The cubans reacted this Thursday with “pain” and “disbelief” to the announcement by the authorities that the inflation In the last 10 months, it stood at 60% for retail prices and up to 6,900% in the informal foreign exchange market, amid a severe shortage of food and medicine. “I was educated, I grew up in […]
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Cuba has “revolutionaries to face” a demonstration, says Díaz-Canel
On Cuba there are “enough revolutionaries to face any type of demonstration,” warned the president Miguel Diaz-Canel, faced with the challenge of opposition groups to hold a march on November 15 that the government has already banned. “There are enough revolutionaries to face any type of demonstration that seeks to destroy the revolution, with respect […]
IAPA condemns brutal harassment of reporters and media in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua
The Inter-American Press Association (SIP) approved this Friday the resolutions of its 77th General Assembly on Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela, in which it condemns “the police and judicial persecution” and the “imprisonment” of reporters, as well as the “excessive attacks” against freedom of the press and expression in these countries. The balance of the year […]
IACHR expresses concern over actions of the Cuban regime against the right to protest
Updated on 10/21/2021 07:40 pm The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed its concern about the violations of due process and the disproportionate penalties denounced by social organizations in Cuba and pointed out that their mission is to discourage the right to protest. As part of its 181st regular period of sessions, which began […]
The prosecutor’s office and Cuban opponents confront each other over the prohibited march of November 15
The Cuban Prosecutor’s Office warned the organizers of the November 15 peaceful march that they will incur crimes if they maintain their plan, something that has generated strong rejection among opposition activists and in the networks. If the promoters of the march insist on carrying it out despite the official refusal of the communist authorities, […]
Cuba and the Paris Club postpone payment of the 2021 debt until next year
Cuba reached an agreement with the Paris Club of creditor nations to postpone until next year the annual payment of the debt due in November, according to diplomats from five of the governments involved, in the latest sign that the communist country is suffering. a serious currency crisis. The landmark 2015 Paris Club deal forgave […]
Cuban regime may be more prepared to “respond” to demonstrations on November 15, HRW alerts
The Cuban regime was “Surprised“Due to the spontaneous demonstrations of July 11, to which he responded with”brutality“, so that “it is likely that by November 15 he will be more prepared”Said José Miguel Vivanco, director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch (HRW), in Miami. The HRW manager warned that in Cuba there are still […]
Human Rights Watch denounces arrests and systematic abuses against protesters in Cuba
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Cuban government of systematically carrying out arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees, and abusive trials, in retaliation for the peaceful protests of July 11. “When thousands of Cubans took to the streets in July, the government responded by deploying a brutal strategy of repression aimed at instilling fear among the […]
Opposition in Cuba maintains a call for a demonstration despite the prohibition of the communist regime
The organizers of the civic march in Cuba called for November 15, they announced that they will keep the call, despite the fact that a few hours before the communist authorities banned the demonstration because they consider it a “provocation” that seeks a regime change on the island supported by Washington. “On November 15, our […]