Miguel Díaz-Canel está pagando la novatada en Twitter. Llegó tan tarde a esa red social, usada hace más de una década por los activistas cubanos, que está tropezando ahora con aquellas piedras primigenias que tuvimos nosotros en el camino. La primera lección es que todo lo que se diga en la red del pájaro azul no queda ahí, sino que se multiplica y crece por toda la comunidad virtual.
Why should Americans subsidize Raúl Castros repression, participate in the Cubans’ exploitation? Many Americans were appalled recently when they learned about the exploitation of Cuban physicians sent abroad as indentured servants.
Este es el primer ensayo de Revolución 60, una serie que conmemora el sexagésimo aniversario de la Revolución cubana. Esta sección reunirá a escritores, intelectuales, artistas, protagonistas, disidentes y partidarios de la Revolución para discutir su papel en el desarrollo histórico de América Latina y sus relaciones con Estados Unidos en los últimos sesenta años.
Major League Baseball has made a foul new deal with the Cuban regime, and the Trump administration can and should block it. The deal rewards and perpetuates Cuba’s Communist-style system in which players are the property of the state, not free individuals who can sell their talents on the open market.
Por favor ayúdennos a distribuir dentro y fuera de Cuba esta petición. Díganme si pueden participar en esta campaña, si pueden hablarle a su obispo, sacerdote, rabino o pastor para que nos ayude. Feliz Navidad.
Radio Marti reports today that “in an unusual sign of unhappiness that gains support daily dozens of Cubans are demanding better living conditions from the government, and greater transparency, responsibility and efficiency from ministers and government officials.”
[On] Friday, December 7, 2018, Mr. Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, emphasized what he should emphasize. He said that Castros’ Cuba is the origin of all the political disorders in Latin America and that had been the case since 1959.
Doctors and scientists who have evaluated the U.S. diplomats who suffered strange illnesses and brain trauma after mysterious health attacks in Cuba last year said their symptoms "cannot be faked," but they still don't know what caused them, NBC News reports.
Brazil's democracy has proven to be one of the strongest. Its justice system investigated and prosecuted the global corruption "lava jato" with results such as the jail sentence that former President Lula da Silva meets.
A juzgar por los vientos que corren por Cuba, aquellas personas que suelen decir que en la Isla nada cambia deberían comenzar a reconsiderar tal criterio
Perched on cliffs and shorelines, hollowed by fissures, their structures so otherworldly they could inhabit a city by Giorgio de Chirico, Alejandro Campins’ paintings of abandoned bunkers warrant their solo exhibition at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam in Havana.
President Bush called on Cuban President Fidel Castro to hold free elections in a broadcast beamed at the island on Monday, holding out the olive branch of improved relations if Castro complies and stopping short of demanding the ouster of the Cuban ruler.
After years of telling the world about Fidel Castro’s “admirable humanitarian efforts” to help the sick around the world, many have taken notice that Cuban doctors were being exploited. On the island, Cuban police have visited their families to warn them that doctors who accept Brazil’s offer to pay their full salaries will not be able to see their relatives for eight years. They were not allowed to accompany the doctors as a way to discourage defections. PAHO’s controversial role should be investigated by the international community.
El escándalo en torno de los más de 15,000 médicos cubanos que han trabajado en condiciones de virtual esclavitud en Brasil está creciendo: algunos de ellos planean presentar una demanda en Miami contra la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), con sede en Washington. Afirman que la organización regional no solo supervisó el programa, sino que también se embolsó $75 millones de sus fondos.
By talking only to the Cuban government and ignoring civil society groups, the EU is allowing the Cuban state to continue its programme of repressing democracy and human rights, write Ariadna Mena Rubio, Rosa Maria Payá and Erik Jennische.
For members of the tight-knit community of Canadian diplomats based in Havana, life became terrifying and disorienting last year – and many of them, speaking to the media for the first time, say it has only become more aggravating since mysterious cases of brain injury forced them to return to Canada.
While some continue to echo Havana’s disinformation, the facts cannot be ignored. Political pilgrims and fellow travelers are entitled to their opinions, but not to their own facts.
Recently, Ambassador Vicky Huddleston, a former chief of the United States Interests Section in Havana spoke admiringly about Miguel Diaz Canel, the man hand-picked by General Raul Castro to be president of Cuba.
Inter-American Dialogue asks “What Did Díaz-Canel Accomplish on His U.S. Trip? Amnesty International calls on Cuba to make public evidence against political prisoner on a prolonged hunger strike.
Late last month, Vietnam’s deputy defense minister paid a visit to Cuba. The trip spotlighted the ongoing activity within the military aspect of the relationship amid a key year in the ties between the two countries.
