Stories about Cuba from August, 2006
Cuba: The pierced guy
Daniel Mauermann‘s “Cuba People” photoset on Flickr includes many striking images, but none more striking than this. As Daniel explains in an e-mail: The pierced guy is a poor handicapped who once decided to make good money putting as much needles in his head as possible. Every day he is...
Cuba, Venezuela: Leftist Latino leader love notes
VivirLatino reveals the contents of the notes reportedly exchanged between Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, saying: “don't you love leftist Latino leader love notes?”
Caribbean: Colonial artifacts
Jeremy Taylor ponders the appropriate uses of colonial forms and artifacts in the Caribbean context.
Cuba: Portraits of a people
Daniel Mauermann has a wonderful Flickr photoset comprising images of Cubans from all walks of life, including one extensively pierced individual smoking a cigar.
Cuba, USA: Misinterpreting Bush
Henry Gomez accuses Joe Garcia, the former executive director of the Cuban American National Foundation, of deliberately misinterpreting statements made by President Bush during a television interview and playing playing “divisive political games”. According to Gomez, Garcia claimed that Bush had made statements to the effect that US-based Cubans would...
Cuba: Critiquing the right wing view
Zenia, writing from Pinar del Rio, Cuba, critiques (ES) the ways Cuba is viewed by the right-wing press: “‘In Cuba many people don't have MP3 players or cell phones.’ That's one of the criticisms circulating in cyberspace these days from the right. . . . “
Bahamas: After Castro
Larry Smith writes about the potential long-term effects of Fidel Castro's exit on the Bahamas, notably in the area of tourism.
Cuba: What we know for sure
Babalu Blog posts a lists of things “we know for sure” about what's going on in Cuba.
Cuba, USA: Fidel's daughter and CNN
VivirLatino comments on CNN's hiring of Fidel Castro's daughter, Alina Fernandez, as a network contributor: “what this also clearly shows (in my not so humble opinion) is a bias in the media that is clearly pro-U.S. policy around the issue of Cuba. It seems to me that Alina has made...
Cuba: Interview with a dissident
Ya No Más publishes an interview recently conducted in Havana with Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque. The interviewer reports that during his meeting with Sra. Roque, a film crew allegedly shooting a tourism promo is hovering around: and “how accidental is it that the author of this article should spend...
Cuba, USA: Santería, for better or for worse
Dominican Republic blog Remolacha.net links (ES) to a news article and a series of AP photos depicting Cubans in both Cuba and the US engaging in Santería (an Afro-Cuban religion) ceremonies designed to hasten either the death or recovery of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Cuba, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel: Cuba and the Middle East
Blog for Cuba examines what it terms “Cuba's state sanctioned anti-Semitism,” via analyses of headlines from the Cuban news daily, Granma, expressing support for Hezbollah and Hamas, and of the activities, past and present, of Cuban leaders.
Bahamas, Cuba: Reparations
Nicolette Bethel is normally a bit skeptical about calls for reparations for slavery, but if Miami Cubans can demand them — so can she.
Cuba: Anti-government posters appear
Marc Masferrer links to a CubaNet article stating that anti-government posters appeared in the city of Santiago de Cuba, bearing the messsages “Fidel, you have finally arrived at your end,” and “Fidel, you must have already died before.” The article also reported an increased military and police presence in the...
Cuba: More links
The Latin Americanist posted another list of links to various news sources commenting on the Cuba situation early this afternoon.
Cuba: Further mistreatment of journalists and “internet apartheid”
Marc Masferrer posts a couple of links to further instances of mistreatment of journalists attempting to cover the situation in Havana and republishes an article demonstrating the existence of “internet apartheid” in Cuba.
Cuba: Photographic evidence?
Zenia posts a photo from the EFE news agency of a quiet boulevard in Havana, with the title: “Havana on August 3″.
Cuba: More media critiques
Fausta Wertz parses the statement about Fidel Castro's condition appearing today in the Cuban news daily Granma and critiques statements from other media outlets, including the BBC: “On Tuesday I was saying this was Fidel's Yasser moment. So far, it continues to be.”
Cuba: Critiqing the MSM
The indefatigable Babalu Blog continues posting its critiques of what it views as the mainstream media's pandering to Castro, and Babalu's editor, Valentín “El Barbaro” Prieto is the subject of an article in the Palm Beach Post.
Cuba: Castro's sister says her brother is alive
Several news outlets and blogs, including The Latin Americanist and Ya No Mas, have published reports stating that Fidel Castro's sister, Juanita, who lives in exile in Miami, has affirmed that her brother is alive.
Cuba: Foreign journalists barred
Cuba Libre Digital (ES) and Ya No Mas (ES) have published a report stating that “at least six” foreign journalist have been barred from entering Cuba. According to the report, the journalist are from Peru, Chile and the US, and were stopped at José Martí airport in Havana.