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| 05/20/2012 08:34 PM |
| The Missions of the Cardinal / Mario Barroso |
| The Missions of the Cardinal / Mario Barroso Mario Barroso, Translator: Unstated Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40 In those years of UMAP*, when Mr. Jaime Ortega was one more in the concentration camps, no one would have [...] |
| 05/20/2012 11:53 AM |
| Cuba, DR on very different paths |
| Cuba, DR on very different paths By Roland Alum May 20, 2012 On May 20, 1902 the Cuban Republic was born, following the Spanish-American War, or Spanish(Cuban)American War, that ended Spain's colonial rule. Coincidentally, this May 20, the Dominican Republic is holding its 14th presidential election since the downfall of Rafael Trujillo in 1961. It [...] |
| 05/20/2012 11:45 AM |
| Mariel memories: The boatlift that changed everything |
| Posted on Saturday, 05.19.12 Great migration Mariel memories: The boatlift that changed everything A reporter recounts the high drama and danger of the Mariel Boatlift and reflects on how that event changed South Florida's cultural landscape. BY MIMI WHITEFIELD mwhitefield@MiamiHerald.com The year 1980 in Miami was a time of intrigue and euphoria, a year when [...] |
| 05/19/2012 08:10 PM |
| Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez refuses to back down |
| Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez refuses to back down Published On Sat May 19 2012 By Catherine Porter Columnist HAVANA, CUBA—I have called Yoani Sanchez 76 times since I arrived in Cuba eight days ago. Once, I managed to get through for 38 seconds before the line was cut. So, finally, I board a sleek, blue [...] |
| 05/18/2012 03:19 PM |
| How to reach achieve real political reform in Cuba |
| Posted on Thursday, 05.17.12 CUBA How to reach achieve real political reform in Cuba BY RAY WALSER www.heritage.org What's the best way to mark the fifth annual Cuba Solidarity Day? If we want to help the long-suffering people of Fidel Castro's island "paradise," the answer should be obvious: Shine a light on the repression and [...] |
| 05/15/2012 08:14 PM |
| Serene Among the Vile / Lilianne Ruíz |
| Serene Among the Vile / Lilianne Ruíz Lilianne Ruíz, Translator: Unstated I wanted to say hello to Jose Daniel Ferrer of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), the next time he was in Havana. On Monday I learned that police had kidnapped him while he walked down a street of the capital, and sent him [...] |
| 05/12/2012 04:41 PM |
| Prominent Cuban dissident released after brief detention |
| Prominent Cuban dissident released after brief detention Published May 11, 2012 EFE Havana – Prominent Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer has been released in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba after being held for 29 hours. Ferrer told Efe Thursday by phone from his home in the town of Palmarito del Cauto that he [...] |
| 05/12/2012 01:35 PM |
| Meñique Went out to Travel / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| Meñique Went out to Travel / Luis Felipe Rojas Translating Cuba "Meñique Went out to Travel" — that's the name of a famous children's song. Those same travels were awarded to me by the combined forces of State Security (G-2) and the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) on April 28th. At 7:39 AM, Lieutenant Yasmani Suarez [...] |
| 05/08/2012 02:54 PM |
| Travel may free up for Cubans |
| Travel may free up for Cubans Change only weeks away, official insists By Paul Haven Associated Press Monday, May 7, 2012 HAVANA — After controlling the comings and goings of its people for five decades, communist Cuba appears on the verge of a decision to lift many travel restrictions. One senior official says a "radical [...] |
| 05/06/2012 01:47 PM |
| U.S. government’s Radio and TV Marti call Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega a lackey |
| U.S. government's Radio and TV Marti call Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega a lackey By William Booth, Sunday, May 6, 4:01 AM MEXICO CITY — Criticism of the leader of the Catholic Church in Cuba, who has been negotiating with the communist government to expand religious and political freedom, intensified last week when the head of [...] |
| 05/06/2012 01:34 PM |
| In dissidents’ arrest following Pope’s Cuba visit, a Cardinal neglects his flock |
