English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Cubans began to flee the country from the time of the triumph of the government that was established in Cuba at the beginning of 1959. Never before had such a large number of compatriots fled, leaving the equity they had built over their whole lives, along with parts of their families. Historical propaganda against communism … Continue reading “Adjusting to the Needs of the People / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”
The situation of Cubans under the oppression of the Castro dictatorship does nothing but get worse day by day. The complicity of the world’s governments, whatever their political orientations may be, is unexplainable and unjustifable. In Cuba, Human Rights do NOT exist, liberty and justice do not exist. The oldest dynastic dictatorship in the world … Continue reading “THs – “Twisted Humans” – The Creation of a Dictatorship to Humilate Their People / Angel Santiesteban”
HAVANA, Cuba, December, http://www.cubanet.org. On November 15, the People’s Provincial Court (TPP) in Havana planned to evict Yamilé Barges Hurtado from her home, located across from the Hotel Cohiba, after annulling a home-exchange that made nine years ago. That day they also planned to evict the heirs of Teresa Luisa Rivero Domínguez, the other party … Continue reading “The House Across from the Hotel Cohiba / Laritza Diversent”
Felix Luis Veira: “I believe what Santiesteban says, not what a dictatorship says or might say, a dictatorship that maintains silence on this sentence before the residents in Cuba.” One of the most outstanding storytellers in the literature of the Island in recent times has been sentenced to five years in prison. By Felix Luis … Continue reading “The Crime of Angel Santiesteban / Angel Santiesteban #Cuba”
Lic. Odalina Guerrero Lara Neida Lafita Moreira, Cuban citizen, housewife, 53 years old, who, because of her state of health, hasn’t any ties to employment, permanent resident of San Antonio de los Baños, widow since 21st August 2012, turns up, in desperation at the AJC for legal advice or support, as her husband, when he … Continue reading “Unprotected Widow / Odalina Guerrero Lara #Cuba”
The most serious offense a citizen in Cuba can commit is to want their country to be free and democratic, but even worse is speaking out against the criminal dictatorship that has governed us for 53 years. And in my case, the catalog of “crimes” that calligraphically crowned writing with “a certain” tilt and drawing … Continue reading “Let me be clear: If “something” happens to me there is no way it will be an “accident” / Angel Santiesteban #Cuba”
We already know that Cuba is a country of paradoxes. Around here it’s not rare to see a nuclear physicist selling cotton candy in an amusement park. A plastic surgeon working 4 hours as a taxi driver. Or a university student alternating her studies with work as a prostitute. If there is something Fidel Castro’s … Continue reading “The Year of the Venezuelan Tiger / Ivan Garcia #Cuba”
TO THE FOURTH PENAL CRIMINAL COURT OF THE POPULAR PROVINCIAL TRIBUNE OF HAVANA THE JUDGE STATES: That in accordance with article 278 of the LPP and deeming complete the proceedings of the EFP 3-826/11 of the Department of Penal Proceedings of the Municipality of Old Havana, following the crime of PRODUCTION, SALE, DEMAND, TRAFFIC, DISTRIBUTION … Continue reading “PROVISIONAL CONCLUSIONS IN THE TRIAL OF HECTOR RISCART / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo #Cuba”
I was born in Havana on November 30, 1976. I finished high school and wanted to study law but looking over the field, once I matriculated, I recognized the abysmal difference between what I understood about justice and the history of thinking and the textbooks. I immediately abandoned it, that was in 2003. I stayed … Continue reading “Lilianne Ruiz’s Bio From Her Blog / Lilianne Ruiz #Cuba”
Last August, the Cuban Council of Ministers approved a new General Regulation for the Basic Units of Cooperative Production (UBPC), which was complemented by a packet consisting of 17 measures. The purpose, according to the daily Rebel Youth on September 23, consists of liquidating the dependency of those with respect to state enterprises. The original … Continue reading “Why the UBPC Cooperatives Failed / Dimas Castellano #Cuba”
Havana, Cuba – A genuine artist departed the far east on March 27, 2007. Not exactly the east where he was born, but that to which people flock to the presence of the supreme architect of humanity. For Cubans, this date would mark the death of all who knew him as “The Guayabero”. Faustino Oramas … Continue reading “The Guayabero / Ignacio Estrada #Cuba”
Individual with mental retardation, used as a member of the Rapid Response Brigades in San Germán, Holguín. Responsible: MININT Delegate Grognier Gallardo Parra. Lt. Yazmanis Suárez Ramírez, “Confrontation” official in San Germán, Holguín. Victor Zamora, unlicensed self-employed. Member of the Rapid Response Brigades in San Germán, Holguín. November 12 2012
By Amir Valle Ángel Santiesteban is a writer. It’s a truth so absolute that it can make whoever reads this think, “Amir Valle still doesn’t know what he’s going to write.” And he would be right. Because I could have begun by saying directly what I mean: “Ángel Santiesteban is a writer, but they want … Continue reading “For Shame! / Angel Santiesteban #Cuba”
Readers’ interview from Diaro de Cuba The attorney and independent blogger, Laritza Diversent, responds to questions by readers of Diaro de Cuba regarding emigration reform. Ricardo E. Trelles: In your professional life you have to deal with the country’s existing legal system in which laws are formulated and established in an illegitimate way, without citizen participation, … Continue reading “Laritza Diversent: The Pending Emigration Law Should Make No Distinctions Because of Citizens’ Political Views #Cuba”
In 1959, “the year of the accident” as a friend of mine likes to call it, there were any number of well-known people who had degrees in business administration and public accounting. They practiced their professions in different manufacturing and service companies and in general their salaries provided them with a good standard of living. … Continue reading “A Necessary “Rescue” / Fernando Damaso #Cuba”
