English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Cuba, the little island difficult to locate in the Caribbean Sea and the big booty in the new world order. Often I hear that it is under siege by the voracious appetite of the empire, its eternal enemy. Other big powers in the great Europe also lurk for prey. A nice opening for a fiction … Continue reading “Resonance / Laritza Diversent”
With respect to Cuban immigration policy, Raul Castro, Head of State and Government, in his speech at the seventh ordinary session of the Seventh Legislature of the National Assembly, on August 2, said he evaluated a number of measures that would reduce prohibitions and regulations. The Cuban Communist Party in its Guideline No. 244 adopted … Continue reading “Future Migration and Travel Reform / Laritza Diversent”
I was born in a poor neighborhood of Havana where one day my parents, natives from the east of the country, came in search of better luck. I grew up not believing and any religion or trusting in god and his saints, or in promises, or in the destination. I only had sighs and impossible … Continue reading “I Love Cuba / Laritza Diversent”
I have been asked this and other questions. I do not know what the work of a lawyer in Cuba is, however there are some aspects that are noteworthy: “The bullet entered the body of Izquierdo Medina in the left buttock. It destroyed the femoral vein crossed to reach the kidney and lung. Death was … Continue reading “What is the Job of an Attorney in Cuba? / Laritza Diversent”
For 15 days I participated as a spectator in two trials held in the Havana Court, both pursued for the crime of murder. The first, on November 28th, I was counsel for the family of the accused, six poor people from Mantilla — a bad neighborhood of Arroyo Naranjo where I was born, grew up … Continue reading “Cuban Justice Forsakes the Marginalized / Laritza Diversent”
The trial of Amado Interian was held on the afternoon of December 13th in Courtroom Number 7 of the Havana Court. He is a former police officer who shot a 14-year-old teenager named Angel Izquierdo. The trial had been suspended on December 9th due to a nonappearance by the defendant. Amado Interian was dressed like an inmate, but it was … Continue reading “Trial of a Former Policeman Who Shot a Black Teenager / Laritza Diversent”
I was a little busy at the end of the year, but I did not forget you, and I want to take advantage of the first post of 2012 to wish everyone the best for this year — health, prosperity and happiness — and especially to all Cubans who follow my post, I hope we achieve the freedom we so much desire. I also … Continue reading “Friends / Laritza Diversent”
Various witnesses were called by the Havana Tribunal to participate in a murder trial which began this morning, December 9th, against Amado Interian, a retired police officer who is accused of shooting a black, 14-year-old teenager on July 15th of this year. The teenager’s name was Alain Izquierdo. According to Ismael Suarez Herce, a 17-year-old cousin of the victim who … Continue reading “The Havana Tribunal will judge a former military man today who shot a teenager / Laritza Diversent”
Tomorrow, December 9th, the Havana Tribunal will hear the case against a former military man named Amado Interian who is accused of having used his 45 caliber pistol to shoot a teenager named Alain Izquierdo Medina — a black 14-year-old who was coming down from a fruit tree on his property. Translated by Hank December … Continue reading “Tomorrow the Havana Tribunal will try the former military man who shot a teenager / Laritza Diversent”
Roberto Lopez arrived early at the Arrroyo Naranjo Property Registry. His plan was to divide his house. One part of the house was to be donated to his only granddaughter and the other was to be sold. He is 70 years old and he needs resources to live. He was number 10 in line that … Continue reading “Work in Progress / Laritza Diversent”
This past November 2nd, the Cuban government published the Legal Decree Number 288 that modified the “General Law of the Home”, and permitted the buying and selling of real estate between private parties, until then it was prohibited by national legislation. The new law took effect the 10th of November and generally permits owners: Cubans … Continue reading “Cubans Can Sell Their Homes / Laritza Diversent”
The new housing regulations in force struck down part of the laws that prevented Cuban emigrants from disposing of their homes before leaving the country permanently. But it left in force Law 989 of December 5, 1961, which requires permission to enter and exit, and the confiscation of property for this reason. Before the recent … Continue reading “Behind the New Changes / Laritza Diversent”
The housing regulations, recently enacted by the government of Cuba, and which take effect on November 10, leave intact regulations that impede the full exercise of the right of ownership. As part of the implementation of the Guidelines adopted at the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba in April, the State Council issued … Continue reading “Housing Regulations Maintain Restrictions for Cubans / Laritza Diversent”
The Government has just published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cuba, the legislation that authorizes the purchase and sale of private property. Download here. Translated by Regina Anavy November 3 2011
The Ministry of the Interior (MINIT) has detained 6 people for alleged murder while releasing the potential witness and main suspect of the case. Leonardo Rodriguez, Pedro Valerine, Jesus Daniel Forcade, Ramon Hechavarria, Leonardo Limonta and Juan Enrique Galindo, were arrested between October and November 2010 for the murder of the jeweler, Humberto Gonzalez, on … Continue reading “Cuban Ministry of Interior Authorizes Murder Suspect to Leave the Country / Laritza Diversent”
