English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Amir, listen, I was remembering a lot of intellectuals we respected and loved who on many occasions went to my house to talk about the interviews you were doing with me because they claimed that you were going to betray me when State Security attacked me. Today I arrived at the conclusion — once again … Continue reading “Blessed are Those Who Have Friends / Angel Santiesteban”
Dear Regina, Having you and Alcides by my side is a luxury that a few mortals can have. You are a friendship treasure I keep jealously. Thanks for asking for justice, I only ask that, that is all I need to remain free; but the Court answers through the voice of the State security. Here … Continue reading “Blessed Are Those Who Have Friends II / Angel Santiesteban”
I’m partial. Ángel Santiesteban is my friend. For more than twenty years when he was famous in the national literary workshop meeting held at the Bailen beach in Pinar del Rio, not for his literary virtues, later validated by prizes including the Casa de las Americas, no. Santiesteban was an unknown young man sitting in … Continue reading “Anecdote and Request in Support of Angel Santiesteban / Regina Coyula”
I always remember from Oedipus: I am a toy in the hands of destiny. Maybe the life of Angel Santiesteban, prominent Cuban writer and opposition blogger, is also marked by that concept. But the Kafkaesque style of totalitarian societies where fatum is a metaphor for the State, has to be taken into account. Making the … Continue reading “A New Trial for Angel Santiesteban / Lilianne Ruiz”
The situation of Cubans under the oppression of the Castro dictatorship does nothing but get worse day by day. The complicity of the world’s governments, whatever their political orientations may be, is unexplainable and unjustifable. In Cuba, Human Rights do NOT exist, liberty and justice do not exist. The oldest dynastic dictatorship in the world … Continue reading “THs – “Twisted Humans” – The Creation of a Dictatorship to Humilate Their People / Angel Santiesteban”
I want to thank the person who interceded with the mayor from the city where my parents were born, Lerida, Spain, asking for me. Elisa, you have deeply touched me. Ángel Santiesteban-Prats Cuban writer. ————————————————– —————— Date: January 29, 2013 18:30 Subject: Urgent plea for a native from Lerida To alcalde@paeria.es [From: Elisa Tabakman] Dear … Continue reading “Gesture of Solidarity with Angel Santiesteban Prats #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”
The Cuban government is back on track again. This time it has given the sentence of 5 years imprisonment to the writer Ángel Santiesteban Prats. They have used the same method of waiting for the weekend for a repressive action, considering that most of the foreign media in Cuba takes a couple of days off. … Continue reading “Angel Facing the Inferno #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”
The sentence has been ratified. The writer Ángel Santiesteban will serve 5 years in prison. He knows that his innocence is more than proven. He also knows he will be locked up for another reason. To avoid having to admit that he is a political prisoner, they falsified crime and the victim. Ángel Santiesteban’s real … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban – The Child We All Love #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”
From Estado de Sats The Cuban writer Angel Santiesteban, friend and good father, arbitrarily sentenced to 5 years in prison for a fabricated crime. WE CAN’T ALLOW IT!! Friend Angel, thank you for your companionship and your unconditional presence. Angel and his son Eduardito next to Antonio G. Rodiles in the hospital during the illness … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban, Amigo #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”
By Ladislao Aguado The Cuban writer Ángel Santiesteban–as almost no one knows or cares to know–is sentenced to five years in prison, a sentence he will have to serve unless a miracle happens and the island’s government pardons him. To secure the conviction, Cuba has constructed a legal pantomime, behind which is hidden Angel’s one … Continue reading “The Bad Luck of Angel Santiesteban #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”
“We live in a State without rights.” Interview with Ángel Santiesteban, sentenced to five years in prison by the Cuban regime. By Félix Luis Viera, México DF Cuban writer Ángel Santiesteban, one of the most outstanding storytellers of the Island’s literature in recent times, has been sentenced to five years in prison. His offense: “housebreaking … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban: International Support Can Awaken the Courage and Pride That All Human Beings Keep in our Hearts”
Supreme Court ratifies the sentence against the writer Angel Santiesteban The writer Angel Santiesteban is waiting for the call to serve his sentence in prison. From Café Fuerte By Wilfredo Cancio Isla About to go to prison with a five-year sentence, the writer Angel Santiesteban says his only regret is not having taken off the … Continue reading ““The Role Intellectuals Have Played in Cuba is Terrible, In the Face of History it is Shameful” #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”
Vivanco highlights the lack of an independent judiciary and the enforcement of a penal code worthy of the Inquisition through condemning only on suspicion. But more than suspicions sustain the regime. My case is a clear example of how justice is handled, charges and evidence are invented, and false witnesses are bought to convict and … Continue reading “Human Rights Watch Comments on the Cuban Dictatorship [VIDEO] #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”
(THE RETURN OF MARTIN FIERRO) Whoever is a friend, never leaves him in the lurch, but doesn’t ask him for anything or expect everything from him: always the most loyal friend is honorable conduct. Jose Hernandez Where are you Knight (dashing ones?)? Published by Amir Valle/Published in De Literature/Published 01-30-2013 Angel Santiesteban is going to … Continue reading ““Angel Santiesteban is going to jail, and no one says anything.” / Angel Santiesteban”
“Leonardo Padura, as in the past, has been indifferent to the injustices the Communist authorities are committing towards me.” The author Ángel Santiesteban told Marti Noticias that faced with his prison sentence without evidence at trial, his ex-colleagues in the Cuban Writers and Artists Union (UNEAC) have known to maintain a complicit silence so that, … Continue reading “UNEAC Writers Remain Silent to Preserve Their Little Privileges #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”
