Repression
Posted on Tuesday, 05.21.13
Damas de Blanco are true heroes By Fabiola Santiago fsantiago@MiamiHerald.com
Whether in the streets of Cuba, at international forums — or now in Miami before they return to the island — these brave women are a… Continue reading
Posted on Tuesday, 05.21.13
Gloria Estefan delivers a message of freedom in the Vatican By SARAH MORENO and JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ smoreno@elnuevoherald.com
It was late October 1995 when renowned Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan performed at the Vatican wearing an elegant… Continue reading
Another Blow to Self-Employment / Orlando Freire Santana Posted on May 20, 2013 From infolatam.com
For several days the inspectors of the Ministry of Labor and National Tax Administration Office (ONAT) in the Havana municipality of Cerro have been telling… Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 05.15.13
Crackdown on Afro-Cubans destroys myth of racial equality BY JON B. PERDUE Twitter@jonperdue
OSLO, Norway At the time of Fidel Castro’s takeover of Cuba in 1959, “separate but equal” was the norm in much of the… Continue reading
SOS: Attempted Riot in Prison 1580. Increase in Repression Against Angel Santiesteban and the Other Inmates / Angel Santiesteban Posted on May 11, 2013
After the attempted riot in Prison 1580
Last night, Sunday May 5 at 7:45 PM, an… Continue reading
Posted on Friday, 05.10.13
Mariela Castro, Cuba and human rights BY JOE CARDONA jccigar@aol.com
In the wake of several Cuban dissidents’ enlightening visits to the United States — among them Yoani Sánchez, Rosa María Payá and Berta Soler — came… Continue reading
Cuba’s Democratic Left on State Socialism May 9, 2013 | | Print Print | 0 5 11 32
HAVANA TIMES — A couple weeks ago we published a summary of an essay by Pedro Campos and Armando Chaguaceda on the… Continue reading
Posted on Thursday, 05.09.13 FUGITIVE IN CUBA
Hiding in Cuba, fugitive Joanne Chesimard remains a terrorist thug
On May 2, 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) made history by naming the first woman — Joanne Deborah Chesimard — to… Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 05.08.13
Cuba’s Ladies in White leader meets Pope Francis Miami Herald Staff
Pope Francis exchanged a brief greeting Wednesday with Cuban dissident Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White, in the Vatican at the end of… Continue reading
Berta Soler takes Cuba’s truth to Puerto Rico Posted by Pedazos de la Isla on May 7, 2013
After Berta Soler’s emotional trip to Miami- the heart of the Cuban exile- she has continued to take the Cuban reality to… Continue reading
Mariela Castro Points to Progress on LGBT Rights in Cuba At the Equality Forum in Philadelphia, she emphasized the work she and others are doing to improve conditions for LGBT people in the nation. BY Trudy Ring May 05 2013… Continue reading
Cuba says will consider U.N. and Red Cross visits ReutersBy Stephanie Nebehay | Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) – Cuba said on Friday it would consider letting in U.N. human rights investigators to examine allegations of torture and repression… Continue reading
Posted on Monday, 04.29.13
Ladies in White leader wants U.S. to maintain hard-line on Cuba By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com
The leader of Cuba’s dissident Ladies in White, Berta Soler, Monday called for maintaining the U.S. trade embargo and limiting… Continue reading
Report chronicles Cuba’s rights abuses Apr. 28, 2013
The State Department’s latest report on human-rights practices effectively puts the lie to the idea that the piecemeal and illusory changes in Cuba under Gen. Raúl Castro represent a genuine political opening… Continue reading
Cuba, Venezuela, Honduras top most repressive list in hemisphere
By The Miami Herald Editorial
Another report on human rights points out the worst culprits in Latin America: Cuba, Honduras, Venezuela.
The 2012 report released… Continue reading
Globe-trotting Cuban activists sway world opinion BY MIMI WHITEFIELD mwhitefield@MiamiHerald.com
At least a half dozen Cuban activists are now crisscrossing the globe, more or less at the same time, publicly airing their grievances against… Continue reading
Cuba’s Ladies in White leader Berta Soler praises exile support By Melissa Sanchez msanchez@elnuevoherald.com
The leader of Cuba’s Ladies in White thanked Miami’s exile community on Saturday for its continued support for dissidents on the island… Continue reading
Solidarity with the UNPACU Activists and with all the Hunger Strikers in Cuba /Miriam Celaya Posted on April 23, 2013
While Telesur and the official Cuban media distract us these days with Venezuela’s political brawls and other conflicts elsewhere… Continue reading