|
March
29
FROM
CUBA
Government
seizes land from independent farmer
The agriculture
ministry has seized state land that Manuel Ramírez
Guerra, president of the Independent Farmers of
Ciego de Avila, had been using for the past 10
years.
CIEGO DE AVILA
|
FROM
CUBA
Anti-government
signs appear in interior municipality
One sign that
said "Long Live Bush, Down with Fidel" drew curious
passersby on Independencia Street.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Wife
of imprisoned dissident released from jail
Independent
journalist Lamaciel Gutiérrez Romero, who reports
for Nueva Prensa Cubana, was given a conditional
release from jail last week.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Police
search home of opposition pacifist
Two political
police agents searched the home of Juan González
Lugo, a member of the opposition People's Party.
PINAR DEL RIO
|
FROM
CUBA
Political
police threaten journalist for Abdala Press
Two political
police agents entered the home of Genaro Martínez,
a reporter for Abdala Press, and threatened him
last week, the journalist said.
PINAR DEL RIO
|
FROM
CUBA
Dissident's
telephone service cut
Waldímar
Parra Santana, president of the Independent Farmworkers
League, says he has been without telephone service
since February 9.
CIEGO DE AVILA
|
FROM
CUBA
Three
opposition activists sentenced as 'dangers' to society
Raudel Martínez
Gómez, 25, and Víctor Yunier Fernández Martínez,
22, received sentences of three years in prison
while Joenny Alonso Saiz, 24, received a sentence
of three years of home detention.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Consumers
complain government-sold stoves malfunction
Consumers
in Sibanicú, Camagüey province, who bought table-top
electric stoves the government put on sale March
3, are now complaining the appliances malfunction
more often that not.
CAMAGÜEY |
FROM
CUBA
Home
of mother of dissident searched
When he returned
form a trip to Havana, two men who identified themselves
as State Security agents and the president of the
local block committee were waiting inside the house.
CIEGO DE AVILA
|
The
Miami Herald
• Feds bugged bedroom, phones of FIU pair
•
Excerpts from court arguments
•
Detainee's lawyer tells justices that Military Commissions
are illegal
•
A former aide spills the dirt on Fidel Castro
•
Major League Baseball denies Castro's claims
|
Yahoo
News
•
Biennial of Havana Explores World Artists
•
Preservationist to help restore Hemmingway's boat
•
Miranda adds Cuban salsa flavour to Canadian diving
double
•
Cuban Militant to Stay in U.S. Custody
•
Growing number of exiles choose Cuba to rest in
peace |
Herrera
hospitalized, suspends hunger strike
Imprisoned
independent journalist Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta
of the Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental (APLO) yesterday
suspended his hunger strike after being rushed to
the Amalia Simoni provincial hospital in the eastern
city of Camagüey.
Reporters Without
Borders. |
Conditional
release for independent journalist Lamasiel Gutiérrez
Romero
Reporters
Without Borders today hailed the release of Lamasiel
Gutiérrez Romero, a correspondent for the Miami-based
Nueva Prensa Cubana website, on completion of a
seven-month sentence on 22 March, but deplored the
fact that her release was only conditional.
Reporters Without
Borders. |
Catholic
church in Cuba strives to reestablish the faith
The Catholic
church, suppressed for decades, is undergoing a
slow revival in Cuba in recent years. While it still
exists under restrictions and its numbers have dropped,
it is able, as one bishop said, "to humbly put forward
… that faith is an indispensable ingredient for
good."
National Catholic
Reporter. |
Cuban
Jewish Leader Close To Castro
"I don't
ask anyone in the Jewish community what he thinks
about politics. We're not pro-Castro or anti-Castro
here. If someone wants to be a dissident, let him
be one -- but not inside the Patronato."
Baltimore Jewish
Times. |
March
22
FROM
CUBA
Sugar
mill worker fired because he's a dissident
Juan Francisco
Sigler Amaya, a member of the board of directors
of the Alternative Option Independent Movement,
says he was fired last week from his job at the
Cuba Libre sugar operation because of his political
views.
