Stories about Cuba from August, 2011
Cuba: Debate about the Blogosphere
Global Voices author Elaine Díaz responds [es] to a post by fellow Cuban blogger Miriam Celaya [es] about the categories and origins of the Cuban blogosphere.
Cuba: Attacks on Activists
Diaspora bloggers report on attacks against human rights activists in Cuba that allegedly happened this past weekend.
Cuba: Burden of the Embargo
Iván García says that “who suffers the consequences of the embargo most is the average Cuban, not their rulers.”
Cuba: Female Protesters Arrested
Reports of female political activists being “violently arrested on the steps of the old Capitol building in Havana after their demonstration in favor of freedom for the Cuban people drew...
Cuba: In Favour of Travel
“Ninety percent of Cubans on both shores do not look kindly on the arbitrary policy of the Castro brothers, authorizing who can and cannot enter their country”, writes Iván García,...
Caribbean: TS Emily
Tropical Storm Emily has a few regional territories on the alert: bloggers [ES] in Cuba and the U.S. Virgin Islands post updates.
Barbados, Cuba: Two Different Carnivals
Cheese-on-bread! and Havana Times write posts about their respective Carnivals: Barbados’ Crop Over and Santiago de Cuba’s “Proselytizing Carnival”.
