English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
There is a new wave of public health workers whose job is to visit homes looking for infestations of the aedes aegyptimosquito. Almost all of them are older and retired. In many cases they have backgrounds in the communist party or armed forces, and seem to have taken their task very seriously. These people can … Continue reading “Relentless Persecution / Rebeca Monzo”
This September 28 they celebrated the fifty-second anniversary of the creation of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution(CDR). In contrast to years past I did not see reports on Cuban television of two or three previously planned nighttime parties,”which customarily are celebrated on the 27thin “anticipation of the big day.” Normally, the national … Continue reading “Mourning or Celebration? / Rosa Maria Rodriguez Torrado”
Once again they are celebrating another boring anniversary of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) on my planet. As time goes on, fewer and fewer people lend their efforts to this farce. As I was visiting a friend yesterday afternoon in Vedado, I was able to observe in the formal garden of … Continue reading “The Silence of the Cauldrons / Rebeca Monzo”
For Marino Murillo, Cuban Vice President and father who, a few days ago, saw a daughter leave into exile. “Daddy, you’re not getting involved in this stuff,” his daughter advised from the other end of the line. The same daughter who a few weeks ago sent him some money and a package with medicine and … Continue reading “Tempering Dad / Yoani Sanchez”
I read this phrase that I chose as a title on Facebook, and in the background were photos of Fidel and Raul Castro, the brothers who have tyrannically ruled Cuba for more than fifty years. It’s true, those Dictators rule because we Cubans on the island obey, because to confront them is to fear losing … Continue reading ““They Rule Because You Obey” / Angel Santiesteban”
HECTOR SANTIAGO UMAP* was more terrible than what has been said, because they tried to change homosexual orientation through so-called scientific methods which, imported from the USSR, consisted of insulin injections and the application of electroshocks, interacting with images of naked men, on the one hand, and naked women on the other. So the images … Continue reading “Truth and Memory Weekly Bulletin on UMAP / HÉCTOR SANTIAGO”
By Laritza Diversent This 5th of July, the State Council invited Cubans to participate in the elections of municipal and provincial council members and national MPs. This convocation inaugurates the general election, taking place every 5 years, to renew the positions in the Popular Assemblies and the State Council. Now in 2012, 16-year-old Cubans will … Continue reading “Cuba in Elections / Cuban Legal Advisor, Laritza Diversent”
For years it has been the practice of totalitarianism to try to divert attention from the complicated situation that exists in Cuba by showing the problems that exist in other countries, often exaggerating them to make people believe our own are not that serious. This is done by taking advantage of the disinformation possible through … Continue reading “The Speck in Our Own Eye / Oscar Espinosa Chepe”
I am writing in order to release my anger, because this morning Agustin has been attacked by a mob of people from that neighborhood “El Globo” –The Globe– in Calabazar, from where I was able to take him out by force with love and hot meals. He doesn’t live there any more, now he lives … Continue reading “Samsara / Lilianne Ruíz”
It’s been several days since I published on my blog due to, among other things, a big accumulation of work and personal matters that have affected me. The last thing I published was related to the first of May and the impact it had on me. In these days I have had to dedicate myselfthoroughly … Continue reading “A Curious Event / Rebeca Monzo”
By Luis Eligio D’Omni and Amaury Pacheco D’Omni: (Artists currently on tour in the United States of America) 1- On The 13th of April, Hector Riscart Mustelier (El Ñaño), the leader of Cuban alternativity, musician for and director of the band Herencia [Heritage], and Bobo Shanti Leader in Cuba, will be tried behind closed doors, … Continue reading “An Open Letter to Castro and The Cardinal / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
By Alexis Jardines José Daniel Ferrer suffers in the dungeons of State Security in Santiago de Cuba, subjected to psychological pressures and macabre practices (like night attacks from swarms of mosquitoes) that seek to break his health. What has Raul Castro gained by the detention and harassment of the leader of the Patriotic Union of … Continue reading “The Great Bubble and the Complicit Silence / Estado de SATS, Alexis Jardines”
INJUSTICE, BRUTALITY AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RASTAFARIANS IN CUBA 2012. CUBAN RASTAFARIANS UNDER THE NEGATIVE POWER ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE POWER OF LIGHT AND TRUTH. By: Family, artists and friends of Hector Riscart TRUTH ALWAYS IN FRONT, THE TRUTH BEFORE, THE TRUTH AFTER, THE TRUTH WITH LOVE … Amid the profound changes taking place in … Continue reading “ZURAIMA AND HER RASTAFARIAN HUSBAND ASK FOR WORLD SOLIDARITY: +53-52519247 / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
The five spies serving sentences in the United States, four in prisons and one on parole (for two years he can’t leave the country), together with their families, have been converted, at least officially, as a result of a massive media campaign, into paradigms of the politically correct citizen. When one speaks of courage and … Continue reading “False Paradigms / Fernando Dámaso”
It is not surprising how many people go out in mass, before any revolutionary summons. In Cuba, the State is the absolute owner of everything; hospitals, schools, radio and television stations, hotels, discotheques, restaurants. The State is the sole employer. At the address of each one of these places, there appear the photos of the … Continue reading “Very few…”
