Beyond the facts, those who are accustomed to following the course of events from within begin to sense the presence of a pattern that has been repeated over and over during the history of Cuba in the last decades: the vicious and seemingly inevitable circle of relaxing – tightening and/or crisis – hardening.
Read MoreHere is the schedule for best-of-seven championship baseball series between Industriales —which plays out of Havana’s Latinoamericano Stadium— and Villa Clara, headquartered in the city of Santa Clara in central Cuba.
Read MoreDiplomatic relations between Cuba and Mexico could be strained if the Mexican Senate passes a condemnation of the death of opposition member Orlando Zapata, and demands the release of political prisoners on the island, said Cuban Ambassador Manuel Aguilera.
Read MoreCuba’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.
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