Stories about Cuba from August, 2005
Cuba: 1929 Havana Travel Ad
Havana Journal finds an old Cuban travel advertisement from a 1929 issue of National Geographic, which describes the island as “so near at hand – so easily reached – that no American need suppress his desire for foreign travel.”
Mexico, Cuba: Blog of the Week
Blogs Mexico has chosen SABROSON, written in Spanish by a witty Cuban immigrant who has been living in Mexico City since 1990, as blog of the week.
Caribbean: Blog Ring
Doan Mind Me directs us to a newly created webring for Caribbean bloggers.
Cuba: Open Source Radio
Open Source Radio is looking for Cubans and/or Cuban Americans to discuss Cuba's underground economy on Monday's show.
Cuba: 1,524 Cubans interdicted since Jan. 1
Matt Lawrence of Havana Journal has some statistics on detentions of Cuban illegal immigrants so far this year.
Cuba: Anti-Castro Bloggers Meme
George Moneo on Babalu Blog is trying to spread a bloggers’ meme to start a “I've Had Enough” campaign throughout the Cuban-American blogosphere.
Cuba: Electricity Update
Matt Lawrence has an .update on Cuba's electricity woes at Havana Journal.
Cuba: Holding on to Television
Mora at Babalu Blog reports that some government agents tried confiscating a television with an illegal satellite dish, but that the neighborhood resisted.
Caribbean: IP and Blog Reflections
Taran Rampersad goes overintellectual property in the Caribbean and has some reflections on his excellent Caribbean blog list.
