Cuba’s popular singer/songwriter Pablo Milanes said on Friday that he does not expect to receive reprisals for his critical statements to the Spanish press about the Cuban government. “For many years I’ve been openly criticizing what from my perspective is bad about my country and I’ve never been subject to a reprisal, much less my family.”
Read MoreA few years ago the minister of Culture, Abel Prieto, told me in a conversation that technological development would very soon make it impossible to block satellite signals, and added that the failure to prepare people to receive information from other sources would be suicidal.
Read MoreIt occurred today, March 18, at about 11 in the morning. I was near Obispo and Compostela Streets, in Old Havana, when by chance I heard the uproar and decided to get closer, as did several other onlookers. Coming down the street was a group of some 20 women dressed in civilian clothing and chanting slogans.
Read MoreIndustriales is back and although they won’t be the favorites to win this year’s Cuba baseball championship series against Villa Clara nobody is counting them out.
Read MoreCuba accused European and U.S. diplomatic representatives of backing actions by the opposition in the island’s capital, held on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the so-called Black Spring when 75 persons were detained. The island’s authorities maintain that an international campaign is underway to discredit the country’s work in matters related to human rights.
Read MoreThe European Parliament again criticized the human rights situation in Cuba in a communiqué released after yesterday’s incident in the island’s capital, which involved law and order forces and the Ladies in White, mothers and wives of political prisoners, reported the press in Brussels.
Read More“Cuba desperately needs political and legal reform to bring the country in line with basic international human rights standards,” affirmed Kerrie Howard, assistant director for America of Amnesty International, in a communiqué a propos the 7th anniversary of the detention of 75 dissidents in the island.
Read MoreConner Gorry is in Haiti for the NGO medicc.org (medical cooperation with Cuba) which is keeping tabs on the work of the Cuban medical brigade working in the earthquake recovery effort as well as the medical students form the Havana-based Latin American Med School (ELAM) that have joined forces. The following is the lastest blog post from Gorry.
Read MoreA friend, who works in a farm cooperative making her money honestly and living decently, told me she was concerned about constant pejorative criticisms alluding to “farmers who make money speculating with the people’s food.”
Read MoreThe Spanish government considers that it is difficult that changes can take place in the European Union (EU) policy toward Cuba during its presidency in this bloc, given the opposition of some countries like the Czech Republic and Germany, reported the press in Madrid. Relations with the island have been governed since 1996 by the so-called common position, which the administration of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero wishes to change for a framework established on a dialogue by both parties.
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