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About the Migratory “Reforms” / Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez #Cuba

In February 2008, the United States government granted me a special humanitarian visa for my consequent admission into Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami in order to treat my severe cardiovascular infection which I still have. Because I put as a condition real guarantees of returning as soon as I finished the examinations, and not accepting … Continue reading “About the Migratory “Reforms” / Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez #Cuba”

Foreign Journalist Are Afraid to be Seen Covering Dr. Biscet’s Emilia Project / Agustin Valentin Lopez Canino #Cuba

This Wednesday, January 9, a new project comes to light from one of the organizations that dare to claim rights and freedoms under the most strict censorship of the state, repression and prison. Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet convicted in case 63 of 1999, in the case 662 of 1999 and finally in case 15, 2003, … Continue reading “Foreign Journalist Are Afraid to be Seen Covering Dr. Biscet’s Emilia Project / Agustin Valentin Lopez Canino #Cuba”

Midnight in Havana: Will the Cuban government fall in 2013? /Yoani Sanchez #Cuba

HAVANA — Just outside the Virgin of Regla temple, here in Havana, a fortune-teller throws shells for passersby in exchange for money. Every day she gets the same questions: Will they find love? Will they be able to buy a home? Will they be able to travel in the near future? And above all, when … Continue reading “Midnight in Havana: Will the Cuban government fall in 2013? /Yoani Sanchez #Cuba”

Carromero’s Flesh / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo #Cuba

The phase of foul play against the exterminating Angel of the youth wing of Spain’s Ruling People’s Party will be tomorrow, October 5th, 2012 It’s rumored that his interrogators, in imitation of King Juan Carlos facing some babbling idiocy from Chavez, have forced him to remain silent and not make a fuss: “Angel, why don’t … Continue reading “Carromero’s Flesh / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo #Cuba”

Speaking of Frozen Accounts on Human Rights Day / Mario Lleonart

I was surprised some days ago when the Cuban regime came to the defense of the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) whose bank account in Miami — intended to be used for the Congress of this association of churches to be held in Cuba in the coming year — was frozen by the American … Continue reading “Speaking of Frozen Accounts on Human Rights Day / Mario Lleonart”

Projects Fair / Yoani Sanchez #Cuba

Lately my days are like weeks concentrated into twenty-four hours. I have Wednesdays that come one after another, Saturdays full of work and Mondays on which nothing seems to start, it all just continues. Sometimes I combine the most incredible events in a single day: sublime or mundane; extraordinary or tedious. But there is, every … Continue reading “Projects Fair / Yoani Sanchez #Cuba”

Why Estado de Sats Must Not Die / Jeovany Jimenez Vega

About two weeks Antonio Rodiles was arrested by State Security. First he was charged with resisting arrest, then they concocted a charge of undermining the authority when nearly a dozen witnesses deny the police accusation. It is not anything unusual, because in Cuba long arbitrary detentions are part of the repressive praxis. This time it’s … Continue reading “Why Estado de Sats Must Not Die / Jeovany Jimenez Vega”

Letter of One (?) Cuban Doctor / Jeovany Jimenez Vega

These heartfelt words come, crisp, clean and sincere, to our mailbox, written by a colleague I don’t know; I never saw his face, never shook his hand, I don’t even know if Eider exists, but here are the words, complete. / Jeovany Jimenez Vega ————————————————————————————————————   Days ago I had the opportunity to read an … Continue reading “Letter of One (?) Cuban Doctor / Jeovany Jimenez Vega”

The Teacher of Teachers Left / Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez

Yesterday the dissident Cuban writer Luis Felipe Rojas Rosabel, author of the blog “Crossing the Barbed Wire,” left the Holguin city of San German for the land of the free. Today, therefore, is a very sad day both for the opposition as well as for independent journalists and the Cuban blogosphere, because the teacher of … Continue reading “The Teacher of Teachers Left / Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez”

Update on Arrest of Yoani Sanchez, Reinaldo Escobar, Agustin Lopez (and others?) in Bayamo

Site manager’s note: The following excerpts are translated from an article in Cubaencuentro.  In addition, an official government blogger reported that Yoani traveled to Bayamo intending to disrupt and put on a “media show” at the trial of Angel Carromero, who was driving the car in which Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero were killed. For … Continue reading “Update on Arrest of Yoani Sanchez, Reinaldo Escobar, Agustin Lopez (and others?) in Bayamo”