| In dissidents' arrest following Pope's Cuba visit, a Cardinal neglects his flock May 4, 2012 Achy Obejas Cuban authorities arrested dissidents Vladimir Calderón and Julio Beltrán on April 28. Their crime? The two men were accused of passing out anti-government flyers and organizing an anti-government march on May 1. Both men were publicly beaten as [...] |
| 05/05/2012 03:32 PM |
| AFTER THE VISIT OF THE POPE TO CUBA, WHAT? / IntraMuros |
| AFTER THE VISIT OF THE POPE TO CUBA, WHAT? / IntraMuros IntraMuros, Translator: Hank Hardisty AFTER THE VISIT OF THE POPE TO CUBA, WHAT? "You are and must be the sovereigns of your own personal and national history." (John Paul II, Cuba 1998) The two visits of the Popes of the Catholic Church, are milestones [...] |
| 05/04/2012 02:58 PM |
| Being Black in Cuba / Iván García |
| Being Black in Cuba / Iván García Iván García, Translator: Unstated A white-skinned off-duty law enforcement officer, having a drink, justifies the Cuban police force's racist archetype that turns a black or mixed-raced person into a presumed criminal with the old refrain he learned from his mother, "All blacks are not thieves but all thieves [...] |
| 05/04/2012 01:44 PM |
| Cuban Opposition Says Regime Arrested 402 Dissidents in April |
| Cuban Opposition Says Regime Arrested 402 Dissidents in April HAVANA – The opposition Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation on Thursday reported that the regime made 402 political arrests in April, a "notable reduction" compared with March, although Cuba continues to be in first place in Latin America in this type of abuse. [...] |
| 05/04/2012 01:43 PM |
| Cuba Remains on Press-Freedom Blacklist |
| Cuba Remains on Press-Freedom Blacklist PARIS – Cuban President Raul Castro remains on the global list of predators of freedom of information, Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday in a report coinciding with World Press Freedom Day. "(T)he harassment of independent journalists and bloggers has never stopped" under Raul, who formally succeeded older brother Fidel [...] |
| 05/03/2012 05:17 PM |
| Prisoner freed, if gives up political activism: José Daniel Ferrer García |
| Document – Cuba: Prisoner freed, if gives up political activism: José Daniel Ferrer García Further information on UA: 99/12 Index: AMR 25/016/2012 Cuba Date: 1 May 2012 URGENT ACTION PRISONER FREED, IF GIVES UP POLITICAL ACTIVISM Prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer García has been released, on condition that he gives up his political activism: [...] |
| 05/02/2012 01:17 PM |
| After 50 years, Cubans hope to travel freely |
| Posted on Tuesday, 05.01.12 After 50 years, Cubans hope to travel freely By PAUL HAVEN Associated Press HAVANA — After controlling the comings and goings of its people for five decades, communist Cuba appears on the verge of a momentous decision to lift many travel restrictions. One senior official says a "radical and profound" change [...] |
| 04/30/2012 10:03 PM |
| Human Rights and Democracy -The 2011 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report – Quarterly update |
| Quarterly Updates: Cuba Latest Update: 31 March 2012 The Cuban government announced the release of around 2,900 prisoners in the framework of preparations for the Pope's visit in late March. Most of those freed had completed over half of their sentences and only a handful were considered by local human rights organisations to be political [...] |
| 04/30/2012 12:44 PM |
| Cuba frees dissident detained after Pope visit |
| Cuba frees dissident detained after Pope visit (AFP) HAVANA — Police in Cuba released Jose Daniel Ferrer, a political dissident arrested shortly after the visit to the island by Pope Benedict XVI, the activist told AFP. "They released me around 1:00 pm," Ferrer said by telephone from his home in the town of Palmarito de [...] |
| 04/28/2012 08:44 PM |
| Jailed Cuban Dissident Ends Hunger Strike |
| Jailed Cuban Dissident Ends Hunger Strike HAVANA – Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer has ended the hunger strike he launched to protest his arrest early this month, his wife told Efe on Friday. Coinciding with the end of the fast, Cuban authorities formally charged the detainee with creating a public disturbance in the eastern city [...] |
| 04/27/2012 08:58 PM |
| Opposition members take exception to remarks at Harvard by Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, Archbishop of Havana, |
| Posted on Friday, 04.27.12 Opposition members take exception to remarks at Harvard by Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, Archbishop of Havana, Opposition members both in and outside Cuba take exception to some remarks made by Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, Archbishop of Havana. BY JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ jcchavez@elnuevoherald.com Members of the opposition both inside and outside Cuba [...] |
