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Youth Club Launches A ‘Special Backpack’ Dedicated To Fidel Castro / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Miami, 22 December 2016 – “My Backpack,” which was created by the Youth Club to counter the influence of the Weekly Packet, will launch this coming December 27, with a wide variety of materials about the recently deceased former president Fidel Castro. The idea of including materials about Castro started in the Youth Club network … Continue reading “Youth Club Launches A ‘Special Backpack’ Dedicated To Fidel Castro / 14ymedio”

After the Mourning, Forced Grief / Rebeca Monzo

Rebeca Monzo, 16 December 2016 — After the nine days of national mourning, we thought we were going to be able to breathe a little peacefully with our Christmas celebrations among family and friends, because at the state level these are practically ignored. Once again we were wrong, committing the mistake of getting the idea … Continue reading “After the Mourning, Forced Grief / Rebeca Monzo”

“Serious And Decent Worker Seeking Employment” / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, 17 November 2016 — Discriminated against for decades, Cuba’s Jehovah’s Witnesses just opened an employment agency that focuses on the “honesty and decency” of its people. The database “is an opportunity to advertise the skills that the brothers have in different professions and trades,” says Tamara Sanchez, one of the managers. As a “private … Continue reading ““Serious And Decent Worker Seeking Employment” / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata”

Ethics Committee Hears Appeal From Expelled Holguin Journalist / 14ymedio, Mario Penton

14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 29 September 2016 – Today the National Ethics Commission of the Cuban Journalists Union (UPEC) will finally hear the appeal filed by Cuban journalist Jose Ramírez Pantoja, who was fired from his job at Radio Holguin last August. Ramírez Pantoja was accused at that time of republishing on his personal blog, … Continue reading “Ethics Committee Hears Appeal From Expelled Holguin Journalist / 14ymedio, Mario Penton”

Committee to Protect Journalists Invites Journalists in Cuba to “Cross the Red Lines” / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 28 September 2016 – Dismantling the legal framework for the press and eliminating all barriers to individual access to the internet are key factors to promote a more open information environment in Cuba, according to the report Connecting Cuba: More Space for Criticism but Restrictions Slow Press Freedom Progress, published this Wednesday by … Continue reading “Committee to Protect Journalists Invites Journalists in Cuba to “Cross the Red Lines” / 14ymedio”

Cuba’s ‘Informal Market’ is Transformed with La Chopi / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 21 September 2016 — On the shelves of the markets that sell goods in Cuban convertible pesos (CUC) prices have skyrocketed and shortages have become chronic. The problem in the state owned stores – which Cubans call “shopping,” using the English word – is aggravated by the lack of liquidity. In this … Continue reading “Cuba’s ‘Informal Market’ is Transformed with La Chopi / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata”

“Conoce Cuba,” An App Focused On The Private Sector / 14ymedio, Zunilda Marta

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 31 August 2016 – The daughter of necessity and ingenuity, the application Conoce Cuba (Meet Cuba) has been gaining ground on Android phones throughout the island. With an intuitive design, well made and functional, it stands out among other tools that also seek to provide information about private services and places … Continue reading ““Conoce Cuba,” An App Focused On The Private Sector / 14ymedio, Zunilda Marta”

Between Analogue and Ideologue. Internet Access in Cuba / Regina Coyula

Ideas shared at the Internet Governance Forum events of the Internet Society of Latin America and the Caribbean, which recently took place in Costa Rica. Regina Coyula, 5 August 2016 — Now recognised as a human right by most people and most governments, internet access in Cuba has been a bumpy road. Cuba connected to the … Continue reading “Between Analogue and Ideologue. Internet Access in Cuba / Regina Coyula”

Prominent Holguin Physician "Escapes" Mission in Brazil / Juan Juan Almeida

Juan Juan Almeida, 25 July 2016 — Although it is not the first case of a Cuban doctor suddenly abandoning his mission overseas, the desertion in Brazil of Dr. Alejandro Guerrero Gonzalez — a leading specialist in general medicine and a former director of Lucia Iñiguez Landin Surgical and Clinical Hospital in Holguin province — is one … Continue reading “Prominent Holguin Physician "Escapes" Mission in Brazil / Juan Juan Almeida”

Summer 2016, Reasons Not to Leave the House / Rebeca Monzo

Rebeca Monzo, 15 July 2016 — This summer is one of the hottest since 1880, according to commentators on the radio. In addition to the punishing sun and the invasion of dust from the Sahara, in a country with almost no air conditioning, even the few hard currency stores and government offices don’t have AC … Continue reading “Summer 2016, Reasons Not to Leave the House / Rebeca Monzo”

Domain Names and an Internet Debate / Regina Coyula

Regina Coyula, 30 June 2016 — For Cubans who update their home entertainment weekly with the now famous, private and anonymous Paquete (Weekly Packet), they are familiar with a subtitle in bright, greenish-yellow letters at the beginning of the movies. This inevitable “http://www.gnula.nu” which comes up so much, piqued my curiosity. It was impossible for me … Continue reading “Domain Names and an Internet Debate / Regina Coyula”

Internet Domains, Sovereignty And Freedom / 14ymedio, Regina Coyula

14ymedio, Regina Coyula, Havana, 25 May 2016 — For Cubans who update their domestic entertainment weekly with the now famous, private and anonymous “Weekly Packet,” a subtitle in bright greenish-yellow letters at the beginning of movies has become familiar. It is the ever present www.gnaula.nu, which appears so frequently that it spurred my curiosity: I found … Continue reading “Internet Domains, Sovereignty And Freedom / 14ymedio, Regina Coyula”

The Collapse / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez

14ymedio, Generation Y, Yoani Sanchez, 26 April 2016 – In films there are final epics. Systems whose final moments pass between the sound of the hammers tearing down a wall and the roar of thousands of people in a plaza. The Castro regime, however, is going through its death throes without glorious images or collective … Continue reading “The Collapse / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez”

Fidel Castro to Obama: “We do not need the empire to give us any gifts” / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 28 March 2016 – A week after Barack Obama’s arrival in Cuba, the official press has published a “Reflection” by former Cuban president Fidel Castro, titled “Brother Obama,” but which contains strong criticisms of the US president. The text, often disjointed and scattered, is intended as a response to Obama’s speech in the … Continue reading “Fidel Castro to Obama: “We do not need the empire to give us any gifts” / 14ymedio”

Zapya, The Network For The Disconnected / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 25 January 2016 – From their respective corners of the bench they point their phones at each other as if they were in the midst of a duel to the death. After a few seconds one of the young men shouts, “I got it!” and both smile at the effective transmission of a … Continue reading “Zapya, The Network For The Disconnected / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata”