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Smuggling Satellite Dishes into Cuba May 20, 2013
Revisiting “Operation Surf” Tracey Eaton (alongthemalecon.com)
HAVANA TIMES — An Internet freedom activist linked to the smuggling of satellite dishes to Cuba said he wouldn’t feel safe going back to the island… Continue reading
Conspiring With Impunity / Rosa Maria Rodriguez Posted on May 16, 2013
“Corrupt lawyer and judge. Raúl Castro, help me. Unjust eviction.”
Unfortunately, in Cuba anybody with a Communist Party ID, a title that gives them a substantial amount of… Continue reading
Posted on Thursday, 05.16.13
Cuban prisoner settles lawsuit against Md. company By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press
WASHINGTON — An American imprisoned in Cuba settled a lawsuit Thursday against the company he was working for when arrested, a lawsuit that… Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 05.15.13
Canadian jailed in Havana corruption scandal speaks out By Julian Sher of The Toronto Star And Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@elnuevoherald.com
Speaking over a scratchy telephone line from inside a Cuban prison, Sarkis Yacoubian’s voice goes… Continue reading
Cuba readies corruption trials of Western businessmen By Marc Frank HAVANA | Tue May 14, 2013 10:50pm EDT
(Reuters) – Canadian and British executives of three foreign businesses shut in 2011 by Cuban authorities, ostensibly for corrupt practices, have been… Continue reading
Cuban Five Leader Criticizes Agents who Cooperated with US Gov. May 13, 2013 By Café Fuerte
HAVANA TIMES — Cuban agent Gerardo Hernandez, currently serving two life sentences on charges of conducting espionage in the United States, has leveled strong… Continue reading
Six-day event in Pittsburgh targets discrimination in Cuba Fidel Castro declared it nonexistent, but racism is still pervasive in a country known more for its rich culture May 11, 2013 12:13 am By Diana Nelson Jones / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Think… Continue reading
Cuba close to passing law for golf resort construction
After nearly two years of waiting, with ready-to-go blueprints and agreements with joint venture partners in the drawer, at least three golf course resort developers may soon be able to go… 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… Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 05.05.13
Through posters, a dialogue about Cuba’s future By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Associated Press
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MIAMI — In one poster, Raul and Fidel Castro ride in a hot air balloon made of newspapers. Their… Continue reading
On April 25, the U.S. government announced that it was unsealing an indictment charging Marta Rita Velazquez with conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf… Continue reading
Child Hunger Striker Close to Death Posted on May 1, 2013
The following article from yesterday is from “Pedazos de la Isla” (Pieces of the Island) — a news-blog in Spanish and English that keeps a special eye on… Continue reading
1 May 2013 Last updated at 14:28 GMT
A glimpse inside Cuba’s prisons Sarah Rainsford By Sarah Rainsford BBC News, Havana
Proportionately, Cuba has one of the highest prison populations in the world
The whitewashed buildings of the Combinado del… Continue reading
Leader of Dissident Group ‘Ladies In White’ Uses Trip To Denounce Cuba’s Regime By Elizabeth Llorente Published April 30, 2013 Fox News Latino
Berta Soler doesn’t know what awaits her when she returns to her native Cuba once her tourist… 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
Call for release of blogger held for past two months Published on Monday 29 April 2013.
Reporters Without Borders calls on the Cuban authorities to quickly release Angel Santiesteban-Prats, a writer and blogger who has been held for the past… Continue reading
Published April 28, 2013
Fox News Latino
CORAL GABLES, FL – APRIL 27: Berta Soler, co-founder of the Ladies in White, and current leader of the Cuban opposition group… 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