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The German PEN Center for Writers in Prison has pronounced its satisfaction with the release of Calixto Martinez Arias but is now asking for a review of the trials of Jose Antonio Torres, journalist, and of writer and blogger Angel Santiesteban Prats. We call on the authorities to provide legal guarantees that have not been … Continue reading “PEN Writers in Prison Ask for a Review of Angel Santiesteban’s Trial / Angel Santiesteban”

“Without a strong union there will be no economy,” said Salvador Valdes Mesa, vice president of the Council of State and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the recently concluded plenary session of the National Union of Sugar Workers. An approach which clearly expresses the vision of unions as … Continue reading “Are There Unions in Cuba? / Dimas Castellanos”

Site manager’s note: This document/proposal, published by the Catholic Archdiocese of Havana, is generating discussion among the bloggers and is posted here for the convenience of our readers. The following translation is taken from the Havana Times. The document, in English, can be downloaded here. A Dreamed of, Possible and Future Cuba The sovereignty of … Continue reading “A Dreamed of, Possible and Future Cuba, Laboratorio Casa Cuba Proposal / Catholic Archdiocese of Havana”

Cuba changes if you want it to. Five years after Cuba’s representative signed the United Nations Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the situation with regards to fundamental rights in Cuba remains precarious. The violation of fundamental rights is not only a part of the repressive apparatus of … Continue reading “The Covenants, Five Years Later / Luis Felipe Rojas”

Why the demand? The Cuba government’s ratification of the UN covenants imply recognition of the legal and constitutional rights of citizens such as: -Free entry and exit from the country, freedom of movement within it. -Full recognition of property rights. -Dignified wages. -Freedom of peaceful assembly and association. -Judicial independence (fair judicial processes and with … Continue reading “Why the Demand for Another Cuba?”

José Martí was right when he said, “Government arises out of the country. The spirit of government must be that of the country. The form of government must be in accordance with the constitution. Government is nothing more than the balance between the natural elements of the country.” 1 He later added, “”Only in those countries where the … Continue reading “Post-Revolutionary Political Parties / Rafael Leon Rodriguez”

With another year of the period of pretend “reforms” implemented by the Government ending, free access to information remains distant and unchanged. Besides buying and selling homes and traveling abroad, internet access is one of the most anticipated changes Cubans. However, in 2012 the Ministry of Informatics and Communications (MIC) issued no legal statute to … Continue reading “Just Sitting Around Waiting for Internet Access / Yaremis Flores”

In the TV program “Round Table” on Thursday, October 18, Teresa Amarelle Boué, a History and Social Science graduate and Secretary General of the Federation of Cuban Women,more or less said that, thanks to the 1959 revolution, Cuban women had gained the right to vote. Since then she has been interviewed on various occasions about … Continue reading “The Move Towards Female Suffrage in Cuba / Dimas Castellano #Cuba”