MATANZAS
|
FROM
CUBA
Police
raid house after meeting with European diplomats
Darsi Ferrer,
director of the "Juan Bruno Zayas" Center of Health
and Human Rights, says state security agents raided
her home following a meeting there with diplomats
from the European Union who were interested in her
work.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Dissidents
suppressed on anniversary of 2003 arrests
Homes under
siege, threats and arrests were the order of the
day as Cuban authorities tried to prevent dissidents
from commemorating the third anniversary of the
crackdown known as the Black Spring.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist Luis Cino threatened by State Security
agents
State Security
agents threatened independent journalist Luis Cino
30 years of prison if he continued his dissident
work.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Anti-government
signs prompt dispatch of police
Some 20 policemen
swarmed over two blocks of San Francisco Street
in Havana's Lawton district last Saturday when 11
signs reading "Down with Fidel" and "Fidel dictator"
appeared on walls.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Dissident
sentenced to 3 years for being 'danger' to society
Aníbal Torres
Deslile, a member of the dissident Cuban Liberal
Movement, was sentenced last month to three years
of prison for the crime of being a "danger" to society.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Old
U.S. refrigerators must be changed for Chinese models
President
Fidel Castro issued the order last year as a means
of cutting the consumption of electricity, the Chinese
models presumably being more efficient than the
old U.S. ones.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Woman
in White denounces threats to her safety
Dolia Leal
Francisco, wife of imprisoned dissident Nelson Aguiar
Ramírez, says she was the subject of threats and
blackmail this week at the Carlos J. Finlay military
hospital.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Dissidents
with U.S. visas threatened with prison
Three dissidents
who have visas to go to the United States were arrested
this week when they protested outside immigration
headquarters the fact the Cuban government refuses
to give them exit permits.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Eight
youths seek to leave Cuba on a homemade raft
On March
2 eight young dissidents left Cuba on a home-made
raft. Three are back in Cuba, one's body was picked
up by a fisherman and four others are missing sea.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Computers
stolen from schools for re-sale
Four computers
and VHS equipment were stolen from the Abel Santamaría
primary school last weekend, presumably for re-sale.
HAVANA |
The
Miami Herald
• Deadly voyage brings prison terms
•
28 Cuban migrants' repatriation likely
•
Rooting for Cuba a tough choice for S. Fla. Exiles
•
Island newest portal to U.S. for Cubans
•
Judge signs off on visas in bridge repatriation
case
•
Embargo law due for a tweak, says an author
•
Cuban roots: One man's genealogical journey grows
into a project to save other family histories
•
Lensman's lyrical trip in Cuban countryside
•
Cuban team doctor manages to stay in game
•
Aging band dreams of revolt
•
Martinez calls Cuba policy 'immoral,' urges changes
|
Yahoo
News
•
US to keep Cuban airline bombing suspect in custody
•
Cuba Makes Big Statement Despite Loss
•
Cuba donates 30 field hospitals to quake-hit Pakistan
•
19 Cubans Found On Sand Key
•
Japanese down Cuba to capture World Baseball Classic
crown
•
Baseball Crazy Cubans Disappointed by Loss
•
Wives of Political Prisoners March in Cuba
•
Group Cites Media Dangers in Latin America
•
14 Cubans Get U.S. OK to Return
•
Wives of Political Prisoners March in Cuba |
Cuba
denies 553 visa holders exit permits
The Cuban
government is preventing more than 500 Cubans with
visas from leaving the country, the Miami Herald
reported Tuesday.
UPI. |
Cuban
activists under siege
Three years
after the harshest crackdown on dissent in decades,
human rights conditions in Cuba have deteriorated
as authorities intensify a campaign to disrupt and
intimidate the island's small opposition movement,
according to dissidents, diplomats and political
analysts.
Gary Marx. Chicago
Tribune. |
Politicians,
actors support Cuban dissidents in prison cell
Politicians
from both the government and opposition parties
have made themselves closed in a symbolical prison
at Prague's Wenceslas Square in support of Cuban
dissidents today.