| 04/26/2012 02:23 PM |
| We Are Evolving / Jeovany Jimenez Vega |
| We Are Evolving / Jeovany Jimenez Vega Jeovany J. Vega, Translator: Unstated A few days ago a friend asked me whether, if I had gone on a hunger strike five years ago, our case would have had the same outcome. Without hesitation I said no, and doing so caused me to immediately stop and ponder [...] |
| 04/26/2012 01:29 PM |
| Extended detention worries Cuban dissidents |
| Extended detention worries Cuban dissidents Wednesday, April 25, 2012 (04-25) 13:55 PDT HAVANA, Cuba (AP) Cuban dissidents are expressing increasing concern about the detention of a man who was part of an earlier release of prisoners negotiated by the Roman Catholic Church. De facto dissident spokesman Elizardo Sanchez said Wednesday that Jose Daniel Ferrer has [...] |
| 04/25/2012 03:03 PM |
| Open Letter to The Cuban Dictator Raul Castro / Jorge Luis García Pérez Antunez |
| Open Letter to The Cuban Dictator Raul Castro / Jorge Luis García Pérez AntunezAntunez – Jorge Luis García Pérez, Translator: AnonyGY Mr. Dictator Raul Castro From Placetas, in the center of Cuba, Jorge Luis García Pérez Antúnez and his wife Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera are writing to you, a married couple openly opposed to your [...] |
| 04/25/2012 01:48 PM |
| Cuban diplomats in Washington will host émigrés for talks on U.S. policy toward the island |
| Posted on Wednesday, 04.25.12 Cuban diplomats in Washington will host émigrés for talks on U.S. policy toward the island The Cuban émigrés and Cuban diplomats will talk about how to change U.S. policy toward the island.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban diplomats in Washington will host an estimated 150 friendly Cubans living in the United States [...] |
| 04/24/2012 01:15 PM |
| Wife of top Cuban dissident says he launched hunger strike to protest his imprisonment |
| Posted on Tuesday, 04.24.12 Wife of top Cuban dissident says he launched hunger strike to protest his imprisonment The wife of José Daniel Ferrer García said he began the hunger strike to protest his detention.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuba's most aggressive dissident, José Daniel Ferrer García, freed only last spring after eight years in prison, [...] |
| 04/23/2012 12:09 PM |
| Cuba: Further information: Cuban prisoner of conscience still held: José Daniel Ferrer García |
| Document – Cuba: Further information: Cuban prisoner of conscience still held: José Daniel Ferrer García Further information on UA: 99/12 Index: AMR 25/015/2012 Cuba Date: 13 April 2012 URGENT ACTION CUBAN PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE STILL HELD Cuban government critic José Daniel Ferrer García has been detained without charge for more than 10 days. Amnesty International [...] |
| 04/21/2012 12:17 PM |
| Cuban Dissident Held Without Charges for Weeks |
| Cuban Dissident Held Without Charges for WeeksPublished April 20, 2012FoxNews.com Havana – The opposition Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation on Thursday denounced the fact that former political prisoner José Daniel Ferrer remains in jail without any charges being filed against him more than two weeks after being arrested. "He continues to be [...] |
| 04/18/2012 08:47 PM |
| SOS For a Woman from Bayamo / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| SOS For a Woman from Bayamo / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. The authorities of Las Mangas Penitentiary in Bayamo are prohibiting that the Cuban political prisoner Ariel Arzuaga Pena, who is serving a sentence of 6 years for the supposed crime of double attempt, receive his medications, according to his wife, [...] |
| 04/18/2012 04:22 PM |
| Human rights activists say 1,158 Cubans detained to keep them away from papal events |
| Posted on Tuesday, 04.17.12 Human rights activists say 1,158 Cubans detained to keep them awayfrom papal eventsBy Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban police carried out 1,158 political detentions in March — mostlyto keep dissidents away from Pope Benedict XVI — the most since themass roundups during the Bay of Pigs invasion five decades ago, ahuman rights [...] |
| 04/18/2012 04:21 PM |
| For an American, Havana is filled with contradictions |
