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Antonio Castro, médico de título, príncipe de facto
Antonio Castro, médico de título, príncipe de facto El hijo de Fidel Castro es oficialmente cirujano ortopédico, pero su “sangre azul” le abre otras puertas. Rolando Cartaya mayo 15, 2013 A raíz de que Antonio Castro –uno de los cinco hijos del ex gobernante cubano Fidel Castro con Dalia Soto del Valle– ganara el pasado [...] Continue reading
Fraud: Cuba Uses 454 Front Groups to Subvert Today’s UN Review of its Human Rights Record
Fraud: Cuba Uses 454 Front Groups to Subvert Today’s UN Review of its Human Rights Record By UN Watch (Bio and Archives) Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Also: Syria, Iran, North Korea took the floor today to sing Havana’s praises GENEVA, – Today’s UN review of Cuba’s rights record was tainted by “massive fraud” committed by [...] Continue reading
Puede un gobierno revolucionario robar las elecciones?
Venezuela, Maduro ¿Puede un gobierno revolucionario robar las elecciones? Cuando un gobierno común y corriente roba elecciones, sabe que delinque. Pero cuando un gobierno revolucionario hace lo mismo, cree no delinquir Fernando Mires, Oldenburg (Alemania) | 01/05/2013 11:58 am ¿Puede un gobierno que se dice revolucionario robar elecciones con absoluta impunidad? Aclaremos: No sólo los [...] Continue reading
U.S. urges freedom for Granma journalist
Posted on Wednesday, 04.24.13 U.S. urges freedom for Granma journalist By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com The U.S. government urged Cuba Wednesday to free a former Granma newspaper reporter who was arrested after he wrote about the mismanagement of a government project and is now serving a 14-year prison sentence for spying. José Antonio Torres was [...] Continue reading
Afro-Cuban author who complained of racism demoted
Posted on Friday, 04.05.13 Afro-Cuban author who complained of racism demoted By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com A black Cuban author, Roberto Zurbano, whose scathing criticism of racism on the island was published in The New York Times last month, has been demoted from his top job at the government-controlled Casa de las Americas book publishers. [...] Continue reading
Can Cuba survive the loss of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez?
Can Cuba survive the loss of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez? Many in and out of Cuba wonder if the loss of Chávez is the death knell of the Castros' Revolution, or if it could inject urgent momentum into Raul Castro's reform agenda, just in the nick of time. By Anya Landau French, Guest blogger / March [...] Continue reading
Cuba blocks dissident hotline
Posted on Friday, 12.07.12 Cuba blocks dissident hotline A system that allowed Cubans to broadcast their grievances has been blocked by the government. By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com The Cuban government is blocking calls to U.S. and Spanish telephone numbers once described as a 911 service for dissidents — a system they could use to [...] Continue reading
Change in Cuba: Less Costly Than Clinging to the Past
Change in Cuba: Less Costly Than Clinging to the Past December 6, 2012 Esteban Morales interviewed by Dmiti Prieto HAVANA TIMES — Esteban Morales is one of Cuba's most outstanding academics. An economist and a specialist on hemispheric policy, he is a grey-haired, tall, bearded black man with an air of being a taita, or [...] Continue reading
Cambiar debe ser menos costoso que aferrarse al pasado
Cambiar debe ser menos costoso que aferrarse al pasado diciembre 6, 2012 Interview with Esteban Morales by Dmiti Prieto HAVANA TIMES — Esteban Morales es uno de los más notables académicos cubanos. Economista y especialista en política hemisférica, hombre negro, canoso, alto y barbado, con aires de taita o patriarca africano, Esteban no tiene en [...] Continue reading
An Indecent Proposal
An Indecent Proposal / Jeovany Jimenez Vega Jeovany J. Vega, Translator: Unstated, In response to an article published by Jean-Guy Allard in the newspaper Granma on November 12, in which Yoani Sanchez is accused, for the umpteenth time, of being "a mercenary working for the United States." Clearly the theme "Generation Y" has escaped the [...] Continue reading
Journalist for Cuba’s Granma convicted of spying
Posted on Wednesday, 11.14.12 Journalist for Cuba's Granma convicted of spying José Antonio Torres was charged after writing about mismanaged public works project. By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com A journalist with Cuba's Granma newspaper was sentenced to 14 years in prison for spying, a charge filed soon after he reported on the government's mishandling of [...] Continue reading
Cubans can leave, but to where and with what?
Cubans can leave, but to where and with what? Girish Gupta, Special for USA TODAYShare Cuba announced it will lift its travel ban, but the expense and the fine print will probably mean many Cubans will stay put. Story Highlights - Cuba announced a lifting of its travel ban in January - It is unlikely [...] Continue reading
Head of Cuban cigar factory Partagas allegedly arrested in Havana
Head of Cuban cigar factory Partagas allegedly arrested in Havana Posted November 07, 2012 by publisher Various bloggers are reporting that the head of the Partagas factory in Havana, Abel Exposito, was arrested last week. Since there is no official word from Cuban authorities, information contained in this article cannot be verified. The alleged charges [...] Continue reading
Violator and Ousted
Violator and Ousted / Luis Felipe Rojas Luis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. The whirlwind of corruption, the lack of ethics and the indiscipline have shaken the foundations of the police unit of San German, in Holguin. Another neighborhood bloodhound has been victim of its own bite, originally trained to demolish any form of human [...] Continue reading
Who Can We Ask?
