English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
I stay in Cuba and do not leave because otherwise I cannot imagine having to ask for a white card or exit permit in order to permanently choose the place where I want to spend the rest of my life. I stay in Cuba because I could not bear the humiliation of having to seek … Continue reading “Why I Stay (Part 2) / Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez”
The newspaper Granma provokes, slapping its readers’ faces with a fistful of falsehoods. I am not saying they use fallacy on a regular basis, but sometimes they publish opinions with a manipulative slant. These must be refuted because, if we remain silent, we are ourselves guilty of lying through inaction or omission. On July 31 … Continue reading “Calves of the Revolution / Rosa Maria Rodriguez Torrado”
By Dagoberto Valdés On the afternoon of Sunday, 22 July 2012, we were surprised by unexpected and terrible news: Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, founder and leader of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL), had tragically died near the city of Bayama, seeking the roots of our Cubanness to say goodbye to the land he loved so much … Continue reading “Oswaldo Pay: Example and Legacy / IntraMuros, Dagoberto Valdes”
Motivated by the death of the leader and founder of the Christian Liberation Movement, the Cuban Democracy Project issues the following declaration: The Cuban Democracy Project is in mourning, after the tragic death of the leader and founder of the Christian Liberation Movement, Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas. There was a wake over his mortal remains in … Continue reading “Declaration of the Cuban Democracy Project / Rafael León Rodríguez”
I feel like I had a couple of days stolen from me last week. I remember staying up all night on Monday, leaving for the parish of The Savior of the World where the wake for Oswaldo Payá was held, and from there the hours run together. I don’t know if something happened on Tuesday … Continue reading “Inside the Skin of Ángel Carromero / Yoani Sánchez”
On the afternoon of Monday, July 30, we could watch on Cuban TV a few edited minutes of a press conference held by one of the two survivors of the event that claimed the life of Oswaldo Payá. Aron Modig presented himself as a Swedish citizen affiliated with the Christian Democratic Party in his country. … Continue reading “Abandon all hope… / Lilianne Ruíz”
The death of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero, occurred according to the official version by accident while traveling in a rental car, driven by a Spanish citizen with a tourist visa, and it could take as many years as the regime endures to know the reality of what happened. According to the authorities the accident … Continue reading “Time Will Have the Last Word / Alberto Mendez Castelló”
