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Yanelys Nuñez’s Diary

Yanelys Nuñez's Diary 

Why So Many Prisoners in Cuba?

April 14, 2020 Yanelys Nuñez 12 Comments

Cuban laws, so restrictive, so absurd, so cruel, can lead anyone to serve deprivation of liberty, having committed a minor crime, or for NOT having committed any crime.

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The Amazing Farm of Ariel Ruiz Urquiola Progresses

February 5, 2019February 8, 2019 Yanelys Nuñez 1 Comment

I didn’t know Ariel the farmer. Ariel the grower of coffee, sugar cane and fruit trees. The Ariel who doesn’t frown for a single second when looking after the large variety of animals on his farm. I didn’t know the Ariel who lives up on the magical mountain.
But, I was recently able to accompany him…

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First Edition of Prestas!!! a Documentary Film Festival in Havana

January 4, 2019 Yanelys Nuñez 0 Comments

Here’s my comments on the first edition of the Prestas Documentary Film Festival, which is much more than a documentary film festival. It’s the beginning of the blueprint of a feminist network and protection for the LGBTIQ community.

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Back in a Cell Again

November 27, 2018 Yanelys Nuñez 1 Comment

Some people would think that we should be used to it by now. How many times have you read on social media or digital magazines about the arrests of Luis Manuel, Amaury, Iris, Lia, Adonis, Soandry, Michel, Yasser, to name a few artists and producers, in less than two years?

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Trolls on our Tail

November 17, 2018 Yanelys Nuñez 2 Comments

In order to place this figure within Cuban reality, it’s worth saying that trolls on the island are just Ministry of Interior employees (because I don’t believe that anyone in their right mind would spend their time and money harassing others out of amusement when Internet is so expensive here in Cuba), and therefore their work takes on a completely political nature.

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Cuban Artists against Law 349 Sign New Manifesto

September 22, 2018September 22, 2018 Yanelys Nuñez 0 Comments

Aside from being a new project, writing up the “San Isidro Manifesto” against Law 349 has allowed us to see ourselves as a movement. It has given us a space to discuss our interests, and to establish a consensus about our aesthetic and political stance.

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Debate on the Law in Cuba that Makes Independent Art a Crime

September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 Yanelys Nuñez 0 Comments

Several articles have been written about decree-law 349, both in favor and against. Today, I want to talk about an article which was written by Luis Dascal and published on the La Jiribilla website, which openly attacks the Cuban Artists’ Campaign against the law that takes effect in December.

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Petition against a Law that Endangers Cuban Artists (with video)

August 9, 2018August 10, 2018 Yanelys Nuñez 2 Comments

I believe that the Cuban people’s uneasiness, disappointment and uncertainty, which you can pick up on in the street, is what contributed to a group of people (myself included) to stand up to one of these new regulations.

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Peaceful protest at Capitolio against Decree-Law 349

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 Yanelys Nuñez 1 Comment

Amaury Pacheco’s youngest daughter (only 6 years old) asks me: what is prison like? and I try to explain using dimensions without going into a lot of detail, hoping she loses interest: “It’s a small space, like where we are now.” Then, she goes on…

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The Alternative Havana Biennial Concludes

May 18, 2018July 25, 2018 Yanelys Nuñez 1 Comment

The #00 Havana Biennial took place, and I can now finally say that out loud, without any hesitation or doubt. In spite of seizures, threats, suspicions, arbitrary arrests, we managed to put on the event we wanted to, or better yet, the event we needed. (8 photos)

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