Who Can We Ask? October 13, 2012 Esteban Morales* People buy newspapers but usually do so only by inertia, because day after day they won't find anything of interest in them. Photo:Caridad HAVANA TIMES — For people like me who enjoy writing, we also like it when others read our work. But this isn't enough. [...] Continue reading
Condenado por corrupción José Dirceu, el más poderoso ministro de Lula y amigo de los Castro
Brasil Condenado por corrupción José Dirceu, el más poderoso ministro de Lula y amigo de los Castro Agencias Brasilia 10-10-2012 – 1:06 pm. El político del PT, que recibió entrenamiento militar y se sometió a cirugía para cambiar su rostro en Cuba durante la dictadura militar, podría enfrentar 18 años de cárcel. Fidel Castro abraza [...] Continue reading
Young Communist Union A Springboard to Power… and Corruption
Yoani Sanchez – Award-winning Cuban blogger Young Communist Union A Springboard to Power… and Corruption Posted: 09/26/2012 4:06 pm There was a time when Cuba devoted a great deal of attention to the first secretary of the Young Communists Union (UJC). Styled after the Soviet Komsomol, this organization provided cadres to the Party and even [...] Continue reading
Some Challenges Facing Cuba’s Press
Some Challenges Facing Cuba's Press September 17, 2012 Esteban Morales* HAVANA TIMES — Everything seems to indicate that there are now two presses in Cuba. There's one that some want all of us to read, and another one that reaches only 10 percent of the population (though summaries of it are broadcast over "Radio Bemba" [...] Continue reading
Goodbye to the Blog: The Digital Controversy
Goodbye to the Blog: The Digital Controversy / Yoani Sánchez Translator: Unstated, Yoani Sanchez When a friend leaves… says a song performed by Alberto Cortez, it gets the tears flowing in anyone. Well, that sorrow of goodbye referred to in the song occurs not only when someone very close leaves. It also hurts when we [...] Continue reading
Independent Activism in Cuba
Independent Activism in Cuba August 5, 2012 June Fernandez* HAVANA TIMES — "Come wearing something red and kiss someone, because all forms of love are important." Last June 28, forty-six people who had received this message via instant messaging or e-mail met in the Havana bus terminal, near the Plaza of the Revolution, to kiss [...] Continue reading
Desactivada clínica privada
Desactivada clínica privada Viernes, 27 de Julio de 2012 07:46 Escrito por Osmar Laffita america-arias-1Cuba actualidad, Capdevila, La Habana, (PD) Tal parece que la cultura del secretismo que profesa con marcada devoción la prensa oficial, frecuentemente la hace caer en ridículo. Entre la población suelen propagarse rumores acerca de lo que acontece en las dependencias [...] Continue reading
‘Roberto’ and other tales of the Cuban economy
'Roberto' and other tales of the Cuban economy Ask any self-employed Cuban how she came to possess the goods she's selling, and she might tell you they came from 'Roberto,' a euphemism indicating the goods are stolen, writes a guest blogger. By Melissa Lockhart Fortner, Guest blogger / July 20, 2012 Ask a self-employed Cuban [...] Continue reading
Detenida red de médicos cubanos que ejercían ilegalmente
Detenida red de médicos cubanos que ejercían ilegalmente Se habla de entre 5 y 12 detenidos y al parecer el cabecilla era el director del Hospital Docente Calixto García, de la capital cubana. Gricel Gonzalez / martinoticias.com julio 19, 2012 El director del hospital Calixto García fue detenido junto a un grupo de colegas por [...] Continue reading
Director de un hospital de La Habana y otros empleados, detenidos por cirugías ilegales
Corrupción Director de un hospital de La Habana y otros empleados, detenidos por cirugías ilegales DDC La Habana 20-07-2012 – 1:19 am. Los 'servicios incluían desde abortos hasta cirugía estética', según varias fuentes. El director de "un importante hospital de la capital y decenas de sus subalternos" han sido arrestados por "montarse 'el negocio por [...] Continue reading
Cuban journalist who wrote exposé of bungled aqueduct project reportedly faces espionage charges
Posted on Wednesday, 07.18.12 Cuban journalist who wrote exposé of bungled aqueduct project reportedly faces espionage charges The Granma journalist wrote a hard-hitting expose of a bungled aqueduct project in eastern Santiago de Cuba. By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com A top Cuban journalist faces a 15-year prison sentence for spying, just two years after Raúl [...] Continue reading
Who Are The Criminals in Cuba?
Who Are The Criminals in Cuba? / Lilianne Ruíz Lilianne Ruíz, Translator: Unstated The faces of some who died in the 13 de Marzo Tugboat incident A friend called to ask me an important question about criminality in Cuba. Is Cuba a safe country with a crime rate lower than other countries in Latin America? [...] Continue reading