Prague Monitor. |
Cuba's
everyday struggles take back seat to World Baseball
final
On a clear,
sunny Sunday, in a nation where every game is important,
the faithful began to prepare for what some called
the biggest game ever, today's World Baseball Classic
final against a powerful team from Japan.
Florida Sun-Sentinel. |
March
10
FROM
CUBA
Homeless
dies, remains in the street
A homeless
man died during the night Sunday at the crossroads
of Galiano and San Rafael Streets, and his body
stayed there, surrounded by the curious, until
it was picked up about four hours after he was
found.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
New
prison for women being built in Havana
Workers are
rushing to finish a new correctional facility for
women being built in Calderón, part of Alquízar
municipality in Havana province, south of the city.
Authorities have announced that the prison, with
capacity for thousands of inmates, will be ready
for use in three months.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Prison
inmates not allowed to pray
In a note
smuggled out of Havana's Combinado del Este prison,
inmate Augusto Guerra denounced that prison guards
prevented him and others from holding a prayer meeting.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
The
“face slasher,” real threat or rumor?
Seeking to
get a handle on rumors that a “face slasher” is
on the prowl in certain districts of the city, government
authorities have issued an explanatory note that
is being read in the neighborhood Committees for
the Defense of the Revolution.
HAVANA |
The
Miami Herald
• Poll: Cuba's just one of many issues
•
Admiral vows 'transparency'
•
U.S. report slams Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti
•
Calls of bias mar meeting
•
U.N. rights expert: U.S. sanctions trigger repression
|
Yahoo
News
•
Anti-Castro Sign Stirs Baseball Classic
•
Cuba to Open Four Caricom Embassies
•
Cuba Wins World Baseball Classic Opener
•
Mexico Tightens Security for Cuba Migrants
|
Castro
buys new presidential jet
Cuba is buying
one of Russia's most up-to-date airliners, carefully
crafted for President Fidel Castro's personal comfort.
BBC News, UK. |
Doctor
for Cuban World Baseball Classic is Fidel Castro's
son Before
last night's 11-2 victory over the Netherlands,
there was Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, 37, signing
baseballs and Team Cuba caps for fans at Hiram Bithorn
Stadium.
Ráy Sanchez,
Sun-Sentinel. |
When
Cubans climbed a bridge too far
But whether
for more or less immigration, I can't find anyone
in these parts who think the 15 Cubans, including
a toddler and a teenager, who landed at the Old
Seven Mile Bridge near Marathon midpoint in the
Florida Keys should have been sent back to Cuba.
Suzanne Fields.
The Washington Times. |
'Wet
foot, dry foot' policy doesn't work
In a bizarre,
Faustian bargain with Fidel Castro, the Clinton
administration imposed a policy known as "wet foot,
dry foot" concerning escapees from Castro's dictatorship:
Those who manage to reach U.S. soil can stay, but
those found at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard are returned
to Cuba to face certain persecution.
Daily Mining
Gazette. |
March
7
FROM
CUBA
Underground
sale of DVD players thrives
DVD players
are the latest hot item in Cuba's underground
economy. The players, typically brought into the
island by Cubans returning from work assignment
in Venezuela, sell for between 340 and 600 dollars.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Truck
accident leaves townspeople without cooking oil
A number of
residents of Sibanicú, in Camagüey province, did
not get their monthly allotment of cooking oil in
February when the truck carrying the supply overturned
as it made its way to the town, spilling the oil.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Broken
pipes concern local residents
Broken pipes
have been leaking thousands of gallons of drinking
water onto the streets for more than 20 days in
the El Cerro municipality of Havana, say residents.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Dissident
loses his house because of anti-government activities
Cuban authorities
have seized the home of Alejandro Miguel Novoa Zaldívar
on grounds that anti-government meetings took place
there.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Youths
fined for selling lobsters
Authorities
in the municipality of Batabanó on the south coast
arrested and fined two youths for allegedly having
and illegally selling lobsters. More than 100 pounds
of lobsters were found in their home when it was
raidsed last week.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
New
NGO formed for political prisoners
Froilán Osmany
Rodríguez Sánchez, president of the NGO, said, "Since
November of 2005 a small group of activists decided
to undertake this project to look after political
prisoners and their families, thus expressing to
them our spiritual support and unconditional solidarity."
