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Forum for Rights and Freedoms / Estado de Sats (see endnote)

Announcements made by United States President Barack Obama and his administration have sparked an intense controversy about the Cuban conflict. Many opponents and civil society activists, within the island and in exile, have lamented, especially, the lack of transparency and the unilateral and unconditional nature of the new measures. It is indisputable and indispensable that … Continue reading “Forum for Rights and Freedoms / Estado de Sats (see endnote)”

“I’m a demon who writes what she feels” / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 8 December 2014 — Wendy Guerra is a rare bird in a country where everyone is seeking conclusive adjectives and extreme descriptions. Actress, writer, blogger and a Havanan down to her core, she always stands out. We remember her on the TV screen; in the pages of a book her writing … Continue reading ““I’m a demon who writes what she feels” / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez”

Yoani Sanchez: An effective voice against the Castro dictatorship / Carlos Alberto Montaner

From El Blog de Montaner Yoani Sánchez visits Miami. It is the most difficult stop in her long tour. Everywhere, like a bullfighter hailed after a good afternoon, she has been carried on the shoulders of the crowd. She will also triumph in Miami, but her task will be a bit harder. I get the … Continue reading “Yoani Sanchez: An effective voice against the Castro dictatorship / Carlos Alberto Montaner”

OLPL in Sampsonia Way… in English / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

International Condemnation, Ltd. by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo    /  March 4, 2013  / No comments Cuban Blogger Yoani Sánchez’s world tour illuminates Castroism outside of the Island. Yoani Sánchez (center) in the Brazilian House of Representatives. To her right is Dado Galvão, director of the documentary ‘Cuba-Honduras Connection.’ Photo: José Cruz. Yoani Sánchez, an outspoken … Continue reading “OLPL in Sampsonia Way… in English / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

Forgotten: Black and Dissident

The case of the arbitrary arrest of Sonia Garro and her husband Ramon Alejandro is confusing for several reasons. That she belongs to the well-known group the Ladies in White and he to an independent Afro-Cuban organization, highlights lack of tactics or support (or both) by our internal dissent. Recognized international institutions have raised the … Continue reading “Forgotten: Black and Dissident”

They Won’t Be Back Again… / Yoani Sanchez

Festivals of Varadero, Girasoles Opina, Bossa Nova in Havana… a parade of progressive and talented artists toured the country in the sixties, seventies and eighties. I followed their catchiest tunes and imitated their hairstyles and clothes. Humming “Who told you I was always laughing, never crying…” “What is it, what is it, that goes sighing … Continue reading “They Won’t Be Back Again… / Yoani Sanchez”

Cuba Removes Artists Such as Celia Cruz and Gloria Estefan From the Blacklist / Yoani Sánchez

Video: “Our day is coming” performed by Willy Chirino live before a largely Cuban-American audience From now on Celia Cruz, Bebo Valdes and Willy Chirino can be heard on the radio in Cuba. For decades more than fifty artists critical of the regime have been censored from television and radio programming. But this week several … Continue reading “Cuba Removes Artists Such as Celia Cruz and Gloria Estefan From the Blacklist / Yoani Sánchez”

Pushing the Limits: Yoani Sanchez Interviews OMNI ZONA FRANCA

Alamar – a pile of concrete blocks without order or agreement – is in this case the work, the artistic object, the clay and the wall on which one has molded and daubed. The artists can be you, me, or anyone else, although for the moment we are going to call them Juan Carlos, Amaury, … Continue reading “Pushing the Limits: Yoani Sanchez Interviews OMNI ZONA FRANCA”

Historics, Hysterics and… Histrionics / Yoani Sánchez

Carlos Saladrigas in Havana (Photo: JUAN A. MADRAZO) An endowed chair with name Felix Varela can not be other than inclusive, Cuban from top to bottom and, of course, plural. A happy chance, then, on Friday March 30, under the image of our illustrious priest, to see the variety of people congregated in a room … Continue reading “Historics, Hysterics and… Histrionics / Yoani Sánchez”

Accidents / Luis Felipe Rojas

Political police officials and government snitches watch over house of Luis Felipe Rojas in San German, Holguin. They are neither that accidental nor that inevitable. That’s the slogan of a national TV spot in Cuba. A beauty which allows itself to play amid warnings and statistics of accidents. Like that, for some time now, what … Continue reading “Accidents / Luis Felipe Rojas”

Gimme Cable! / Yoani Sánchez

Some of the boredom of the year 1983 was broken by the visit of Oscar D’Leon and his performance at the Varadero amphitheater. Amid the tedium, he came to the Island of the Salsa Devil, to interpret with his voice our own son classics. Along with the shout of “siguaraya!”* which he launched in honor … Continue reading “Gimme Cable! / Yoani Sánchez”

Laughter and the Congress / Yoani Sánchez

Laughter is still an effective cure for the daily trials. Thus, on this Island, we bend our lips into a smile more for self-therapy than for happiness. Then the tourists take our pictures and go home saying we are a happy people, that we haven’t lost our sense of humor before all the difficulties. Ahh! … Continue reading “Laughter and the Congress / Yoani Sánchez”

Yoandris Gutierrez Vargas: “Walking Through the Labyrinths of Hell” / Luis Felipe Rojas

For Rosi of Cuba…she knows. It was Sunday, and amid the suffocating heat and the sluggishness of the truck which was taking me from Santiago de Cuba to Las Tunas, I chose to instead get off at Bayamo, that symbolic land full of rebellion and patriotism bequeathed to us by our ancestors. I gulped down … Continue reading “Yoandris Gutierrez Vargas: “Walking Through the Labyrinths of Hell” / Luis Felipe Rojas”

Celebration and Condemnation/ Luis Felipe Rojas

While throughout many parts of the world many tributes were being held for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cuba once again opted to go against it.  They began on Thursday the 9th with beatings, mob acts, and harassment towards the Ladies in White, who were carrying out their usual march throughout the capital. All … Continue reading “Celebration and Condemnation/ Luis Felipe Rojas”