuban neighborhoods have changed as much over time as Tarará, east of Havana. It went from being a glamorous condominium to a children’s pioneer camp, then it became a hospital for children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear accident and later in a Spanish school for Chinese students. Everyone who … Continue reading “The Many Faces of Tarara”

Cuba’s Press Faces The Challenge Of New Readers

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 14 March 2018 — “Hey, since when do you have wifi that you don’t buy my newspaper,” shouts a street vendor to a young woman walking along Tulipan Street in Havana. Despite the continuing monopoly of the Cuban press by the Communist Party, readers today have more news options thanks to … Continue reading “Cuba’s Press Faces The Challenge Of New Readers”

Cuba’s Wireless Networks, the Web that Envelops the Island / 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez

14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 4 January 2017 – All one has to do is turn on a small wifi antenna and aim it toward the balcony for a computer screen to show the long list of wireless networks that link the entire neighborhood. Invisible threads that connect hundreds of users. The material support of this network … Continue reading “Cuba’s Wireless Networks, the Web that Envelops the Island / 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez”