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July 2005

July 25

FROM CUBA
Teacher jailed for lack of ID card
A high school Physics teacher was kept in jail for 36 hours when he failed to produce an ID card during a search on his way to work.
HAVANA

FROM CUBA
Infant's death attributed to medical negligence, fight ensues
After Yannara Pérez' baby asphyxiated during the delivery, her husband and mother blamed medical personnel and attacked them, causing police to intervene.
RANCHUELO

FROM CUBA
Eight newborns died in June in Havana hospital
Eight newborns died during the month of June in the Hijas de Galicia maternity hospital in Havana. Hospital employees suggested the cause was bacterial contamination, but there was no official confirmation.
HAVANA
FROM CUBA
Rotting produce sold in the wake of hurricane Dennis
A day after hurricane Dennis swept through here, government stores offered for sale produce that consumers complained was in a state of decomposition.
CIENFUEGOS
FROM CUBA
Increase in violence worries inmates in Havana prison
An increase in the level of violence at Guanajay prison that left four inmates wounded, two of them seriously, and led to a near riot June 30, has raised concerns among inmates for their personal safety.
GUANAJAY Prison, José Ubaldo Izquierdo.

The Miami Herald
• Dissident group released after attempted demonstration
• Roque among 20 well-known dissidents retained by government
• Exiles helped found high school
• Cuban system gains support in Venezuela
• Cuban Vegas troupe granted asylum
• Posada's lawyer claims lack of evidence
• Cuban spy ruling irks U.S.

Yahoo! News
• Cuba frees nine dissidents but still holds 17 others in crackdown
• 3 Cuban Dissidents Released After Roundup
• New Cuban crackdown nets more than a dozen dissidents
• US slams communist Cuba for latest crackdown on dissidents 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
• Castro: I'm Honored to Be Elian's Friend

Imprisoned journalist threatens to starve himself to death
Reporters Without Borders voiced alarm today about the fate of imprisoned journalist Mario Enrique Mayo Hernández, who has announced in a message to the organization that he began a hunger strike on 14 July and will starve himself to death if he is not released soon.
Reporters Without Borders
Cuba's electricity crisis challenges Castro's government
Residents of Old Havana play in the street, as they wait for a government scheduled blackout to occur, in Havana, Cuba. While occasional blackouts are common every summer, Cubans say these are the most frequent and longest of recent years.
The Detroit News.
He's not singing about a revolution
Reared on Russian cartoons and revolutionary slogans - and provided a free university education if they so choose - the city's 20-and 30-somethings are worldly and questioning.
The Christian Science Monitor.
Appeasing Castro prolongs tyranny
Last Thursday, the French embassy in Havana decided to invite Fidel Castro's communist cronies over to help celebrate Bastille Day.
Boston Herald.

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Lightless nights hint at dark days for Cuba's economy
It's Tuesday evening in the working-class neighborhood of Cerro, but the lights are out and the streets are pitch-black. Illuminated only by the occasional battery-powered lamp or by a passing automobile, residents sat on stoops or on street corners waiting out another one of the lengthy blackouts that have gripped this island nation since May.
Chicago Tribune (reg. req'd).

Idealists once, these artists took different paths
Cuban realist painter Rogelio Lopez Marin knew five days before the opening of a group exhibition in Havana that he could not finish his painting in time. Out of desperation, and a little rebelliousness, he decided to present it as it was - with the photograph he was copying attached to the easel.
The Christian Science Monitor.

Cuba: Frequent outages, government inability to fix grid frustrate desperate Cubans
It's almost midnight on a weeknight, and hundreds of Cubans from across the city are sitting on Havana's long, curving seawall under the full moon, their only source of light during yet another wave of power blackouts plaguing Cuba this summer.
Sun-Sentinel, FL.


July 20

FROM CUBA
Five dissidents charged of trying to enter Guantanamo naval base
Five dissidents affiliated with the Liberal Party of Cuba have been acuused of illegally trying to leave the country via the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo.
SANTA CLARA

FROM CUBA
Ex-wife of dissident threatened with job loss
Marianela Hernández Herrera has been told she will lose her job as clerk at TRD Caribe in Cienfuegos unless she stops allowing her ex-husband to live with her.
CIENFUEGOS

FROM CUBA
Residents of building in Vedado district protest blackouts
Three times during the past week bottles and glass objects were thrown from a building housing employees of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television in an apparent protest against power blackouts.
HAVANA
FROM CUBA
Beaches in Cienfuegos closed because of contamination
The prohibition followed complaints of rashes, hearing loss and eye irritation suffered by bathers who went to local hospitals for treatment.
CIENFUEGOS
FROM CUBA
Student scolded for his father's militancy
The 13-year-old son of independent journalist Luis Miguel González Pavón was scolded by teacher Nilda Piñones for the militancy of his father.
CIENFUEGOS
FROM CUBA
Dissident accused of trying to illegally leave Cuba
Opposition pacifist Yuniel Gancedo Machado was held by police last week for allegedly planning to illegally leave the country..
SANTA CLARA

The Miami Herald
• Former official: Reduce Cuba tensions
• Ignoring embargo, Americans film in Cuba
• Cuba trip ends with no games
• Visas offered to war hero's Cuban sons
• Cubans losing patience with Castro
• Panel: Miami trial of Cubans unfair
• Protests lead to arrests in Cuba
• Cubans, Americans unite to save Hemingway home

Yahoo! News
• Three Cuban dissidents are rounded up, jailed in Havana
• Cuba Seeks Baseball's Return to Olympics
• Cuba Blames U.S. for No Olympic Baseball
• Cuban Soccer Player in Immigration Process

Castro's system in Cuba destined to fail
Below are excerpts from a July 4 speech by James C. Cason, the outgoing chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba.
The Miami Herald.

