English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Members of civil society in Cuba have requested that the EU subsidy to the Havana regime be eliminated 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, September 22, 2024 — The conclusion is not edifying, but it agrees with reality. Everything seems to indicate that many institutions act more in accordance with the opinions of their officials than according … Continue reading “Borrell, Latin America and the European Union”
The control exercised by fear is inconceivable in a society in which what is not expressly allowed is a crime 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 15 September 2024 — During my almost twelve years of residence in Venezuela, I had opportunities that I never enjoyed in my longed-for Cuba. There were problems, some very serious, but … Continue reading “Venezuela Is Heading Towards the ‘Real Socialism’ of Cuba”
Hugo Chávez’s entering the Government turned Venezuela into the most loyal lackey of Castroism. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 18 August 2024 — The totalitarian system that Cuba suffers and that threatens Venezuela if Nicolas Maduro and his henchmen are not removed from the government, has always been strongly attracted to the land of the liberator. … Continue reading “Castroism’s Interference in Venezuela”
Despots, regardless of ideology or origin, deeply hate their fellow men 14ymedio / Pedro Corzo, Miami, 8 September 2024 — The vast majority of the political prisoners of the castrochavista regimes are young people, sometimes teenagers, who are practically beginning their lives and embrace, with full consciousness, the stanza of the Cuban national anthem that … Continue reading “The Silenced Voices of ‘Castrochavismo’”
Poverty is everywhere, along with fanatical sectarianism, from which sexual preferences does not escape 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 1 September 2024 — Castro’s totalitarianism is immersed in a process of self-demolition regardless of acts against its opponents. The social crisis is very profound, consistent with the ocean of lies and myths on which he built … Continue reading “The Putrefaction of Castroism”
We came to realize that Fidel Castro’s cynicism and evil knew no limits. Nevertheless, a large sector of the population glorified him. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 28 July 2024 — I have friends who defend the military coup of 10 March 1952, led by General Fulgencio Batista. Others do the same with Fidel Castro’s attack … Continue reading “Neither Military Coup Nor Revolution, Elections”
Perhaps not all officials have been perpetrators, but all the abusers acted in the name of a state and political party that have destroyed Cuba and the Cubans 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 25 August 2024 — If the Cuban state is repressive and led by a single political party, communist, that must mean that the … Continue reading “Cuba: Executioners in a Stampede”
The electoral scam of Maduro and his supporters is now bathed in the blood of citizens who demanded their rights and with the imprisonment of many others 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 4 August 2024 — The Venezuelan opposition leadership, particularly María Corina Machado and Edmundo González, accepted the challenge of the autocracy to participate in … Continue reading “We Are All Venezuela”
Despots never forgive those who challenge them 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 7 July 2024 — A paragraph from the Venezuelan national anthem exhorts citizens to follow the example of commitment to freedom that “Caracas gave,” a sign that is repeated today by the massiveness and spontaneity with which the population, from all corners of the … Continue reading “The Example of María Corina Machado in Venezuela”
Having witnessed so many crises, I fear someone will throw the Castro regime another lifeline, though in this case it can only come from Washington, Fidel Castro’s chosen enemy since the summer of 1958. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 9 June 2024 — Cuba’s totalitarian government has experienced many serious crises. So many that it often … Continue reading “No More Lifelines for the Castro Regime”
14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, May 26, 2024 — Cuba was not a paradise. It never was, but it was one of the countries with the best social and economic indexes in all of Latin America. There were numerous problems, but more had been resolved than remained, although from my perspective, the military coup of March … Continue reading “The 122nd Anniversary of the Cuban Republic We Lost”
These last ten years have been a great loss for the dictatorship, whose moral bankruptcy has been exposed by the independent media. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 24 May 2024 — Castro’s populism, as soon as it came to power, broke the numerous fundamental components of a free society, among them the right to life and … Continue reading “Cuba’s Independent Press Defeats the Regime’s Journalism”
I will be against Castro’s totalitarianism and I will demand justice for the Cuban people until my last breath. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, 12 May 2024 — Since my distant adolescence the terms “reactionary and intransigent” became popular in Cuba. Any individual who objected to the populist dictatorship of the Castro brothers, which became a totalitarian … Continue reading “Reactionary and Intransigent”
14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, April 27, 2024 — What drives many intellectuals to voluntarily submit to the authority of a despot? It is a question that overwhelms many ordinary citizens, because it is inconceivable that people who may be among those who lose the most in an autocratic society are among the most willing to … Continue reading “The Intellectuals and Castroism”
14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 24 March 2024 — It might not happen tomorrow but it is quite clear that the giant vase now in the care of Cuba’s dictator designate, Miguel Diaz Canel, is already cracked and could shatter at any moment. People, who are fed up with sixty-five years of oppression, are starting to … Continue reading “Diaz-Canel’s Heirloom Vase Is Crumbling”