UPDATE: Last night, Fariñas was rushed to the hospital in Santa Clara, where he remains in critical condition. Today is the 30th day of his hunger strike.
Deteriorating health of Cuban dissident on hunger strike worries international observers
Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas is on the fourth week of a hunger strike, and his health continues to deteriorate, his mother told Fox News Latino in a telephone interview from Cuba.
To the contrary, it has "empowered" the Cuban military to take absolute control of the island's tourism industry.
It has led to the eviction of "self-employed" Cubans from key tourism areas, the imposition of price controls and the confiscation of goods.
As a result, there has been a net decrease in the number of "self-employed" Cubans.
Last month, Shaun Casey, the State Department's Special Representative for Religion and Global Affairs, returned from Cubapraising the "vibrancy, dynamism, and diversity" of religious affairs in Cuba.
His trip was mostly spent with Cuba's "Office of Religious Affairs" -- in other words, Castro's "religion police."
Not once did Casey mention the tenfold increase in religious freedom violations since Obama's new policy.
Obama Betrayed Cuba’s Dissidents
Civil liberties have deteriorated since the U.S. said that it would normalize ties.
Fidel Castro turned 90 years old on Saturday, adding plausibility to the popular Cuban theory that even hell doesn’t want him. Meanwhile Cuba’s military dictatorship, now headed by his 83-year-old brother Raúl, is cracking down with renewed brutality on anyone who dares not conform to its totalitarian rule.
As we recently wrote, Obama's policy has "empowered" the Cuban military to expedite its absolute acquisition of the most lucrative sectors of the island's economy. Of course, there was no bigger prize than Habaguanex, S.A., led by the Historian of Havana, Dr. Eusebio Leal, who was responsible for the restoration of Old Havana -- the main destination for frivolous tourists visiting Castro's dictatorship.
This week, the Obama Administration declassified over 1,000 pages of documents relating to Argentina's "Dirty War".
The Cuban Commission for Human Rights (CCHR) has documented 845 political arrests by the Castro regime during the month of July 2016.
A coalition of labor, political prisoner, human rights and other pro-democracy groups from inside and outside Cuba have sent the following letter to Starwood Hotels regarding their recent partnership with the Cuban military...
Obama's legacy in the Americas will not be his diplomatic recognition of Cuba's dictatorship.
His legacy in the Americas will be the death of the Inter-American Charter, which stands as the most dramatic geopolitical consequence of his irresponsible Cuba policy.
When Sirley Avila Leon was the victim of a machete attack in Las Tunas that severed her left hand the Center tried to help her.
Now months later the funds have run out but she needs physical therapy that will take a few additional months, additional medication, etc., and the Center would like to purchase an electric wheelchair for her. She is planning to return to Cuba.
For that purpose the Center has set up a GoFundMe account. Read more to find out how you can help.
