English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 20 July 2106 – At the beginning of the year evil was incarnated in the intermediaries, who were blamed for the high food prices in the produce markets. At the end of 2013, the boogeymen were those who worked for themselves selling imported clothes and other merchandise. In February of this … Continue reading “Guilty! / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez”
14ymedio, Havana, 6 July 2016 – In the early morning hours of Wednesday the Ecuadorian police intervened to evict Cubans from an encampment in Arbolito Park in Quito, and about one hundred migrants without proper documents were loaded into four buses to take them to trial. Lazaro Ramos, one of the spokesmen for the Cuban … Continue reading “Ecuadorian Police Evict Cubans From Quito Encampment / 14ymedio”
This is the third and final part of the testimony of a Cuban who has made the dangerous trip from Guatemala to the United State. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. 14ymedio, Mario J. Penton, Mexico City/Laredo Texas, 20 November 2015 – The smell of coffee draws me to the kitchen. The first rays of the sun … Continue reading “Chronicle of a Cuban ‘Rafter’ on Foot (Part 3)”
