Daily Archives: August 13, 2011
History Lesson for Candidate Ron Paul8/13/2011 | Email Humberto Fontova | Columnist's Archive
Ron Paul in an exasperated tone during the Iowa debates: "All these trade sanctions!…this is why we still don't have a trade relationship with Cuba."
Ground Control… Continue reading
Assisting journalists in Cuba: Hurdles in prison and beyondBy Maria Salazar-Ferro/Journalist Assistance Program Coordinator
In mid-2006, CPJ's Journalist Assistance program began sending regular remittances to the families of independent Cuban journalists in prison. By CPJ's count, of the 29 journalists… Continue reading
Cuba: let a hundred golf courses bloomAugust 12, 2011 5:49 pm by Ron Buchanan
The developers of what will be the Cuban Revolution's first private golf and residential complex are claiming a hole in one.
Sceptics have long questioned the… Continue reading
Cuba, We Who Are About to Die Salute You / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Regina Anavy
So Orlando Zapata gave himself up with the only weapon he had. Guillermo Fariñas then went to the edge of the abyss, from where… Continue reading
Cuban Blogosphere: Stings and Irritations of the Internet in Cuba / Miriam CelayaMiriam Celaya, Translator: Norma Whiting
(Work originally published in number 9, Voices magazine)
Several weeks ago an interview appeared in the virtual space cubaencuentro.com. The two-part interview… Continue reading
The Future that Never Came / Rebeca MonzoRebeca Monzo, Translator: Unstated
Fifty-two years ago the woman of my story was twenty-five, full of hopes and dreams. Her heritage was humble, but her family had encouraged her to study to open… Continue reading
The Failed Attempts to Make me an "Agent" – VI / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated
I've prepared myself to do without my "lawyer." She, like the rest of the attorneys attached to the system, can't do anything that isn't… Continue reading
Wendy and Ignacio / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez
The Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Iceland, Argentina, they all got ahead of us, as did even Spain itself, that country of espadrilles and tambourines that our grandparents described… Continue reading
The Failed Attempts to Make me an "Agent" – VI / Angel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated
I've prepared myself to do without my "lawyer." She, like the rest of the attorneys attached to the system, can't do anything that isn't… Continue reading
