Irina Echarry’s Diary

The animal protection community feels like their suggestions, proposals, concerns, and demands have all been thrown out the window…

Messages are received in every possible way; people feel like we need to wish each other a happy International Women’s Day.

The Cuban government wants to project the idea of normality, to sell us the image that life in Cuba is all proceeding calmly.

President Diaz-Canel just told members of the Pastors for Peace caravan that there aren’t any political prisoners in Cuba, a boldface lie.

Since the citizens’ initiative to march peacefully on November 20th was made public, expectations have been growing. In the streets…

This new law criminalizes the spread of fake news, and the publication of offensive messages or slander that attacks “national prestige”.

The atmosphere remains tense. It’s impossible to fully understand without listening to the testimonies of the victims of the repression.

It’s absurd to deny that this was a social explosion, that people weren’t only tired of medicine or food shortages.

There’s nothing more positive than what can help you survive; however, bikes are also seen by many Cubans as a sign of backwardness & hardship