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Angel Santiesteban is Being Held at the Acosta and Diez de Octubre Police Station / 14ymedio

14YMEDIO, Havana, 28 July 2014 – Since July 23 Angel Santiesteban’s family has denounced his disappearance from the Lawton Prison Settlement. That day the prize-winning author was taken from the place where he was serving a five-year sentence for an alleged crime of violation of domicile and injury. Until this morning his whereabouts were unknown. This … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban is Being Held at the Acosta and Diez de Octubre Police Station / 14ymedio”

Solidarity / Regina Coyula

The issue of solidarity among artists is complicated. Each guild has its own characteristics. A case that comes to mind is that of the painter Bejerano, who lost a lot of solidarity; I remember there was even mention of a maneuver by the CIA and the Miami mafia before Bejerano was declared guilty. Angel Santiesteban … Continue reading “Solidarity / Regina Coyula”

The Building That Resembles a Galician Apothecary / Iván García

If you want to know the soul of the Cuban people, you must live in a solar or tenement building. That’s where you’ll find diversity. Stories of prostitutes, pimps, gays, hustlers, thieves and dissidents. I invite you to visit a building in the Havana neighborhood of Lawton. It consists of a ground floor and an … Continue reading “The Building That Resembles a Galician Apothecary / Iván García”

The Chinatown of Havana / Iván García

In every self-respecting city there is a Chinatown. Havana is one of those. The Chinese are the largest population on the planet. If to the 1.3 billion people living in mainland China we added those scattered around half the world, the figure may exceed 1.5 billion. They arrived in Cuba in the mid 19th century, fleeing … Continue reading “The Chinatown of Havana / Iván García”

Laritza Diversent Weighs In on the Conviction of Alan Gross

Interviewed for Radio Martí, and in a first reaction to the sentence of 15 years in prison authorized by a court in Havana for the U.S. contractor Alan Gross, lawyer and independent journalist Laritza Diversent said the crime – if it existed – didn’t deserve such a penalty. Diversent explained that the act of distributing … Continue reading “Laritza Diversent Weighs In on the Conviction of Alan Gross”

Cuba, Soccer, Protests, Recklessness / Iván García

A ringing youth protest took place in Villa Clara, about 180 miles from Havana. Around a thousand young men paid three pesos in national money to see the match between Barça and Real Madrid, in a movie theater beneath the Hotel Santa Clara. Instead of the transmission of the classic Spanish league, they showed a … Continue reading “Cuba, Soccer, Protests, Recklessness / Iván García”

Reforms to Raúl Castro / Iván García

Goodbye to the Chinese model or that of Vietnam. Forget about copying Russia or Serbia. General Raul Castro, president of Cuba, is about to introduce one hundred percent home-grown changes. Those who dreamed of a market economy, please, back down to earth. Cuba’s move is “new and native” — in the words of the leaders. … Continue reading “Reforms to Raúl Castro / Iván García”

Voices Magazine / Miguel Iturria Savón

Since August 6, a bunch of copies of Voices Magazine have been circulating in Havana, presented by Yoani Sánchez at the headquarters of Cuba Bloggers Academy, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to disseminating the technologies that are revolutionizing communications and encouraging citizen journalism on the island, which broke the information monopoly of the military government. … Continue reading “Voices Magazine / Miguel Iturria Savón”

YOU TOO, YOUTUBE…?

Cuba is excluded from YouTube’s digital world map. What happens behind the closed doors of this paleopolitical Internet Island is of no concern to YouTube and, in consequence, nor to the audiovisual eyes of the world. The clever papal slogan from the past century and millennium resonates now like a coarse cathedral comedy script: “Let … Continue reading “YOU TOO, YOUTUBE…?”

LAGE: THE CULT NOVEL IN PERU

LAGE DE CULTO EN PERÚ, originally uploaded by orlandoluispardolazo. “It was an endless city. Therefore, an unreal city. And the unreality exhausts.” So Jorge Enrque Lage offers us. A perfect metaphor for Cuba in the strokes of one of our most powerful storytellers. For this he constructs in Evelin a representation inwhich everything serves, in … Continue reading “LAGE: THE CULT NOVEL IN PERU”