July 13

FROM CUBA
Anti-Castro signs appear in two towns
During the past week anti-Castro signs have appeared in two interior towns, touching off a police search for the authors.
HAVANA

FROM CUBA
Man arrested for shouting "Down with Fidel" after a power outage
Police detained José Manuel Barreiro Rouco for rushing into the street shouting "Down with Fidel" because of an unscheduled power blackout.
SANTA CLARA
FROM CUBA
Bottles thrown against government building during blackout
Jorge Félix Ricabal, who lives in the area, said at 9:30 p.m. on June 25 he could hear bottles breaking against the building. Another neighbor said more bottles were thrown half an hour later, prompting the appearance of a police officer.
CIENFUEGOS

FROM CUBA
Sanitary napkins disappear from drugstore shelves
There has been a shortage of sanitary napkins at local drug stores for the past three months. Aida Rivero, a clerk at the "Tulipán" pharmacy, said that customers have been forced to use rags or pillow stuffing.
CIENFUEGOS

FROM CUBA
Government food store manager fired for stealing
Humberto Hernández González, manager of a government food store, has been charged with stealing from the establishment.
CIENFUEGOS

FROM CUBA
Independent journalist suffers broken ankle and bruises in attack
Independent journalist Rafael Ferro Salas, director of Abdala Press, says he was called a "traitor" and hit with stones last week during a power blackout.
PINAR DEL RIO
FROM CUBA
Reprisals against jailed dissidents feared
The launching of a book by dissident Huber Matos has caused Bertha Antúnez Pernet, president of the National Civic Resistance Movement, to fear for the safety of imprisoned relatives.
PLACETAS
FROM CUBA
Two men detained for illegally selling milk
Two men from the countryside, one aged 70 and the other 71, were detained by members of the National Revolutionary Police last week for illegally selling milk.
SANTA CLARA
Cubans remembering tug sinking clash with government supporters
Several dozen dissidents commemorating a deadly 1994 tugboat sinking clashed Wednesday with a larger group of government supporters who shoved them and shouted them down.
The Tallahassee Democrat.

The Miami Herald
• Castro rebuffs aid despite rising death toll, damage
• DAMAGE REPORT

Health of jailed Cuban journalists deteriorates, CPJ finds
The Committee to Protect Journalists is very concerned about the deteriorating health of several imprisoned Cuban journalists who have been jailed for more than two years.
Committee to Protect Journalists.
Cuba travel amendment loses
An amendment which provided for looser travel restrictions to Cuba was recently defeated in the House of Representatives, sparking an animated conversation among the city's large Cuban community.
The Jersey Journal.

July 6

FROM CUBA
Power blackouts spark protests in central Cuba
Power blackouts in several municipalities in central Cuba have touched off protests by residents. Several people were injured in Placetas on Sunday night when customers of the "Centro Cuba" cabaret protested the loss of light.
SANTA CLARA

FROM CUBA
Minister in charge of energy suffers a blackout
Yadira García Vera, the minister of Basic Industry, was participating in a meeting on Cuba's ongoing electrical shortage when the lights went out, an occurrence she had promised to prevent.
SANTA CLARA

FROM CUBA
Masked men rob a money exchange office
Two masked men held up a government money exchange agency on Wednesday and store 10,000 convertible pesos and an undetermined amount of non-convertible pesos.
HAVANA
FROM CUBA
Government blamed for water shortage
More than 100 people, including members of the Communist Party, signed a protest petition criticizing the government for a lack of water.
PLACETAS

The Miami Herald
• U.S. envoy denounces Castro
• GUIDO LLINAS / 'Abstract master' of canvas
• Naples rugby club to play in Cuba
• Claims conflict in case against Posada
• Cubans practice for hurricanes
• 3 lawmakers sought freedom for Posada and then fell silent
• House blocks efforts to ease U.S. sanctions against Cuba

Yahoo! News
• Cuba imprisons more dissidents, activist says
• Year's first Atlantic hurricane threatens Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba 20 minutes ago
• Cason: U.S. to Maintain Position on Cuba
• Americans Pushing for More Cuba Trade
• Cuban defectors having tough time adjusting

'My people's prison is my anguish'
My prison is not the most horrendous of all. I left it several weeks ago. But behind me remain many prisoners. Their imprisonment causes me pain, like my own imprisonment did.
Manuel Vazquez Portal, The Miami Herald. .
Art show explores Maine-Cuba ties
Nation's crumbling infrastructure, vibrant people at center of Rockport exhibit.
Bangor Daily News.
Residents join Cuba caravan
Rick Fellows expects to be in Cuba later this month, along with four other people who left Olympia on Tuesday.
The Olympian. Texas.

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