English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
If you walk through the marginal and mostly black neighborhoods of Havana, you will not hear people talking about integration, inequality, human rights, democracy or freedom of expression. They are hard neighborhoods. Their priorities run toward having containers full of potable water: it’s been decades since the precious liquid arrived in their precarious dwellings through … Continue reading “Goodbye to a Summit to Forget / Ivan Garcia”
HAVANA, Cuba, 14 January 2014, www.cubanet.org.- How has the Cuban political scene changed for human rights activists and leaders of the political opposition who have left and returned to Cuba? Is the day after the fall of the Castro regime close? To answer, Cubanet contacted some of the protagonists of this story. Miriam Celaya (blogger … Continue reading “A Year Without the White Card (Travel Permit) / Lilianne Ruiz”
Under the title “Tampa seeks to do business with Cuba” in the Miami Herald, we learn that Tampa City Council members Harry Cohen, Yvonne Yolie Capin, and Mary Mulhern, along with Kathy Castor, will soon be traveling to Cuba. Castor traveled to Havana in the first week of April with a team of advisers and … Continue reading “Money is a Mighty Lord / Agustin Lopez”
Ignacio Ramonet. Taken from wwwunmundoperfecto.blogspot.com Ignacio Ramonet is a Spanish journalist working in France who was, for 18 years, editor-in-chief of the French edition of Le Monde Diplomatique. Nobody doubts that his journalistic skill or his comprehensive general knowledge. To his name there are several books, many articles, essays and lectures. He is also the … Continue reading “The Shocked Silence / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”
Ignacio Ramonet is a Spanish journalist working in France who was, for 18 years, editor-in-chief of the French edition of Le Monde Diplomatique. Nobody doubts that his journalistic skill or his comprehensive general knowledge. To his name there are several books, many articles, essays and lectures. He is also the driving force of the Social … Continue reading “The Shocked Silence”
