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Prostitution in Cuba: Denied at Home, Enabled from Abroad

Prostitution in Cuba: Denied at Home, Enabled from Abroad March 30, 2013 Graham Sowa HAVANA TIMES — In Cuba the denial of prostitution is a lie of omission: the government doesn't really talk about it. At the same time American politicians promote a travel ban that seriously damages United States efforts to identify and prosecute [...] Continue reading

Cuba’s most horrifying episode of child sex tourism resulted in a girl’s death

Cuba's most horrifying episode of child sex tourism resulted in a girl's death In May, 2010, Lilian Ramirez Espinosa, along with three other Cuban adolescents, was part of a sex party involving foreigners. Lilian ended up dying, though it's still not clear how. Cuban lawyer Laritza Diversent says the authorities reacted to the fact children [...] 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

Cuba: Reason Stands Up to Slander

Cuba: Reason Stands Up to Slander June 26, 2012 Pedro Campos HAVANA TIMES — An editorial in the official Cubadebate website linked the recently concluded "Festival Clic" with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the anti-Cuban schemes of US imperialism. Similarly, the publication is seeking to implicate Havana Times in that festival and its alleged [...] Continue reading

The Ex-Militant Requests the Floor / Jeovany Jimenez Vega

The Ex-Militant Requests the Floor / Jeovany Jimenez VegaJeovany J. Vega, Translator: Hank Hardisty The First National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba, recently held on January 28th and 29th, left a permanent bittersweet taste. First Secretary Raul Castro said that one of its objectives was to, "promote greater democracy in our society, starting [...] Continue reading

Public Declaration in Self-Defense of Rastafarian Artist Hector Riscar (El Nano) / El Sexto – Danilo Maldonado Machado

Public Declaration in Self-Defense of Rastafarian Artist Hector Riscar (El Nano) / El Sexto – Danilo Maldonado MachadoEl Sexto – Danilo Maldonado Machado, Translator: Unstated Share I, Hector Riscar Mustelier, declare in writing what really happened on Wednesday 16 November 2011. We left the National Cabaret, where we were working the Heritage Group, a reggae [...] Continue reading

Cuban official says corruption crackdown to go on

Cuban official says corruption crackdown to go onBy Nelson AcostaHAVANA | Wed Nov 9, 2011 6:29pm EST (Reuters) – Cuba's top law enforcement official said Wednesday a crackdown on corruption that has given Cuba's international business community the jitters will continue and warned that no one was immune from prosecution. Attorney General Dario Delgado, speaking [...] Continue reading

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2005

Cuba

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2005
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
March 8, 2006

Cuba, with a population of 11 million, is a totalitarian state led by a
, Fidel Castro,… Continue reading

CPJ presents International Press Freedom Awards

CPJ presents International Press Awards
Peter Jennings also honored at ceremony
Read more about the awardees:
Galima Bukharbaeva | Beatrice Mtetwa | Shi Tao | Lúico Flávio Pinto | Peter Jennings

2003 award winner Manuel Vázquez Portal, freed from… Continue reading