Several Cuban dissidents were arrested on Monday shortly before the call for a demonstration called by the opposition despite the prohibition of the authorities, who assure that peace reigns in the streets. Manuel Cuesta Morua, 58, vice president of the Council for Democratic Transition, “was arrested by State Security today at about one in the […]
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Human Rights NGO denounces repressive escalation of the Cuban regime to avoid protests
The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights denounced a repressive escalation by the communist government of Cuba to prevent protest marches in the country. This non-governmental organization, based in Madrid, warned in a statement that the Office of Religious Affairs of the Cuban Communist Party participates in the “more than two hundred repressive acts”That has been […]
Weekend of support from the Miami exile to the opposition march of 15N
Updated on 11/13/2021 12:04 pm Exile Cuban on Florida It has planned a series of events this weekend that will conclude on Sunday with a motorcade that will travel through Miami to show its support for the dissidence on the island and the illegal opposition march of 15N. The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (ARC), […]
The US supports protests announced in Cuba for Monday 15; warns of more penalties
USA he urged on Friday to Havana to allow Cubans to express themselves freely in the street protests planned for next week and warned that it could implement more sanctions if the human rights of the protesters are violated. “We are vigilant and again ready to identify and promote accountability for human rights violators if […]
The countdown to the November 15 march in Cuba stresses social networks
The relative freedom offered by the Internet has led to the growing political polarization that Cuba is experiencing three days after the unauthorized dissident march of November 15 (15N) finds a space for expression and, increasingly, confrontation on the Internet. The social network Facebook, the video portal Youtube and messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram […]
Police interrogations multiply in Cuba due to the November 15 march
With subpoenas at the police station, interrogations, and other methods, Cuban authorities They are trying to prevent critical citizens from joining the outlawed November 15 (15N) march, activists and organizations denounced. “I think there has not been an activist who has not been knocked on the door with a police summons, a threat, blackmail or […]
Before the announced opposition protests, the Cuban government and dissidents wage a “battle of ideas”
A war of words in the media, plagued by spying with double agents, wiretapping and hidden cameras, is being fought in Cuba ahead of the protests scheduled for November 15, which has generated a confrontation between the communist government and a dissident group that claims that its most powerful weapon is the cell phone. In […]
The faces of the “prison horror” in Cuba for “standing” before Fidel Castro
Cuban Luis Zúñiga (74 years old) is accompanied for life by a prominent scar on his hand and a cleft in the skull caused by bayonets; in Ángel de Fana’s head (82) the phrase “Justice, not revenge” resounds over and over again; Ernesto Díaz (82 years old) has the faces of his jailers engraved in […]
Exile, punishment that Cuba imposes on political opponents
A month after being forced into exile from Cuba For his political ideas, the artist Hamlet Lavastida affirms from Berlin that the government of his country punishes his opponents in this way for “fear”, before a new call to demonstrate on November 15. “Artists are the best ambassadors for civil rights, cultural rights, freedom of […]
The White House lengthens the process to decide whether to resume remittances to Cuba
The process to decide whether to reauthorize the sending of remittances to Cuba from the United States, banned for almost a year, has been lengthened after the White House rejected some recommendations on the subject, an official source reported this Friday. The president of the United States, Joe Biden, in July ordered his government to […]