Daily Archives: July 14, 2012
Extractions / Cuban Law Association, Wilfredo Vallín Almeida
Cuban Law Association, Translator: Michelle Eddy, Wilfredo Vallin Almeida
Soon, a new population and housing census will take place that shall
show how many of us there are and the c... Continue reading
The Downfall of Black Ethnicity / Mackandal – Manuel Aguirre Lavarrere
Mackandal - Manuel Aguirre Lavarrere, Translator: Chabeli
The downfall of the black man's ethnicity is a phenomenon that is part
of universal history. In the Americas this ... Continue reading
After 50+ Years, Shipping Resumes from U.S. to Cuba / Yoani Sánchez
Translator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez
Just before dawn this Friday morning, the 300-foot long ship Ana Cecilia
docked at the Port of Havana with an unusual cargo. This is th... Continue reading
Prosecutorial Ethics / Cuban Law Association, Alberto Méndez Castelló
Cuban Law Association, Translator: JT
By Alberto Méndez Castelló
Some days ago, some 400 employees of the General Prosecutor Office of
the Republic across the... Continue reading
Public Bribery / Eliécer Ávila
Eliécer Ávila, Translator: Unstated
The State negotiated immunity in exchange for silence. The day my father
was fined for hosting a foreigner in his house we could not sleep. Later
in the morning ... Continue reading
A Stronghold of Medical Power / Regina Coyula
Regina Coyula, Translator: Unstated
The phrase was spontaneous; Ameijeiras Brothers Hospital is one of the
last bastions of medical power. My husband is a patient there and I go
every day. Unlike other ... Continue reading
Las tribulaciones de un chino en china
Jueves, 12 de Julio de 2012 12:46
Escrito por Julio Antonio Aleaga Pesant
Cuba actualidad, El Vedado, La Habana, (PD) Si el Presidente del Consejo
de Estado y de Ministros, General de Ejército Raúl Ca... Continue reading
Acta de defunción de Ochoa dice que murió por "anemia aguda"
Publicado el Viernes, 13 Julio 2012 11:03
Por Wilfredo Cancio Isla
La muerte por fusilamiento del General Arnaldo Ochoa el 13 de julio de
1989 aparece atribuida a una &q... Continue reading
First shipment from Miami in 50 years
A small cargo ship sailed into Havana Bay yesterday with the first
maritime shipment from Miami to Cuba in 50 years. The Ana Cecilia
carried just one container filled with food and other items, but it was
the b... Continue reading
Cuba mute in the time of cholera
Castro government strong on public health, weak on public information in
response to outbreak.
Nick MiroffJuly 13, 2012 13:47
Cuba media cholera 2012 07 13
Cubans only relying on local media such as the official news... Continue reading
Las disculpas del agente Percy
julio 13, 2012
Fernando Ravsberg
HAVANA TIMES — El Agente de la Seguridad Cubana Percy Francisco Alvarado
Godoy acaba de disculparse por acusar a varias personalidades e
intelectuales de trabajar contra la Revoluci&#... Continue reading
Las cooperativas cubanas que queremos
julio 13, 2012
Daisy Valera
HAVANA TIMES — ¿Será que el Ministerio de Trasporte llegó a la
conclusión de que el burocratismo que lo corroe le impide brindarle al
pueblo un servicio decente?... Continue reading
Informar en tiempos del cólera
Fernando Ravsberg | 2012-07-12, 10:42
La venta de alimentos en las calles de Cuba casi nunca sigue las normas
sanitarias imprescindible. (Foto: Raquel Pérez)
Muy pronto tendremos que leer la prensa cubana acom... Continue reading
http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=74222
Cuba: Reporting in Times of Cholera
July 12, 2012
Fernando Ravsberg*
The sale of food in the streets of Cuba rarely meets the necessary
health standards. (Photo: Raquel Perez)
HAVANA TIMES — Very soon we'll... Continue reading
She Doesn't Have a Passport
July 13, 2012
Janis Hernandez
HAVANA TIMES — The issue I'll address here is Cuban immigration policy
and the hoped for "possible changes" in it.
This is a matter that has many people full of expectatio... Continue reading
The Apologies of Agent Percy
July 13, 2012
Fernando Ravsberg
Percy Alvarado half apologized to only some of the many people he slandered.
HAVANA TIMES — Cuban security operative Percy Francisco Alvarado Godoy
just apologized (on his Spanish langua... Continue reading
The Cooperatives We Cubans Want
July 13, 2012
Daisy Valera
HAVANA TIMES — Could it be that the Ministry of Transportation has come
to the conclusion that the bureaucracy eating away at that agency is
preventing it from providing people with decent... Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 07.11.12
Cuba subverts U.N.'s top human-rights body
BY HILLEL NEUER
execdir@unwatch.org
As soon as the U.N.'s Human Rights Council wrapped up its annual summer
meeting last week, defenders of the 47-nation body declared:... Continue reading