The Beirut family had the worst Christmas of their life. Angered by the arrest of his eldest son Exeynt during the July demonstrations in Cuba, his father and sister began to protest, without thinking that they would end up sentenced to 20 years in prison in December. Fredy Beirut, 64, and his daughter Katia, 36, […]
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Queues in a shattered economy, the way of the cross that consumes Cubans alive
Spending up to eight hours standing, sometimes under a scorching sun, without a public bathroom or water to drink and, to top it all, with the stress of being able to return with an empty backpack. They are the queues, the daily ordeal of Cubans to supply their pantries, accentuated by the COVID. “I was […]
Six months after the protests, the communist regime of Cuba prosecutes protesters
Six months after the surprise protests against the communist government of Cuba, activists and relatives of imprisoned people reported that this week 57 protesters who could face sentences of up to 30 years in prison for sedition will be tried. The authorities’ decision to prosecute the participants of the July 11 and 12 demonstrations – […]
Cuba wishes Argentina success at the head of Celac
Updated on 08/01/2022 11:50 am The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, wished this Saturday success to Argentina in the protémpore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), a regional group created in 2010. The Cuban leader also acknowledged on Twitter the work of Mexico, which in the last two years presided […]
Cannon shots, glamor and pandemic, the thousand battles of the hotel Nacional de Cuba
At 91 years old, the Hotel Nacional de Havana He has lived through it all: cannon shots, a mob summit, a missile crisis and the eccentricities of Hollywood figures, but he has rarely experienced the loneliness that the pandemic has brought to his sumptuous halls. Situated on a hill facing the sea, the monumental building […]
Maduro congratulates Cuba on the 63rd anniversary of the triumph of the revolution
Updated on 01/01/2022 12:38 pm President Venezuelan, Nicolas Maduro, congratulated this Saturday the “people and Government of the Republic of Cuba”On the 63rd anniversary of the triumph of the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. “The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, on behalf of the Venezuelan People and Government, […]
Communist regime in Cuba calls for up to 25 years in prison for pro-democracy protesters on July 11
U.S denounced that more than 90 protesters linked to the July 11 protests have been tried by the communist regime of Cuba, with requests for up to 25 years in prison for some, in a tweet this Thursday from the head of diplomacy for the Americas. “Since December 13, the Cuban regime tried 90+ # […]
Havana livelihood for Castillo
Since the Velasco government resumed relations with Cuba in 1972, intelligence activities and subversive promotion of the Caribbean dictatorship have been part of the daily agenda in bilateral dealings. Despite the Stop that governed the Cold War in those years, the management of the North-South crisis could not fail to take into account the tireless […]
OAS Secretary General demands that Cuba immediately release political prisoners
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, demanded that the Cuban government immediately release all detained opponents, highlighting the situation of José Daniel Ferrer, leader of the most active dissident organization. “The OAS General Secretariat demands once again the immediate release of all political prisoners who are arbitrarily imprisoned“He said […]
“Those without rights”, the first-person testimony of Cuban opponents
The documentary “Those without rights”, “an irrefutable complaint” against the Cuban regime starring about twenty opponents, including an activist subjected to a mock shooting, opens in Miami on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. Directed and edited by filmmaker Daniel Urdanivia, “Los sin Derechos” intertwines archive images such as the executions in the early […]