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Eugenio was released in the afternoon, after the disastrous Pope took his plane back to Rome. But Augustin was still in a cell, because Eugenio saw him in passing, and also with him a member of “Los Aldeanos.” They have arrested many people. When I returned to my house I met in the elevator one … Continue reading “Adios Pope / Lilianne Ruíz”

Pedro Valerino Acosta, 28, son of Pedro and Corina, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Humberto Gonzalaz Otano, a jeweler in the neighborhood of San Miguel del Padron in the capital, a process that also resulted in sentences for 5 other people. He had no criminal record, but he didn’t participate in … Continue reading “The Same But Different / Laritza Diversent”

The jail guards had a small battery-operated radio, an obsolete gadget like everything in the Regla police station, on the other side of Havana bay. The decor of the interrogation rooms was antediluvian, pure Soviet-style political propaganda, with quotes from Fidel Castro stuck to his early icons of the Revolution: the assault on the Moncada … Continue reading “Praying to Ratzinger Between the Bars of the Revolution / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

This morning I had invited some friends to watch the Mass at the Plaza on television, and afterwards to talk. The last call I got yesterday evening was from my friend Agustin, before the political police stopped him, was to tell me that he had talked with Felix, the pastor of the beautiful Baptist Church, … Continue reading “Saint Bartholomew’s Night / Lilianne Ruíz”

The official discourse has “educated” citizens in the pathological character of independent thought, especially the ideological. For half a century Cubans have received a message on the subject, full of platitudes, generalizations and situations out of context, and a butchered teaching of History. It seems more healthy (remember I spoke of disease) to avoid contact with harmful influences. The spaces of otherness are open, but shadowed with malice; the official spaces, on the other hand, have lists, solapines, the right of admission. How can we reverse the social damage that is perceived in … Continue reading “Politician or Patriot? / Regina Coyula”

INJUSTICE, BRUTALITY AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RASTAFARIANS IN CUBA 2012. CUBAN RASTAFARIANS UNDER THE NEGATIVE POWER ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE POWER OF LIGHT AND TRUTH. By: Family, artists and friends of Hector Riscart TRUTH ALWAYS IN FRONT, THE TRUTH BEFORE, THE TRUTH AFTER, THE TRUTH WITH LOVE … Amid the profound changes taking place in … Continue reading “ZURAIMA AND HER RASTAFARIAN HUSBAND ASK FOR WORLD SOLIDARITY: +53-52519247 / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”

As our regular readers know, the purpose of this site is to bring voices from the island of Cuba to a broader readership.  The only exceptions we make to that rule are two: First — When “Translating Cuba” bloggers who began blogging in Cuba go into exile, we continue to translate them. Second — At … Continue reading “The Voice of a Cuban no Longer in Cuba: What the Pope saw in Cuba”

Pope Benedict XVI returned to Rome on Wednesday, March 28, after officiating his second Mass in Cuba as a pilgrim of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre. The devout joy of the faithful overflowed that day in José Martí Civic Plaza in the capital, where thousands of people shared in communion the longing for justice, … Continue reading “Eppur si muove… And Yet It Moves / Rafael Leon Rodriguez”

In an article published about central Uruguay (before Jatibonico, Cuba) it states that: despite its backward technology, occupies the first rung on the country’s sugar contest. I do not understand what it means to occupy the first rung, as the journalist does not explain, leaving in limbo the interpretation of it. However, it is important … Continue reading “The First Rung? / Fernando Dámaso”

Interview of Dr. Jimenez Vega Jeovany by Praxis, local newsletter of Guanajay Catholic Church, published in its latest edition. An unprecedented event, for the social responsibility that a great part of the people have assumed, and especially people from Guanajay and particularly an important sector of the Catholic Church, deserves a few lines from its … Continue reading “Interview Given to Praxis / Jeovany Jimenez Vega”