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Declaration from Cuban Democratic Alliance on the Successful End of the Hunger Strike / ALDECU

We, the undersigned members of the plural group ALDECU (Cuban Democratic Alliance),  issue this document in order to express our deep satisfaction with the success achieved by the scores of hunger strikers belonging to the valiant Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), headed by José Daniel Ferrer García, a member of our group. On Tuesday night ended … Continue reading “Declaration from Cuban Democratic Alliance on the Successful End of the Hunger Strike / ALDECU”

The number of political prisoners in Cuba is doubling: the case of Angel Santiesteban / Angel Santiesteban

By El Manisero (The Peanut Seller) In this article, our Cuban contributor condemns Ángel Santiesteban’s prison sentence and the grave situation regarding political prisoners in Cuba. The Human Rights and National Reconciliation Commission recently published a report about political prisoners of the dictatorial regime of the Castro brothers, which was made known by its spokesman, … Continue reading “The number of political prisoners in Cuba is doubling: the case of Angel Santiesteban / Angel Santiesteban”

THs – “Twisted Humans” – The Creation of a Dictatorship to Humilate Their People / Angel Santiesteban

The situation of Cubans under the oppression of the Castro dictatorship does nothing but get worse day by day. The complicity of the world’s governments, whatever their political orientations may be, is unexplainable and unjustifable. In Cuba, Human Rights do NOT exist, liberty and justice do not exist. The oldest dynastic dictatorship in the world … Continue reading “THs – “Twisted Humans” – The Creation of a Dictatorship to Humilate Their People / Angel Santiesteban”

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”

More Than Half A Century Making A Mockery of Human Rights / Julio Cesar Galvaz #Cuba

By: Julio César Gálvez. The current economic and social crisis spreads and worsens among the most vulnerable sectors of the population: children, elderly, disabled, women, ethnic minorities. It is not an isolated case. It is a well-structured plot over 50 years ago to control an entire country. The lack of ethical and moral values and … Continue reading “More Than Half A Century Making A Mockery of Human Rights / Julio Cesar Galvaz #Cuba”

2012 Solidarity Prize / Ignacio Estrada #Cuba

Havana, Cuba. 10 December 2012. By Ignacio Estrada Cepero. By agreement the National Executive of the Cuban League Against AIDS, at a meeting held on Saturday 24 November, decided to award its 2012 Annual Solidarity Prize to the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation led by the attorney Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz. The … Continue reading “2012 Solidarity Prize / Ignacio Estrada #Cuba”

The Need for Light / Lilianne Ruiz

For the first time I feel like a target of attack by the State dictatorship in the Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs published last Friday the 2nd of November. I am a student, since a little less than a month ago, in a journalism course offered by the International University of Florida through the United … Continue reading “The Need for Light / Lilianne Ruiz”

In Havana A Debate on Democracy / Ivan Garcia

The narrow streets of old Havana are a blazing market. Past two in the afternoon, the sun doesn’t let up on the sellers of cheap goods, prostitutes in their element and old musicians looking for a few convertible pesos entertaining some chubby Norwegians at lunch. It is a passageway of scoundrels and survivors. On Obispo … Continue reading “In Havana A Debate on Democracy / Ivan Garcia”

“I do not believe the version of the government nor of its spokesmen.” Ofelia Acevedo Maura speaks of the death of her husband, Oswaldo Payá

Ofelia Acevedo Maura speaks about the death of her husband Oswaldo Payá. Transcript/summary from PenultimosDias.com. I have nothing in writing, only brief information given verbally by an official from Criminal Affairs. Briefly, he told me that the car went out of control because of excessive speed and had hit a tree, and this caused the … Continue reading ““I do not believe the version of the government nor of its spokesmen.” Ofelia Acevedo Maura speaks of the death of her husband, Oswaldo Payá”

Citizen Demand for Another Cuba – 536 Signatures and Counting

Citizen Demand for Another Cuba As Cubans, legitimate children of this land and an essential part of our nation, we feel a deep sorrow at the prolonged crisis that we are experiencing and the demonstrated inability of the current government to make fundamental changes. This obliges us, from civil society, to seek and demand our … Continue reading “Citizen Demand for Another Cuba – 536 Signatures and Counting”

Covenants and Demands / Rebeca Monzo

This morning, Saturday, June 16, Estado de Sats again hosted an interesting debate regarding a Citizen Demand for Another Cuba, and the United Nations Covenants on Human Rights, printed copies of which were handed out to everyone in attendance. The panel consisted of Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz, Reinaldo Escobar, Wilfredo Vallín and Manuel Cuesta Morua, … Continue reading “Covenants and Demands / Rebeca Monzo”

For Another Cuba – Citizen Demand for Another Cuba

Citizen Demand for Another Cuba As Cubans, legitimate children of this land and an essential part of our nation, we feel a deep sorrow at the prolonged crisis that we are experiencing and the demonstrated inability of the current government to make fundamental changes. This obliges us, from civil society, to seek and demand our … Continue reading “For Another Cuba – Citizen Demand for Another Cuba”

We are an active part of the transition, not just observers / Antonio Rodiles, Estado de SATS

From civil society, the Estado de SATS project, is an attempt to create a space for citizen participation. Its director, Antonio G. Rodiles, responds to questions from the readers of DIARIO DE CUBA. Omar Laffita: First, greetings. I have seen your programs and I want to say that the interview with El Sexto has been one … Continue reading “We are an active part of the transition, not just observers / Antonio Rodiles, Estado de SATS”

For breaking the silence they called her "hard line" / Miguel Iturria Savón

Ladies in White and of Iron… "The Streets Belong to the Nation" The divorce between the management of information and the Cuban reality is repeatedly striking, at least in the official press, a specialist in softening the country’s situation, exalting the allies of the regime, disparaging perceived enemies internal and external, repeating the hallelujahs of … Continue reading “For breaking the silence they called her "hard line" / Miguel Iturria Savón”

Medical Policy, or Political Medicine? / Ernesto Morales Licea

A little less than a year ago I lived for two weeks thinking I had cancer in my lymph nodes. In November, 2010, a team of pathologists at the “Carlos Manuel de Cespedes” Provincial Hospital in Bayamo signed a yellowish paper, prepared on a typewriter with a number of typing errors, telling me I had … Continue reading “Medical Policy, or Political Medicine? / Ernesto Morales Licea”