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Diary of a Desperado. Our Angel of the Cuban Narrative. / Angel Santiesteban #Cuba #FreeSantiesteban

By Daniel Morales The writer Angel Santiesteban-Prats has been sentenced to five years in prison by the gang of assassins that, for more than 50 years, dominates every living creature that lives in the beauty and always Faithful Island of Cuba. That sentence was so expected by Angel himself, like for all of us who, … Continue reading “Diary of a Desperado. Our Angel of the Cuban Narrative. / Angel Santiesteban #Cuba #FreeSantiesteban”

CDR: Citizen Representation or Political Control? / Yoani Sanchez

The stew was cooked on firewood collected by some neighbors, the flags hung in the middle of  the block and the shouts of Viva! went on past midnight. A ritual repeated with more or less enthusiasm every September 27 throughout the Island. The eve of the 52nd anniversary of the founding of the Committees for … Continue reading “CDR: Citizen Representation or Political Control? / Yoani Sanchez”

Estado de Sats in Troubled Waters / Anddy Sierra Alvarez

A Security of State operation carried out in cooperation with the National Revolutionary Police (PNR), blocked participants from attending Estado de Sats this Friday, August 10, 2012; but those in charge of the Cinema at All Costs didn’t cancel the projection of the documentary “Knockout” planned for this day. Around 30 people participated. The Estado … Continue reading “Estado de Sats in Troubled Waters / Anddy Sierra Alvarez”

Granma Newspaper: The Lies And The Cynicism

The recent editorial by the newspaper Granma clearly defines the mediocrity and poverty of thought of a system that now howls desperately at its approaching end. The text is an apology to the cynicism of the elite and those who serve it, who try to discredit and silence the independent voices that spring from Cuban … Continue reading “Granma Newspaper: The Lies And The Cynicism”

Cuban Opposition Leader Oswaldo Payá Dies in Car Crash / Yoani Sánchez

At five in the afternoon on July 22, the death of opposition leader and founder of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) Oswaldo Payá was confirmed. The news started as a rumor that spread during the early hours of Sunday afternoon. Known nationally and internationally for organizing and carrying out the Varela Project, his death at … Continue reading “Cuban Opposition Leader Oswaldo Payá Dies in Car Crash / Yoani Sánchez”

The Cuban League Against AIDS Report of Human Rights Violations to the LGBT Community in Cuba / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada

Havana Cuba, Thursday, February 16, 2012. General Report of the Cuban League Against AIDS on Human Rights violations to the community of Lesbians, Gays,Bisexuals and Transgenders. It has been five decades from that fatal triumph led by people wearing olive green clothes coming down from the mountains, and proclaiming a society of equality for all, without discrimination by race, religion, political and sexual orientations. Not many years went on before the first exclusions of all Cubans who had … Continue reading “The Cuban League Against AIDS Report of Human Rights Violations to the LGBT Community in Cuba / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”

We are an active part of the transition, not just observers / Antonio Rodiles, Estado de SATS

From civil society, the Estado de SATS project, is an attempt to create a space for citizen participation. Its director, Antonio G. Rodiles, responds to questions from the readers of DIARIO DE CUBA. Omar Laffita: First, greetings. I have seen your programs and I want to say that the interview with El Sexto has been one … Continue reading “We are an active part of the transition, not just observers / Antonio Rodiles, Estado de SATS”

Antunez, Pick Up and Go / Jorge Luis García Pérez Antunez

The refrain was echoing throughout the afternoon in the Virginia neighborhood, and the afternoon of last May 16 and it came out of the mouths of a group of teenagers, from a high school, kids the political police took there to carry out one of those acts of public disorder euphemistically called “repudiation.” Needless to … Continue reading “Antunez, Pick Up and Go / Jorge Luis García Pérez Antunez”

Until When … / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada

 By Ignacio Estrada Cepero Havana, Cuba: Once again human rights activists denounce the repression in the Eastern provinces, against a group of women who belong to the organization Ladies in White. Such an embarrassing event was characterized by a group of elderly and paramilitary people armed with many different types of sticks, some people say, … Continue reading “Until When … / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”

Warm, Warm… / Miriam Celaya

I recently read a document on the net that captured my attention immediately because of its suggestive title and the justice claimed in its content.  Grupo Concordia (havanatimes.org) in Contra la Censura en Cuba, dated February 27th of this year, has complained against certain official actions which states that “in recent months…have been carried out … Continue reading “Warm, Warm… / Miriam Celaya”

Marti for Everyone? / Luis Felipe Rojas

This past 28th of January, the Cuban government presented us a renovated Jose Marti amid the shouts of the little red pioneers, portraits of Fidel Castro, and songs of Silvio Rodriguez. The celebration was also marked by beatings, arrests, and restrictions on movement of various pro-democracy activists throughout the entire island who were trying to … Continue reading “Marti for Everyone? / Luis Felipe Rojas”

January 8th in Cuba: Jubilee and Repression / Luis Felipe Rojas

What a surprise his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will find when he visits the two main cities of Cuba. To kick off the Year of Jubilee, the repressive machinery unleashed a wave of aggression in nearly all the cities in the country against dissidents who were simply trying to assist religious mass on Saturday in … Continue reading “January 8th in Cuba: Jubilee and Repression / Luis Felipe Rojas”

Who Will Kill the Commander? / Luis Felipe Rojas

The socialist labyrinth consists of so much injustice that even the functionaries joke about being trapped in it.  The beauracratic skeins of the tropical Cuban creature have been designed to hinder citizens, to make their daily lives harder, but it is not always possible to demarcate the frontier between the most common of passer-bys and … Continue reading “Who Will Kill the Commander? / Luis Felipe Rojas”

Reduced Vocabulary / Yoani Sánchez

In the long list of the words forbidden in my childhood, there were two in particular that were censored: “Christmas” and “Human Rights.” The first I heard from time to time, in a whisper, from the lips of a grandmother who had known the trees with garlands, the traditional nougat candy and turkey. But the … Continue reading “Reduced Vocabulary / Yoani Sánchez”

Updating Immigration Policy in Cuba / Jeovany J. Vega

The mere fact of hearing it on television petrifies me, but listening to the president of my county has been illuminating, because in revolutionary Cuba there are issues so ethereal that they never find an appropriate occasion to be raised “procedurally,” taboos the single mention of which give one goosebumps, themes that cannot be approached … Continue reading “Updating Immigration Policy in Cuba / Jeovany J. Vega”