Daily Archives: March 9, 2017
Do You Want to be Free? / 14ymedio, Jose Azel
In memory of Oswaldo Payá Video: https://youtu.be/TB0m5Euv1Ag
14ymedio, Jose Azel, Miami, 9 March 2017 – We take as a given that all people aspire to be free, but the idea… Continue reading
José Daniel Ferrer: “This Type Of Assault Does Not Discourage Us” / 14ymedio
14ymedio, Havana, 9 March 2017 — The leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba, José Daniel Ferrer, was released Thursday after being detained for more than 24… Continue reading
Police Forces Assault UNPACU Headquarters, Activists Arrested / 14ymedio
14ymedio, Havana, 8 March 2017 — The headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) were assaulted by police forces in the early hours of Wednesday. The troops forcibly entered five… Continue reading
Cuba: Renting Out Medical Specialists / Iván García
Ivan Garcia, 4 March 2017 — Twenty years later, Nivaldo (names changed), 43, an orthopedist, still remembers the hot morning when his parents said goodbye to him in the old train station… Continue reading
With A Pension Of 240 Pesos, Raquel Survives Thanks To The Trash / 14ymedio, Luz Escobar and Mario Penton
14ymedio, Luz Escobar/Mario Penton, Havana/Miami, 6 March 2017 — At age 67, struck by old age and a miserable pension, Raquel,… Continue reading
Cuba’s self-imposed embargo is hurting Cubans more than the US embargo By KATARINA HALL • 3/8/17 8:00 PM
At the end of January, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., introduced the Agricultural Export Expansion Act aimed at removing restrictions on United States… Continue reading
Dancers who defected from Cuba are building new dreams in Syracuse mgreenlar@syracuse.com Michael Greenlar | mgreenlar@syracuse.com
on March 09, 2017 at 1:54 PM, updated March 09, 2017 at 2:11 PM Syracuse, N.Y. — Alejandro Cobus would leave his apartment in… Continue reading
American cruise travelers bump into Cuba’s rules BY DAVID G. MOLYNEAUX TheTravelMavens.com
ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD, CUBA After a calm winter’s night at anchor on Cuba’s remote Siguanea Bay, 34 American travelers on the 150-foot motor-sailor Panorama II awakened before… Continue reading
Nestle close to signing off on new factory in Cuba SARAH MARSH HAVANA — Reuters Published Wednesday, Mar. 08, 2017 3:51PM EST Last updated Wednesday, Mar. 08, 2017 4:38PM EST
Swiss firm Nestle is close to reaching a deal with… Continue reading
Boulder company helps Cuba catch up in the tech race Next with Kyle Clark. 9NEWS @ 6. 3/7/2017 Mike Grady , KUSA 2:52 PM. MST March 08, 2017
BOULDER, COLO. – A good laugh can be a great cure for… Continue reading
Future of democracy in Cuba Posted: Mar 08, 2017 5:48 AM Updated: Mar 08, 2017 6:09 AM
Two human rights activists from the island nation spoke about what it will take to secure democracy in the country.
Rosa María Payá… Continue reading
Want to visit Cuba before it’s commercialized? You can’t, says ‘Havana’ author BY CONNIE OGLE cogle@miamiherald.com
Journalist Mark Kurlansky has a sobering message for Americans who say they want to visit Havana before it’s ruined.
“You can’t go before it’s… Continue reading
CCDHRN: 482 arbitrary arrests on the Island in February and a political activist, dead in prison DDC | La Habana | 8 de Marzo de 2017 – 20:48 CET.
In its monthly report the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and… Continue reading
