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As Cubans await policy changes, Trump sends a message on Cuban Independence Day
As Cubans await policy changes, Trump sends a message on Cuban
Independence Day
BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES
ngameztorres@elnuevoherald.com
On the 115th anniversary of the birth of the Republic of Cuba, President
Donald Trump on Saturday extended his “warmest wishes” to Cuban
Americans and promised that he will work for Cubans on the island to
have a government that respects democracy… Continue reading
Activists on both sides still await President Trump’s reset with Cuba
Cuban Government Extends Censorship To The Digital Site Somos+
Independent Journalism Seeks to Revive Press Freedom
Cuban activists denounce new methods of repression
It's Wearing Thin
It’s Wearing Thin
WALDO FERNÁNDEZ CUENCA | La Habana | 15 de Mayo de 2017 – 11:51 CEST.
It was one of the few functions at the University of Havana that I will
never forget. The event for “Young Communists” took place in the year
2010. It was held to assess the insistence of a Journalism student, who
wished to… Continue reading
The Archbishop Of Santiago de Cuba Says In The Vatican That The Island “Is Waiting For Changes”
Karla Pérez Arrives In Costa Rica To Continue Her Studies In Journalism
The Government Unleashed a Crackdown on Journalists After Hurricane Matthew
Christians in Cuba worry about student's alleged persecution
Christians in Cuba worry about student’s alleged persecution
After trip to the U.S., Cuban pro-democracy student gets expelled
By Andrea Torres – Digital Reporter/Producer , Hatzel Vela – Reporter
Posted: 2:01 PM, May 10, 2017
Updated: 2:11 PM, May 10, 2017
HAVANA – A 20-year-old history student dared to publicly criticize the
Cuban government. He also defied them when he… Continue reading
The Cuban Regime is an Enemy to the Freedom of Expression
Interview with El Sexto (Danilo Maldonado) in San Francisco
Cuban man carrying U.S. flag rewrote monotonous script of Havana’s annual celebration
Cuba: Another perspective
Freedom House Rates Cuba Among the Worst Countries for the Practice of Journalism
Cuban student arrested after trip to Washington
Outdated laws and limited, expensive internet access slow Cuba's progress
Outdated laws and limited, expensive internet access slow Cuba’s progress
Committee to Protect Journalists 2 May 2017
By Carlos Lauría
Cuba’s media landscape has begun opening up in recent years, transformed
by a lively blogosphere, an increasing number of news websites carrying
investigative reporting and news commentary, and an innovative breed of
independent reporters who are critical of, yet still… Continue reading
Reporters Without Borders Rates Press Freedom In Cuba Very Low
When Your Ally’s Beards are on Fire
When Your Ally’s Beards are on Fire*… / Miriam Celaya
Cubanet, Miriam Celaya, Havana, 18 April 2017 — According to an old
adage, when you see you neighbor’s beard on fire, go soak your own*. The
maxim should be applied to the elderly Cuban dictator, especially if we
take into account that the erratic performance of Venezuelan President
Nicolás Maduro… Continue reading
The Risks of Defending Human Rights in Cuba
The Risks of Defending Human Rights in Cuba / Cubalex
Cubalex, 4 April 2017 — In the cycles of the United Nations Universal
Periodic Review (UPR), held in 2009 and 2013, the Cuban State rejected
32 recommendations calling for an end to repression against human rights
defenders and lifting restrictions that impede freedom of speech,
opinion, association, assembly and peaceful… Continue reading
In the twilight of the Castros
In the twilight of the Castros
By Stephen Kinzer APRIL 14, 2017
SANTA CLARA, Cuba
THIS PROVINCIAL CAPITAL in central Cuba throbbed with life on a recent
Saturday night. In one plaza, a Beatles cover band sang “Ticket to Ride”
for an enthusiastic crowd. Exuberant groups of gay men made their way
toward a club that stages drag shows and… Continue reading
Cuba Denies the Work of Informal Civil Society in Defending Human Rights
Cuba Denies the Work of Informal Civil Society in Defending Human Rights
/ Cubalex
Cubalex, 3 April 2017 — The defense and promotion of human rights in the
world depens on the work done on the ground by civil society
organzations, documenting human rights violations.
It does not matter whether the internal context of a country is more or
less… Continue reading
Lysandra Does Not Want To Be Reeducated
The Right of Assembly
The Right of Assembly / Somos+
Somos+, Ezequiel Álvarez, 27 March 2017 — I believe that, in
the resistance against the totalitarian, military dictatorship of the
Castros, the existence of diverse organizations is essential and
necessary. If we fight against a monolithic system, it is indispensable
to start from a pluralist base wherein there is room for different ideas.
If… Continue reading
Cynicism to disguise defeat
Cynicism to disguise defeat
PEDRO CAMPOS | La Habana | 10 de Abril de 2017 – 13:43 CEST.
Cynicism is, according to the dictionary definition, the attitude of one
who lies shamelessly, and defends or practices in a brazen, impudent and
dishonest way something that deserves general disapproval.
Cynicism has always characterized the Government headed by the Castro
brothers. But… Continue reading
Dissidence and silence
Cuban Evangelicals Denounce Complacent Article By Associated Press
Free market Cubans make their case
PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE ON HUNGER STRIKE – URGENT ACTION
UA: 76/17 Index: AMR 25/6001/2017 Cuba Date: 31 March 2017
URGENT ACTION
PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE ON HUNGER STRIKE
Two days after Fidel Castro’s death, a family of four human rights
defenders were
arrested in Holguín, south-east Cuba. They received a one-year sentence,
and the three
siblings are currently on hunger strike. They are prisoners of
conscience and must be
released… Continue reading