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Author: Jimmy Roque Martinez

Jimmy Roque's Diary 

Mexico: Struggle and Resistance (Part I)

October 17, 2015October 23, 2015 Jimmy Roque Martinez 1 Comment

I have just returned from Mexico and I must confess that the intensity, beauty and pain of that sister nation has marked me. I had the opportunity to visit communities in the Gran Bosque Otomi-Mexica. It was a rather peculiar experience…

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Glasses Go Missing in Havana

September 7, 2015 Jimmy Roque Martinez 6 Comments Jimmy Roque Martínez

Every day, they come up with a new excuse to explain why there are less and less options for Cuba’s poor. We can never find out the real reasons from our “socialist” companies.

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The Other Enemies of the Revolution

July 14, 2015July 25, 2015 Jimmy Roque Martinez 28 Comments

I’m an anarchist and I don’t feel any desire to save the Cuban Revolution as I’ve known it. But I’m not a counterrevolutionary either. People should be free to express their ideas without facing consequences for their lives.

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Fighting for Customer Rights in Cuba

May 12, 2015May 21, 2015 Jimmy Roque Martinez 3 Comments

The rights of consumers are constantly trampled in Cuba. Currently, no customer protection law exists, though there is talk one is being developed and will be approved this year. Now a group of citizens has created the Protected Customers and Users project.

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A Cuban’s May Day Demands

April 28, 2015May 5, 2015 Jimmy Roque Martinez 36 Comments

Two weeks before May 1st, one could already see people working in the vicinity of Havana’s Revolution Square as part of the preparations for International Workers’ Day. The orchestra was rehearsing, the audio system was being checked, banners were being painted and signs were being posted.

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Cuban Homosexuals Are Still Waiting (Part II)

March 11, 2015 Jimmy Roque Martinez 0 Comments

The legislative bill aimed at modifying Cuba’s current Family Code is still waiting to be delivered to the National People’s Power Assembly (Parliament). This process ought to be transparent, but, as tends to be the case in Cuba, it is at times rather confusing.

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Cuban Homosexuals Are Still Waiting (Part I)

March 3, 2015March 11, 2015 Jimmy Roque Martinez 0 Comments

Formal relationships between people of the same sex is already a reality in several countries in our region. Despite an official discourse that occasionally seeks to appear inclusive, this has not yet been achieved in Cuba.

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2015: A Decisive Year for Cuba

January 6, 2015January 13, 2015 Jimmy Roque Martinez 7 Comments

It’s been over two weeks since the governments of the United States and Cuba announced they were re-establishing diplomatic relations. People have written about it from many different points of view: there are agreements, disagreements and no few suspicions.

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Panel Debates on Cuba’s “Weekly Package”

November 25, 2014December 1, 2014 Jimmy Roque Martinez 3 Comments

The controversial “weekly package” – a compilation of TV series, music and a wide range of digital files put together every week and distributed in Cuba through hard disks and flash drives – was once again addressed at two panel discussions.

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LGBT Rights in Cuba: Domestic Demagogy and Foreign Diplomacy

October 8, 2014October 13, 2014 Jimmy Roque Martinez 0 Comments

Cuba and Venezuela did not participate in the debate surrounding a resolution that protects individuals from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, held within the United Nations at the close of September.

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