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Cuba’s Raul Castro dismisses harsher US tone under Trump

Published July 15, 2017 | By Libertad

Cuba’s Raul Castro dismisses harsher US tone under Trump – Castro’s comments to Cuba’s National Assembly were his first on Trump’s June announcement of a partial rollback of the Cuba-U.S. detente – He also rejected any “lessons” on human rights from the U.S., saying his country “has a lot to be proud about” on the […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Dissidents, Economy, Embargo, Freedom, Human Rights, Tourism | Tagged economy, embargo, Fidel Castro, freedom, Human Rights, president, Raul Castro, tourism, travel, Venezuela | Leave a comment

They fled to avoid prosecution from a web of corruption that is part of daily life in Cuba

Published July 2, 2017 | By Libertad

They fled to avoid prosecution from a web of corruption that is part of daily life in Cuba BY MARIO J. PENTÓN mpenton@elnuevoherald.com PANAMA CITY, PANAMA The couple fled Cuba to avoid the web of corruption and negligence that they say reflects what is normal life on the island. They got stranded in Panama, but […] Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Corruption, Dissident, Education, English, Food, Prison, Repression, United States | Tagged debt, deported, education, Fidel Castro, food, illegal, police, president, prison, prosecution, rafters, rationing, rice, travel, university, wife | Leave a comment

Annexationism among Cubans

Published June 29, 2017 | By Libertad

Annexationism among Cubans HILDEBRANDO CHAVIANO MONTES | La Habana | 29 de Junio de 2017 – 00:20 CEST. A group of Cuban intellectuals gather at Cuban TV’s Round Table (a misnomer) to analyze (once again) Donald Trump’s alteration of America’s policies towards the Cuban Government. They insist on accusing US leadership of harboring annexationist intentions, […] Continue reading →

Posted in Corruption, Dissident, Dissidents, Emigration, Freedom, Prostitution, United States | Tagged emigration, freedom, school, travel | Leave a comment

Cuban Authorities Block Seven Activists From Traveling to Mexico for Democracy Action Meeting

Published June 28, 2017 | By Libertad

Cuban Authorities Block Seven Activists From Traveling to Mexico for Democracy Action Meeting 14ymedio, Havana, 27 June 2017 – Cuban authorities blocked at least seven activists from traveling to Cancun, Mexico this Monday, to participate in the 4th Forum on Roads to a Democratic Cuba, a meeting of the United Democratic Action Roundtable (MUAD) organized […] Continue reading →

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Persecution Grows Against Independent Journalism In Cuba

Published June 27, 2017 | By Libertad

Persecution Grows Against Independent Journalism In Cuba 14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 26 June 2017 — Independent communicators in Cuba are victims of an escalating repression, according to a complaint filed Monday by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH), based in Madrid. The alarm sounded by the organization coincides with an increase in complaints from […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Dissidents, Exile, Human Rights, Independent journalist, Journalist, Repression, United States | Tagged arrested, blog, Human Rights, illegal, independent journalist, journalist, persecution, police, president, Spain, travel | Leave a comment

Ken Hall: US travelers can still bring good will to Cuba

Published June 27, 2017 | By Libertad

Ken Hall: US travelers can still bring good will to Cuba Posted Jun 26, 2017 at 5:17 PM When we went to Cuba this winter, we flew from Miami on American Airlines to join a group tour, see some performances, meet some Cubans, stay at two very nice hotels and eat at a variety of […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Economy, Embargo, English, Freedom, Human Rights, Internet, Repression | Tagged bus, China, embargo, France, freedom, hotel, Human Rights, Internet, president, restaurant, travel | Leave a comment

The real reason Trump wanted Cuba restrictions

Published June 25, 2017 | By Libertad

Commentary: The real reason Trump wanted Cuba restrictions OPINION By Jonathan C. Brown – Special to the American-Statesman LYNNE SLADKY Posted: 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 24, 2017 President Donald Trump’s reversal of his predecessor’s Cuban policies proves once again that all politics are local. The White House says that the regime of Raúl Castro should […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, English, Exile, Human Rights, Repression, Tourism | Tagged CANF, China, Fidel Castro, president, tourism, travel, university, Vietnam | Leave a comment