| Posted on Tuesday, 04.17.12 For an American, Havana is filled with contradictionsBy Franco OrdonezMcClatchy Newspapers HAVANA — The green 1951 Dodge Coronet clattering along this city'sfamed Malecon coastal seawall looks like the car built more than ahalf-century ago, but lift the hood and things are not as expected. The car's bulging headlights give the classic [...] |
| 04/17/2012 04:07 PM |
| Cuban prisoner of conscience still held: José Daniel Ferrer García |
| Document – Cuba: Further information: Cuban prisoner of conscience still held: José Daniel Ferrer García Further information on UA: 99/12 Index: AMR 25/015/2012 Cuba Date: 13 April 2012 URGENT ACTION CUBAN PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE STILL HELD Cuban government critic José Daniel Ferrer García has been detained without charge for more than 10 days. Amnesty International [...] |
| 04/17/2012 11:49 AM |
| Cuban dissident’s wife says police may file charges against him |
| Posted on Monday, 04.16.12 Cuban dissident's wife says police may file charges against him The wife of a dissident who was freed last year fears police will try to force him to serve the rest of his 25-year sentence.In this March 26, 2012 file photo, a man is taken away by security as he shouts [...] |
| 04/16/2012 01:24 PM |
| Cuba: The second revolution? |
| Cuba: The second revolution? For the first time since the 1959 coup, Cubans are able to buy and sell property, set up businesses and farm their own land. Could these new liberties signal a move towards a free-market economy? Don't count on it, says Margareta Pagano.Margereta PaganoSunday 15 April 2012 It's the sort of glitz [...] |
| 04/15/2012 01:18 PM |
| 10 Cuban Ex-Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike in Spain |
| 10 Cuban Ex-Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike in SpainPublished April 13, 2012EFE Madrid – Ten Cuban former political prisoners protesting their "total abandonment" in Spain have launched a hunger strike to press their demands for government assistance, one of the participants in the fast told Efe Friday. "It's the only alternative we have," said Ernesto [...] |
| 04/10/2012 10:17 PM |
| ‘Spring’ delayed as Cuba follows China’s model |
| 'Spring' delayed as Cuba follows China's modelPope Benedict XVI's call for 'authentic freedom' during his recent visit to Cuba is unlikely to spur democracy. But other factors suggest economic changes are under way, patterned after the Chinese example, namely creating a market economy under an authoritarian, communist political system.Christian Science MonitorBy John Hughes | Christian [...] |
| 04/10/2012 12:53 PM |
| Havana prisoner who took video transferred to isolation cell in notorious prison |
| Posted on Tuesday, 04.10.12 Havana prisoner who took video transferred to isolation cell in notorious prison José Daniel Ferrer García, a leading Cuban dissident arrested in eastern Santiago de Cuba last week, remains in police custody.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com An inmate who shot several videos inside a Havana prison to publicize its awful conditions has [...] |
| 04/09/2012 06:41 PM |
| Dissidents who asked to meet with the Pope are now being arrested. |
| Cuba After BenedictApril 8, 2012, 6:50 p.m. ET Dissidents who asked to meet with the Pope are now being arrested. Pope Benedict XVI's recent trip to Cuba was described by the Vaticanas way to spread the gospel to a nation captured by an atheist state.And surely it was the Pope's purpose to inspire as many [...] |
| 04/09/2012 04:40 PM |
| Ozzie Guillen’s Castro apology won’t silence anger of Cuban-Americans |
| Ozzie Guillen's Castro apology won't silence anger of Cuban-AmericansGeorge Diaz COMMENTARY7:14 p.m. EDT, April 8, 2012 Two significant commentaries rekindled my connection to my native Cuba recently.One was profound, poignant and tearful.The other was tasteless, disrespectful and idiotic. Guess which one involved Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen? Text alerts: Get South Florida sports news on [...] |
| 04/07/2012 01:17 PM |
| Remembering Cuba’s Du Bouchet Hernández |
| Remembering Cuba's Du Bouchet HernándezBy María Salazar-Ferro/Coordinator, Impunity Campaign and Journalist Assistance Program On Wednesday morning, exiled Cuban journalist Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández took his own life, according to reports in the Cuban exiled media. He was the last of more than 20 Cuban journalists to be released from prison and sent to Spain [...] |
| 04/05/2012 05:55 PM |
| Cuba arrests 43 dissidents in areas visited by Pope |
