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June 11, 2013, 2:42 pm Cuban Blogger Who Reveres Castro Pushes for Reform By NATALIE KITROEFF Elaine Díaz may be the most important Cuban dissident you’ve never heard of. But that is perhaps because she doesn’t even call herself a dissident. Ms. Díaz is a leader of a group of Cubans who are opening a [...] Continue reading
Forbidden Voices’: Female bloggers fight for freedom of speech By Hazel Pfeifer, CNN May 3, 2013 — Updated 1303 GMT (2103 HKT) Video link: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/05/03/pkg-shubert-forbidden-voices.cnn.html – “Forbidden Voices” follows lives of female dissident bloggers around world – Female dissident bloggers often suffer violence, detainment by repressive regimes – Film follows Iran’s Farnaz Seifi, Cuba’s Yoani [...] Continue reading
Cuba’s resort’s beaches are world class, but other amenities aren’t April 21, 2013 12:19 am By John and Sandra Nowlan “Is Wi-Fi available in our rooms?” We thought it was a reasonable question since wireless Internet access is common in resorts and hotels worldwide. The manager laughed and replied, “Sorry. The government doesn’t allow it. [...] Continue reading
Cuba and the Enslaving System of Two Currencies / Yusnaby Perez Posted on April 16, 2013 The dual currency system in Cuba is one of the major economic and social problems of the country. Don't take my word for it, on several occasions the president of the country, Raul Castro himself (and I have no [...] Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 04.14.13 CUBAN EMBARGO Castro wants money, not a dialogue BY FRANK CALZON frank.calzon@cubacenter.org Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died, and Raúl Castro is searching for "investors" in Cuba. Chávez spent billions of Venezuela's petro-dollars shoring up Cuba's economy but Venezuela's new leaders may not be as beneficent. Venezuela may cut off its Cuban [...] Continue reading
Peggy Goldman – Travel expert Dispelling Four Misconceptions About Travel to Cuba Posted: 04/13/2013 2:09 pm You've probably heard the chatter that music superstars Beyoncé and Jay-Z recently celebrated their five-year wedding anniversary in Cuba. Their trip reignited questions about whether Americans can travel to Cuba legally. From what I've seen in the media, there [...] Continue reading
Posted on Saturday, 04.06.13 Blogger Yoani Sánchez gets by with a lot of help from her friends By MIMI WHITEFIELD And ANDRES VIGLUCCI aviglucci@MiamiHerald.com For more than six weeks, dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez has crisscrossed the Atlantic, making a splash and garnering accolades as she hopscotches between high-profile events in Brasilia and Amsterdam, Mexico [...] Continue reading
Who Is Yoani Sánchez? Famous Blogger Touring the US By CRISTINA COSTANTINI (@xtinatini) April 2, 2013 Some call her a "rockstar", others say she's the most famous Cuban not named Castro. In February, renowned dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez left the island for the first time in 12 years, setting off on a worldwide speaking tour [...] Continue reading
Posted on Saturday, 03.30.13 The Miami Herald | EDITORIAL Editorial: Let freedom tweet OUR OPINION: Now in Miami, Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez has become a symbol of hope for her Generation Y By The Miami Herald Editorial HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com If symbols matter, then surely Yoani Sánchez won the hearts of Cuban exiles everywhere when she rushed [...] Continue reading
Cubans on the move as new real estate market grows By Jeff Franks HAVANA | Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:12am EDT (Reuters) – At an informal housing market on Havana's historic Paseo del Prado, Renaldo Belen puts the hard sell on a prospective buyer under a tree hung with hand-lettered signs advertising homes for sale. [...] Continue reading
Travelling Without Money / Rebeca Monzo Posted on March 20, 2013 From the moment you know that one of the above mentioned wants to invite you, the Odyssey begins: expensive procedures, paperwork and disbursements, occasionally excessive (in relation to our country), insurance policy if you are travelling to Europe, the cost of the visa, etc. [...] Continue reading
Document – Cuba: Further information: Prisoner of conscience on hunger strike: Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias Further information on UA: 25/13 Index: AMR 25/002/2013 Cuba Date: 14 March 2013 URGENT ACTION PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE ON HUNGER STRIKE image1.png Independent journalist and prisoner of conscience Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias is on hunger strike to protest against his [...] Continue reading