Cubans Feel Like Hostages to Both Castro and Trump

Published June 24, 2017 | By Libertad

Cubans Feel Like Hostages to Both Castro and Trump / Iván García Ivan Garcia, 19 June 2017 — “Impotence.” This is the word that a performer in the Guiñol Theater (located in the basement of the FOCSA building in Havana’s Vedado district) uses when asked her opinion of the new Trump Doctrine regarding Cuba. On […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Dissidents, Economy, Human Rights, Internet, Ladies in White | Tagged economy, ETECSA, Human Rights, Internet, paladar, restaurant, travel | Leave a comment

Consensus and Dissent in the Face of Trump’s Cuba Policy

Published June 20, 2017 | By Libertad

Consensus and Dissent in the Face of Trump’s Cuba Policy 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 19 June 2017 – Over the weekend the official media have repeated ad nauseam the declaration of the government in response to Donald Trump’s speech about his policy toward Cuba. The declaration’s rhetoric recalls the years before the diplomatic thaw, when […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, English, Ferrer, Human Rights, Journalist, Ladies in White, Political prisoner, Prisoner, Repression, Tourism, United States, UNPACU | Tagged airport, arrested, dissident, Human Rights, journalist, opposition, political prisoner, president, prisoner, rafters, Raul Castro, restaurant, tourism, travel | Leave a comment

Trump Rolls Back ‘Completely One-Sided’ Cuba Policy

Published June 20, 2017 | By Libertad

Trump Rolls Back ‘Completely One-Sided’ Cuba Policy By TERESA FRONTADO & NANCY KLINGENER & ADRIANNE GONZALEZ & HOLLY PRETSKY & ISABELLA CUETO • JUN 16, 2017 President Donald Trump Friday announced new restrictions on travel and business with Cuba, reversing some of the relaxed new relations instituted two years ago by President Barack Obama. “Effective […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Embargo, English, Exile, Freedom, Human Rights, Repression, Tourism, United States, Violence | Tagged dictator, embargo, freedom, interest, investment, president, restaurant, tourism, travel, violence | Leave a comment

Changes To Cuba Policy Met With Mixed Reactions

Published June 20, 2017 | By Libertad

Changes To Cuba Policy Met With Mixed Reactions JULIEGRACE BRUFKE Capitol Hill Reporter 3:52 PM 06/19/2017 President Donald Trump’s changes to the United State’s policy on Cuba, which tightens restrictions on travel and business transactions between countries, has been met with mixed reactions by congressional Republicans. Proponents of the adjustments argue it’s necessary for the […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Economy, English, Repression, Unallocated, United States | Tagged China, economy, interest, president, travel | Leave a comment

Cuba Won’t Negotiate Trump’s New Policy

Published June 20, 2017 | By Libertad

Cuba Won’t Negotiate Trump’s New Policy At a Monday news conference, the nation’s foreign minister called the latest deal “a grotesque spectacle straight from the Cold War.” ARIA BENDIX JUN 19, 2017 NEWS Speaking at a news conference in Vienna, Austria on Monday, Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez, said his nation was not interested in […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Dissidents, Economy, Embargo, Health, Human Rights, Tourism, United States | Tagged economy, embargo, health, Human Rights, police, president, tourism, travel | Leave a comment

The good, bad, and ugly of Trump’s new Cuba policy

Published June 19, 2017 | By Libertad

The good, bad, and ugly of Trump’s new Cuba policy By Ilya Somin June 18 at 3:18 PM Late last week, President Trump announced a change in US policy towards the communist dictatorship in Cuba. Although Trump claimed he was “canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba,” his new approach actually leaves most […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Dissidents, Freedom, Human Rights, Internet, Repression, United States | Tagged freedom, Human Rights, Internet, investment, persecution, police, president, travel | Leave a comment

Better ties between the U.S. and Cuba? Miami’s Cubans are divided

Published June 18, 2017 | By Libertad

Better ties between the U.S. and Cuba? Miami’s Cubans are divided Les Neuhaus When President Trump scaled back President Obama’s pact that broadened relations with Cuba, he said he was “completely canceling” a “terrible and misguided deal.” There was a time in Florida when the Cuban American community would have reacted to such an announcement […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Embargo, English, Exile, Freedom, Human Rights, Repression, United States | Tagged airline, embargo, freedom, Human Rights, investment, president, travel, university | Leave a comment

Trump reta al régimen a un nuevo acuerdo