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Cuban Independent Reporter Ricardo Fernandez Now Missing for 48 Hours

14ymedio, Havana, 14 July 2019 — Independent journalist Ricardo Fernandez Izaguirre, who works with 14ymedio and lives in the city of Camagüey, has been missing since Friday morning, according to information provided to this newspaper by the activist Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White. Soler details that the reporter was at her home in the … Continue reading “Cuban Independent Reporter Ricardo Fernandez Now Missing for 48 Hours”

Cuban Doctors in Exile in Brazil Will Return to Work in Health Centers

14ymedio, Havana, 11 July 2019 —  The Brazilian government is shaping a provisional measure so that Cuban doctors exiled in that country can rejoin the health care  field in August, according to the Brazilian newspaper Estadao . The objective of the authorities is that the Cuban physicians can return to work providing basic care in the Unified Health … Continue reading “Cuban Doctors in Exile in Brazil Will Return to Work in Health Centers”

"They’re terrified," says Iliana Hernandez About the Repressors Who Arrested Her

14ymedio, Havana, 7 July 2019 — The activist and independent reporter Iliana Hernández was released this Sunday after spending almost 24 hours in detention after being arrested the previous day at a bus stop in Cojímar, in the province of Havana, while participating through the social network Twitter in the campaign to #BajenLosPreciosDeInternet (Lower the … Continue reading “"They’re terrified," says Iliana Hernandez About the Repressors Who Arrested Her”

Government Strengthens Its Control Over Content on the Web

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón/ Yoani Sánchez, Miami/Havana, 5 July 2019 — The control that the Government has had over the media for years has a mirror for the virtual world. So far, online publications have been able to escape the legal censorship that weighs on analogue media, but the days are numbered for that status. … Continue reading “Government Strengthens Its Control Over Content on the Web”

Cuban Football Team Captain "Deserts" From the Gold Cup

14ymedio, Ernesto Santana, Havana, June 21, 2019 — The news spread quickly through the international press. The captain of the Cuban soccer team, Yasmani López, had abandoned the team at the Gold Cup of the Confederation of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) in the United States. One media outlet called him “the first … Continue reading “Cuban Football Team Captain "Deserts" From the Gold Cup”

SNET Administrators and Users Use Twitter to Demand Change in Cuban Law

14ymedio, Havana, 24 June 2019 — SNet administrators and users are participating in a Twitter protest this Sunday to demand that Cuba’s Ministry of Communications (Micom) make changes in the new resolution that allows the network’s operation to continue. The organizers have asked that messages be sent with the hashtag #YoSoySNet (I Am SNet) this Sunday, … Continue reading “SNET Administrators and Users Use Twitter to Demand Change in Cuban Law”

Instar Offers Two Residencies to Promote Civic Initiatives in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 30 May 2019 — The Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism (Instar) is offering two Vita Activa (Active Life) Residencies “to promote civic initiatives with viable solutions in the short or medium term.” Every Cuban resident on the island can apply and novelty and creativity will be rewarded. Vita Activa is looking for “projects which, using a strong theoretical … Continue reading “Instar Offers Two Residencies to Promote Civic Initiatives in Cuba”

May Day in Cuba With Little to Celebrate

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 1 May 2019 — The relationship between Cuba’s communist regime and the world of work has been difficult. Therefore, there is not much to celebrate this May Day, nor has there been on previous ones. This relationship has always referred to, by the Cuban government, as “adverse times, characterized by the resurgence of … Continue reading “May Day in Cuba With Little to Celebrate”

Housing as a Problem

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 30 April 2019 — Two weeks ago Cuba’s Council of Ministers issued an agreement that makes the transfer of property more flexible for those who occupied “houses, rooms, habitations, accessory units and premises without legal status or without observing the formalities in their construction.” It is assumed that this measure, long-awaited, … Continue reading “Housing as a Problem”

Leopoldo Lopez and Juan Guaido Call From a Military Base for "The End of the Usurpation"

14ymedio, Caracas, 30 April 2019 — Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López has been released by military deserters after receiving a presidential pardon, according to what his father told the Spanish radio station Cadena SER. Shortly afterwards, Juan Guaidó appeared with the leader of Venezuela’s Voluntad Popular ( Popular Will) Movement at La Carlota air base … Continue reading “Leopoldo Lopez and Juan Guaido Call From a Military Base for "The End of the Usurpation"”

A New Constitution and "Preparing for the Worst" on the Economy, Says Raul Castro

14ymedio, Havana, 10 April 2019 — The proclamation, this Wednesday, of the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba was accompanied by the bad news that the ex-president Raúl Castro was commissioned to announce in a speech before the National Assembly. He warned that the country faces “additional difficulties and that the situation could worsen … Continue reading “A New Constitution and "Preparing for the Worst" on the Economy, Says Raul Castro”

Cuba’s Embassy in Mexico Led the Fight Against Central American Dictatorships

EFE (via 14ymedio), José Antonio Torres, Mexico City, 28 March2019 —  In the 1960s Cuba used its embassy in Mexico to direct movements against those they considered dictatorships in Latin America, according to espionage archives declassified by the Mexican government. In a version of 411 files Mexico has made public on the espionage carried out of … Continue reading “Cuba’s Embassy in Mexico Led the Fight Against Central American Dictatorships”

From the Left Wave to the Right Tsunami

14ymedio, Mauricio Rojas, Santiago de Chile | 23 Marzo 2019 — Ten years ago the Latin American left was in a situation unparalleled in the history of the region: never before had it been as influential or controlled as many governments as it did then. Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Lula da Silva in Brazil, Cristina Kirchner in Argentina, … Continue reading “From the Left Wave to the Right Tsunami”

Cuba and Fundamental Rights / Dimas Castellano

Dimas Castellanos, 17 January 2018 — The impact of fundamental rights on the development of society is of such magnitude and significance that it becomes impossible to comprehend the advancement, stagnation or regression of a population without accounting for it. To mark the tenth anniversary of Convivencia (Coexistence), the current issue addresses a central theme … Continue reading “Cuba and Fundamental Rights / Dimas Castellano”

Cubanos ‘Go Home’

14ymedio, Joaquín Villalobos, 21 February 2019 — In July of 1968 I finished my baccalaureate in a Catholic school with a professor who was a soldier for the dictator Francisco Franco. The students had to go to receive Lyndon Johnson, president of the United States, who visited the country. It was the first time I … Continue reading “Cubanos ‘Go Home’”