Stories about Cuba from June, 2011
Cuba: Tamayo's Arrival
Diaspora bloggers chronicle the arrival of Reina Luisa Tamayo (mother of the late Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo) in the United States.
Cuba: Released Journalists Offer Their Testimonies
As part of the Committee to Protect Journalists series "After the Black Spring: Cuban Stories of Prison and Freedom," Cuban journalist Omar Ruiz Hernández, who was recently released from jail and exiled to Spain, tells his story.
Cuba: In Support of Artistic Expression
“Although I don’t share all of his opinions or agree with the places where he chose to publish them, I am a fervent defender of the freedom of speech”: Lazaro Gonzalez stands with artist Pedro Pablo Oliva.
Cuba: Tamayo Leaves With Son's Remains
“Orlando Zapata Tamayo was not killed because he was a slave, but because he insisted on being a free man”: As the late dissident's mother prepares for a new start in the United States, Babalu rejoices over the fact that “today, Reina Luisa Tamayo will experience what her fallen son...
Cuba: Striking for “The Student”
Uncommon Sense blogs about the Cuban government's response to Guillermo Farinas’ hunger strike to demand an investigation into the death of dissident Juan Wilfredo Soto Garcia, while Mario Barosso says: “I have no doubt that the Regime will start to look for arguments to shake the death of Juan Wilfredo...
Cuba: The Younger Castro's Legacy
“In the pantheon of history Fidel Castro will have a place” – but what about Raul Castro? Iván García considers his legacy.
Cuba: Backlash?
Blogger and gay activist Francisco Cruz Rodríguez questions whether recent op-eds [es] defining marriage as uniquely between a man and a woman, published in the two state-run nationally distributed newspapers Granma [es] and Juventud Rebelde [es], might be in reaction to the IV Cuban Conference Against Homophobia recently held in...
Cuba: New Podcast About Movies
Rafa of the blog El Microwave [es] announces the launching [es] of the podcast Cinefilia [es], in which he will explore the world of cinema with fellow blogger Javier [es].
Cuba: Hunger Strike for “The Student”
Uncommon Sense reports that Guillermo Farinas has begun his 24th hunger strike against the Cuban government, this time “demanding…an independent, international investigation of the police beating death last month of Juan Wilfredo Soto Garcia.”
Cuba: Female Dissidents
Without Evasion explains why credibility is such an important asset to dissident bloggers, while Pedazos de la Isla profiles the plight of female dissidents, here and here.
