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Cuba Survives Fidel Castro / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez
via translatingcuba

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana 27 November 2016 – Few people were watching official television at that hour. The news of Fidel Castro’s death began to spread through the night on Friday by phone, as information that was vague and imprecise. “Again?...
It is clear that the enactment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Cuba is an ongoing struggle.....
via caribbean-webcrat.blogspot

From persecution to acceptance? The history of LGBT rights in Cuba By Justin Halatyn Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the island nation has received low scores in many human rights indices...
SHOULD CUBA REMAIN A ONE-PARTY STATE?
via thecubaneconomy

By Samuel Farber Original here: One-Party State? HAVANA TIMES — In Cuba the one-party state is a very controversial question that few of the left-wing critics of the Cuban regime have been willing to address. What follows is an attempt to explore,...
Happy Birthday Fidel Castro: celebrations coincide with US visit
via latincorrespondent

As Cubans celebrate ex-President Fidel Castro’s 89th birthday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will officially mark the occasion by finally opening the U.S. Embassy in Havana. Castro, now retired, served as president up to 2008. A key figure in the...
Feministing in Havana
via watchingthewheelsdad

14 August 2016 Going to Cuba was a lot easier than I thought it would be. My second major at Emory in the Reagan ‘80s was “International Studies” with a focus on Soviet and Latin American politics. The one paper my mother saved from her college days...

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Romanticizing the Electricity Cuts in Cuba, More Than Cynical It Is Offensive

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, Havana — A ‘snort’ runs through the neighborhood. They have just cut off the electricity service and life is paralyzed until the power returns. The elevator does not work, the elderly residents of the upper floors...
The Cuban ‘Paquetazo’ Moves to the Rhythm of Russian Demands

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, Havana, 29 February 2024 — Lavrov, Patrushev and Titov. We Cubans get lost among so many surnames of high-ranking Russian officials who arrive in Cuba. The procession, which has grown in number and frequency in...
Cuban President Diaz-Canel Had To Go to Cauto Cristo to ‘Bathe in the People’

EFE (via 14ymedio), Madrid, 11 February 2024 — Acosta Danza Yunior, the new artistic project of the prestigious Cuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta, debuts this weekend with a presentation at the emblematic Martí Theater in Havana. The new...
‘I Do Not Normally Post These Kinds of Publications’

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, Havana, 31 December 2023 — In my childhood, letters always began with “I hope upon receipt of this letter.” Now, many Cubans on Facebook warn in their first line: “I am not used to making this kind of publication...
The Anguish of Cubans in the Face of the Government’s Economic ‘Paquetazo’

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, Havana, 29 December 2023 –Few garlands, scarce Christmas trees and less popular enthusiasm are marking the last days of 2023 in Cuba. Apart from the occasional isolated celebration, the spirit of this December seems...