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90% of the private cars in Cuba don’t offer any protection to drivers and passengers / Anddy Sierra Alvarez

Most of the private cars in Cuba are old, built around 1939, 1941, 1955 etc. None of them have seat belts or airbags, which increases the number of fatalities in an accident. Private cars don’t have seat belts or airbags at the steering wheel. Also government vehicles are like this too, and their passengers a … Continue reading “90% of the private cars in Cuba don’t offer any protection to drivers and passengers / Anddy Sierra Alvarez”

Art Deco, Art-kitsch-tecture and Collapsed Buildings / Rebeca Monzo

Now, as the 2013 Art Deco Congress is being held in our country, and invitees and delegates attend its conferences, an average of three residential structures a day collapse in the capital. The influence of Art Deco, which dates to the 1920s and 1930s, was strongly felt throughout the world in the decorative arts, painting, … Continue reading “Art Deco, Art-kitsch-tecture and Collapsed Buildings / Rebeca Monzo”

Action of the International Pen Club for Calixto Martinez, Antonio Torres and Angel Santiesteban / Angel Santiesteban

CUBA: Two journalists jailed, one writer sentenced to five years in prison The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests a renewed wave of repression and harassment against journalists and writers in Cuba, including the imprisonment of two journalists and the conviction of a writer. Independent journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias has been … Continue reading “Action of the International Pen Club for Calixto Martinez, Antonio Torres and Angel Santiesteban / Angel Santiesteban”

Operation Yoani

By Bertrand de la Grange. Translated from DiariodeCuba.com. Attacks on Yoani Sanchez are getting a lot of media coverage, generally favorable to the blogger. Don’t panic, Yoani: if the dogs bark, it’s because you’re doing well and they’re afraid. So I would summarize my first impression of the fascinating journey of the most famous Cuban … Continue reading “Operation Yoani”

Cuba Doesn’t Matter or We Still Can’t Claim Victory… Yet / Luis Felipe Rojas

[Note: This version was posted on Luis Felipe Roja’s blog. A longer version is available here.] By Amir Valle I’m sorry… I can’t cry victory only because (finally!) Yoani Sánchez, Eliécer Ávila, Rosa María Payá and others who, of course, will do it in the next months, now can travel without the humiliating exit permit. … Continue reading “Cuba Doesn’t Matter or We Still Can’t Claim Victory… Yet / Luis Felipe Rojas”

Drinking in Cuba / Ivan Garcia

As with everything in the island of the Castros, there are two standards for alcoholic beverages. If you travel outside world with an official passport, or receive dollars or euros, life on the green cayman is much more pleasant. With hard currency you can eat in an established restaurant such as El Aljibe on 7th … Continue reading “Drinking in Cuba / Ivan Garcia”

Military Counterintelligence Threatens Independent Journalist Again / Iván García

In recent days a very concerned neighbor approached me to warn me about an investigation by special services. “We have been watching him for some time,” the official told the neighbor. This is nothing new. According to neighborhood sources Military Counterintelligence (CIM) has been looking for three years into any bit of information that might … Continue reading “Military Counterintelligence Threatens Independent Journalist Again / Iván García”

Blessed are Those Who Have Friends / Angel Santiesteban

Amir, listen, I was remembering a lot of intellectuals we respected and loved who on many occasions went to my house to talk about the interviews you were doing with me because they claimed that you were going to betray me when State Security attacked me. Today I arrived at the conclusion — once again … Continue reading “Blessed are Those Who Have Friends / Angel Santiesteban”

Gesture of Solidarity with Angel Santiesteban Prats #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban

I want to thank the person who interceded with the mayor from the city where my parents were born, Lerida, Spain, asking for me. Elisa, you have deeply touched me. Ángel Santiesteban-Prats Cuban writer. ————————————————– —————— Date: January 29, 2013 18:30 Subject: Urgent plea for a native from Lerida To alcalde@paeria.es [From: Elisa Tabakman] Dear … Continue reading “Gesture of Solidarity with Angel Santiesteban Prats #YoTambienEscriboInclinado / Angel Santiesteban”

Violence increases against dissidents in Cuba (Part 1) / Pieces of the Island #Cuba

From TranslatingCuba.com site manager: Add this blog — Pieces of the Island — to your reading list. As always “Pieces of the Island” brings up-to-the minute news directly from Cuba — and in particular from places other than Havana — from a broad range of activists who don’t all run their own blogs. Without this … Continue reading “Violence increases against dissidents in Cuba (Part 1) / Pieces of the Island #Cuba”

This is Already a Path of No Return / Antonio Rodiles , Estado de SATS #Cuba

Interview with Antonio G. Rodiles, Estado de SATS Project Coordinator, by Ernesto Santana Zaldívar (from July 2012) HAVANA, Cuba, www.cubanet.org Introductory Note: On July 24, 2012, during the funeral of the opposition leader Oswaldo Payá, there were violent arrests of several activists and dissidents, among them Antonio Rodiles, who was held for 24 hours at … Continue reading “This is Already a Path of No Return / Antonio Rodiles , Estado de SATS #Cuba”

The Banished Wise Men Return to Cuba / Agustin Lopez #Cuba

Although the boy forgot to put a note under the bed for the Three Kings, the father wrote: I don’t want any more governments that rob children of their innocence. It’s a few minutes before 2:00 when I walk into Neptune Street, towards the home of the late Laura Pollan, made God put here in … Continue reading “The Banished Wise Men Return to Cuba / Agustin Lopez #Cuba”

In 2013: Reasons to Stay / Yoani Sanchez #Cuba

Someone has to be at the foot of the aircraft steps, to say goodbye, holding the handkerchief and wiping their eyes. Someone has to receives the letters, the brightly colored postcards, the long distance phone calls. Someone has to stay and look after the house that once was full of children and relatives, watering the … Continue reading “In 2013: Reasons to Stay / Yoani Sanchez #Cuba”

Carromero’s Flesh / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo #Cuba

The phase of foul play against the exterminating Angel of the youth wing of Spain’s Ruling People’s Party will be tomorrow, October 5th, 2012 It’s rumored that his interrogators, in imitation of King Juan Carlos facing some babbling idiocy from Chavez, have forced him to remain silent and not make a fuss: “Angel, why don’t … Continue reading “Carromero’s Flesh / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo #Cuba”

PROVISIONAL CONCLUSIONS IN THE TRIAL OF HECTOR RISCART / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo #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”