Prison for Two Pastors Who Reject Public School for Their Children

14ymedio, Havana, 23 April 2019 — The evangelical pastors Ramón Rigal and Ayda Expósito were sentenced, on Monday in Guantánamo, to two years and 18 months in prison, respectively, for not wanting to send their children to public school. In the midst of a strong police operation both were sentenced for the crime of “acts contrary to … Continue reading “Prison for Two Pastors Who Reject Public School for Their Children”

Cuban Bishops Express "Their Good Wishes" in a Message to Miguel Diaz-Canel

14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami | Junio 12, 2018 — The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (COCC) sent a private message to recently appointed president Miguel Díaz-Canel “in support of the eminent national service he had assumed,” as confirmed by the president of the Episcopal Conference, Emilio Aranguren, to 14ymedio. “I sent him a simple epistolary greeting expressing good wishes … Continue reading “Cuban Bishops Express "Their Good Wishes" in a Message to Miguel Diaz-Canel”

The Silence of the Lambs / Angel Santiesteban

After reading “The ’correct’ intellectual of the Revolution” last December 20, by the independent journalist and human rights activists, Roberto Jesús Quiñones Haces,making a tour of the silence of UNEAC (Cuban Writers and Artists Union), which makes it complicit with the dictatorship, the saddest thing is that the majority of its officials who run it, … Continue reading “The Silence of the Lambs / Angel Santiesteban”