| Cuba arrests 43 dissidents in areas visited by PopeThursday, April 05, 2012 HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — At least 43 Cuban dissidents have been arrested in areas near where Pope Benedict XVI visited last week, dissidents said Tuesday, as the United States urged their immediate release. "We have been able to confirm that 43 opposition members [...] |
| 04/05/2012 12:12 PM |
| US calls for immediate release of government opponents in Cuba |
| US calls for immediate release of government opponents in Cuba Ladies in White dissident group and the U.S. State Department on Wednesday criticized detentions of government opponents in Cuba.By Juan Carlos Chavezjcchavez@elnuevoherald.com The Ladies in White, mothers and wives of political prisoners, made an urgent appeal Wednesday to the international community to denounce the Cuban [...] |
| 04/02/2012 09:16 PM |
| Cuba, the Pope, and the Ladies in White |
| Cuba, the Pope, and the Ladies in White Pope Benedict's visit to Cuba revealed the intransigence of theCastroite regime. Even so, the Ladies in White – the wives, mothers,and sisters of political prisoners – continue their demands for humanrights on the Caribbean island.Monday, April 02, 2012By Faisaan Sami The Cuban government, the Roman Catholic Church [...] |
| 04/02/2012 03:30 PM |
| Church makes dangerous bargain with Castro |
| Posted on Monday, 04.02.12 Church makes dangerous bargain with CastroBY JOSE AZELjazel@miami.edu The malevolence of the Castro brothers during their five decades regime is well documented: 3,615 executions by firing squad, 1,253 extrajudicial killings, the imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners in subhuman conditions, the 1994 tugboat massacre, the depravation of basic freedoms and the [...] |
| 04/01/2012 09:29 PM |
| The Streets Belong to Cubans / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado |
| The Streets Belong to Cubans / Rosa María Rodríguez TorradoRosa María Rodríguez Torrado, Translator: Unstated Cuba's leaders and their acolytes have warned for years and without the least reserve, that the streets belong to the Revolutionaries. This amounts to the segregation that only government sympathizers can march and protest peacefully and publicly, but always in [...] |
| 03/31/2012 09:13 PM |
| Cuba diverts dissidents’ phone numbers in pope crackdown |
| Posted on Friday, 03.30.12 CRACKDOWN IN HAVANA Cuba diverts dissidents' phone numbers in pope crackdown A number for the Cuban Interior Ministry was used to block calls to dissidents while Pope Benedict XVI was on the island.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuba's Interior Ministry doesn't have to be subtle when it represses dissidents. In charge of [...] |
| 03/29/2012 11:48 AM |
| Analysis: Pope, Castros talked past each other |
| Analysis: Pope, Castros talked past each otherBy PAUL HAVENAssociated PressPublished: Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 6:30 a.m. The spiritual leader of the world's Roman Catholics and the brothers who have carried Cuba along an increasingly solitary Communist path mixed warm smiles with the hard language of their respective camps during Pope Benedict XVI's three-day tour [...] |
| 03/29/2012 11:20 AM |
| In Cuba, Pope Pleas for ‘Those Deprived of Freedom’ |
| Updated March 28, 2012, 11:08 a.m. ET In Cuba, Pope Pleas for 'Those Deprived of Freedom'By NICHOLAS CASEY SANTIAGO, Cuba—Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday paid homage to Our Lady of Charity, a statue of Mary said to be discovered by Cuban fisherman some four centuries ago. His prayers at the island's holiest site included a [...] |
| 03/29/2012 10:26 AM |
| Everybody won — and lost — in Pope’s trip to Cuba |
| Posted on Wednesday, 03.28.12In My Opinion Everybody won — and lost — in Pope's trip to CubaBy Andres Oppenheimeraoppenheimer@MiamiHerald.com Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Cuba will not produce much change, but everybody — the Pope, the Cuban military regime, dissidents and Cuban exiles — can claim a semblance of victory from the high-profile event. The [...] |
| 03/29/2012 01:13 AM |
| Message of the Cuban Regime to the Resistance |
| "As soon as the PapaCuba leaves, we are going to disappear all of you" Message of the Cuban Regime to the ResistanceGuest Column Assembly of the Cuban Resistance Tuesday, March 27, 2012 (Partial List below of human rights defenders taken to prison cells and under house arrest) MIAMI, March 27, 2012. Assembly of the Cuban [...] |