English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
By Reyner Aguero Due to recent experiences I have chosen to address an core issue critical to the future of our country. I mean the few opportunities for young people, often under 20, to succeed as workers in our society; and in addition the way, not at all educational, that they are judged when they … Continue reading “Schools filled with men… and prisons? / Reyner Aguero”
Translated by Alex Higson. From Sampsonia Way Magazine. You must have nearly suicidal courage to accuse Cuban State Security, an offshoot of the Soviet KGB which has thousands of officials and millions of collaborators on and off the island, of a double murder. The accusation comes from Madrid, from Ángel Carromero, of the youth wing … Continue reading “Carromero’s Courage / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
Havana, Cuba, August of 2013, www.cubanet.org — “As long as the Office of Religious Affairs of the Communist Party’s Central Committee exists to monitor pastoral work, one cannot speak of religious liberty in Cuba.” So said Pastor Mario Felix Lleonart from the Baptist Church of Taguayabon to Cubanet in the province of Villa Clara. The … Continue reading “Why Does the Communist Party Control the Churches? / Lilianne Ruiz”
I have been to Korea a couple of times and the memory of it feels like a weight on my chest. People there work from sunup for a monthly salary that only gets them through a week. They do not know what the internet is and have never used email. They arrive punctually for political … Continue reading “Another Ship Bound for Korea / Henry Constantin”
The North Korean vessel Chong Chon Gang, with its belly caramelized in arms and detained in the Panama Canal, floats above the level of State terrorism to settle itself in the much more explosive field of fiction. Like a Tarantino totalitarian puppet – similar to the 5 Spies/Heroes of the Wasp Network in the USA… … Continue reading “Chong Chon Gangsters, S. A. / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
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The Congress of the Journalists Union of Cuba (UPEC) has just been contradicted. Barely a few days after that meeting of official reporters, reality has put them to the test … and they failed. Yesterday, the news that a freighter flying under the North Korean flag, coming from Havana and found with missiles and other … Continue reading “The “Crisis of the Sugar Missiles” / Yoani Sanchez”
From Sampsonia Way Magazine. Since the end of the 1980s, Ángel Santiesteban has been known as one of the most brilliant writers of his generation. In this position he touches upon subjects that are pretty uncomfortable for Cuban political culture: The island’s military interference in Angola and Ethiopia, the genocide of people fleeing towards liberty … Continue reading “The Son that Nobody Wanted / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
By Jennifer Fonseca Padrón, Activist and Independent Journalist (www.miscelaneasdecuba.net) | Four years after the birth of the Network of Civic Libraries (NCL), its members and founders decided to come together to honor the date, look at the accomplishments of their work and set new goals to reach. The celebration took place at the NLC headquarters where a … Continue reading “Celebration of the 4th Anniversary of the Network of Civic Libraries / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada, Jennifer Fonseca Padrón”
I have visited the Spanish Mediterranean but Cannes is, for me, a futuristic city approximated by its famous international film festival. The 66th ceremony closed with awards presented by Steven Spielberg, president of the jury that awarded the Grand Prix to the film Inside Llewyn Davis, from the Coen brothers, and the Palm D’or to … Continue reading “The Cannes Film Festival Closes / Miguel Iturria Savon”
Poster by Rolando Pulido That poster in support of Orlando Zapata, Antonio Rodiles or Yoani Sánchez, which you are about to “Like” on Facebook and share with your friends, was designed by a man from Cienfuegos who lives in New York. Rolando Pulido came to the United States twenty years ago and since then has … Continue reading “The Man Who Gives Color to Cuban Activism / Luis Felipe Rojas”
Facing the India fountain, next to Fraternity Park and close to the Capitol, in the center of Havana, is nestled the Hotel Saratoga. Its ancient facade, painted lime green, has an architecture of curved arches and tall columns. The interior is a modern frame with iron structures and plasterboard. According to the relaxed norms of … Continue reading “Cuba: Internet, in Slow Motion and Hard Currency / Ivan Garcia”
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On the afternoon of May 14 a meeting was held at the University of Camaguey with students and teachers, led by former G2 agents along with other higher level officials from Cuban Counterintelligence. All this focused on the issue of ideological subversion with the objective of showing the students supposed CIA cables leaked to G2, … Continue reading “From the Blog “Resilient Youth: In the Collective Intelligence is the Power of Society” / Reyner Aguero”
Dear readers, feisbuseros (Facebook) friends, my Twitter people: Thanks for the massive birthday greetings, if it were possible, I would be as attentive as you are; it’s not from disinterest that I don’t respond to comments nor follow Twitter accounts, nor more often recommend in #foloufraidei, nor update Facebook. Someday, someday … 24 May 2013