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North Americans Eye Opener in Havana / Miriam Celaya

HAVANA, Cuba, December, www.cubanet.org – During the days when the cruise ship Semester at Sea was anchored on Cuban territory, over 600 visitors, including students and teachers -mostly Americans– carried out a tight schedule of “meetings” with Cuban university students and toured “sites of historical and cultural interest”. The December 11th edition of Granma published … Continue reading “North Americans Eye Opener in Havana / Miriam Celaya”

Comrades and Factors / Regina Coyula

I was convinced that my former G2 comrades wouldn’t trouble themselves with me. A little poking around in this blog is enough to convince them that I’m a hopeless case. But it wasn’t the blog that made the comrades who “serve me,” pay me a “prophylactic visit” yesterday morning. It was to advise and warn … Continue reading “Comrades and Factors / Regina Coyula”

Human Rights Watch Comments on the Cuban Dictatorship [VIDEO] #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”

September Returns: a Month of Repression Against the Ladies in White / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada

For years Neptune Street in Central Havana, in the capital of the country, has been turned into a stage for the orchestrated Acts of Repudiation against the “Laura Pollán Toledo Ladies in White Movement.” The present month will not stray far from its dismal history, according to what its own members describe, along with some … Continue reading “September Returns: a Month of Repression Against the Ladies in White / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”

Police Operation to Prevent Estado de Sats Meeting / Estado de Sats, Antonio Rodiles

On Friday, August 10, in the vicinity of the headquarters of Estado de Sats, an operation was undertaken by State Security, with the participation of the police force, to prevent the public from attending the screening of the documentary Knockout, in our space: Cinema At All Costs. It appears that the option of a repudiation … Continue reading “Police Operation to Prevent Estado de Sats Meeting / Estado de Sats, Antonio Rodiles”

Political Police Stake Out Estado de Sats and Arrest “Movie Night” Attendees

According to tweets not posted here, the apparent plan to stage a “repudiation rally” at Estado de Sats was called off after Antonio Rodiles, manager of the project, delivered a complaint to the police (see third post down). So “Movie Night” went off as scheduled although people were blocked from reaching the site, and some … Continue reading “Political Police Stake Out Estado de Sats and Arrest “Movie Night” Attendees”

Laura Pollán Is With Me / Lilianne Ruíz

The sun is still rising in Cuba. The natural cycle of birth and death never fails to mock ideology and power. It is the rag that will wipe away all the actors of this diabolic drama. Recently I got to know through a friend who is a veteran of  the Ladies in White, that a few … Continue reading “Laura Pollán Is With Me / Lilianne Ruíz”

Opening the Gap / Regina Coyula

Translator’s note: This article by Regina is from the blog of Ernesto Hernandez Busto,, Penultimos Dias.  It is a response to a commentary by Ernesto, “The Gap,” which appears below in translation. The gap exists; but it also existed in the GDR the day before the wall fell, and in Romania, just as they started … Continue reading “Opening the Gap / Regina Coyula”

Declaration of Principles / Miriam Celaya

Yesterday, February 23, 2012, for a second time, Cuban TV has honored me by exposing my image — along with those of several other independent journalists and dissidents — in the national news. The previous occasion occurred months ago, during an unfortunate program televised through the famously dull Roundtable, regarding an alleged cyberwar that the … Continue reading “Declaration of Principles / Miriam Celaya”

Located in Miami / Fernando Dámaso

A Cuban journalist named Lazarus Fariñas, who regularly publishes articles on the second page of the Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde (Rebel Youth), where at the bottom it always says “Cuban journalist based in Miami.” He centers the content of his writings to try to prove to the Cubans here, that the bad Cubans are there, … Continue reading “Located in Miami / Fernando Dámaso”

Reduced Vocabulary / Yoani Sánchez

In the long list of the words forbidden in my childhood, there were two in particular that were censored: “Christmas” and “Human Rights.” The first I heard from time to time, in a whisper, from the lips of a grandmother who had known the trees with garlands, the traditional nougat candy and turkey. But the … Continue reading “Reduced Vocabulary / Yoani Sánchez”

The Cuba Up North / Miriam Celaya

They say some things never change. This assertion, which at first may seem too pessimistic, could perfectly serve to illustrate the attitude of a Cuban immigrant sector living in Miami, who insist in mimicking in their own way the same proceedings of the Caribbean dictatorship they so disapprove of. I am referring, of course, to … Continue reading “The Cuba Up North / Miriam Celaya”