HAVANA |
The
Miami Herald
• Repatriated Cubans apply to leave country legally
•
Cuban doctors bring relief, but controversy mars
work
•
Dissident ready to be 'martyr for freedom of information'
•
Proposal for council irks Cuba, U.S.
•
Cuban academics denied visas by U.S.
•
Coast Guard waffled over 15 Cubans
•
Virgin Rose (Una rosa de Francia) | Teen love story
in Cuba tense, then becomes a farce
|
Yahoo
News
•
Cuban official won't reveal plans for migrants
•
Cuban Players Eager to Prove Themselves
•
Cuban Official Blames U.S. in Keys Case
•
Havana Cigar Fest Draws True Aficionados
•
U.S. Military Aids Injured Cuban Medics
•
Fiennes Helps Launch Cuban Cigar
|
Cuban
ballplayers wield a bigger policy bat
In January,
President Bush personally reversed the Treasury
Department's decision to bar the Cuban National
Team from competing in the World Baseball Classic
next month in Puerto Rico.
William M. Leogrande,
The Miami Herald. |
Opposition
urge Zapatero to get tough with Cuba
The "proposition,"
which is not draft legislation, urges Jose Luis
Rodriguez Zapatero's government to demand that Cuban
authorities release political prisoners and stop
harassing the opposition.
Expatica, Spain. |
Two
journalists face re-imprisonment in a "judicial
farce"
Reporters
Without Borders said it feared that court summonses
issued to independent journalists Oscar Espinosa
Chepe and Jorge Olivera Castillo mean they will
be sent back to jail.
Reporters Without
Borders. |
New
crackdown launched against the independent press
Reporters
Without Borders has express concern that a renewed
crackdown has been unleashed against the independent
press and that independent journalists are suffering
harassment.
Reporters Without
Borders. |
March
1
FROM
CUBA
Open
letter to leaders of the U.S., Canada and European
Union
Given the
notable worsening of repression in Cuba against
everyone who exercises rights consigned by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I've decided
to write to you asking, today more than ever,
your solidarity and support.
Jorge Olivera,
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Medical
doctor seeks exit visa from government
Dr. Olga
Lidia Esquijorrosa Gómez is testing a government
resolution that says medical doctors must practice
for five years before being freed from their obligations
and allowed to travel abroad.
HAVANA |
The
Miami Herald
• Cubans' return now up to Castro
• Cuban Jewish leader dies at 80
• U.S.-owned hotel ordered closed
• Migrating dogs can be repatriated if caught at
sea
• Schools face ban on trips to Cuba
• Downed exiles' story told in documentary
• 'Viva Cuba' doesn't stand alone
• White House 'committed' to meeting exile leaders
• Congress members want to put pressure on Bahamas
• Film wars: Miami festival is ground zero for cultural
clashes over Cuba |
Yahoo
News
• Washington's embargo against Cuba 'inhumane':
US bishop
• U.S. Law Firms Set Their Sights on Cuba After
Castro |
Courting
Cuba
The state
of Nebraska will send a third trade delegation to
Cuba to sell agricultural commodities to the communist
nation.
WOWT-TV Omaha.
|
Cuban
doctor imprisoned in Bahamas
A Cuban doctor
is being held in the Bahamas after trying to flee
from Cuba to the U.S. Marialys Darias-Mesa, and
another doctor, tried to escape Cuba by boat. The
boat's engine quit while they were in Cuban waters.
NBC2 News. |
U.S.
Immigrants Trapped In Prison
Ihovany Hernandez's
Cuban refugee wife sits in a Bahamian prison while
he rallies support to get her out.
The News-Press.
|
Cuba,
my lovely
Cuba, it
seems, is the perfect location for a crime novel:
Committees of "volunteers" are encouraged to spy
on their neighbours, distrust is rife in everyday
life, and there is a constant veneer that hides
the truth.
Globe and Mail,
Canada |
Gloom
on deck?
From the
man on the street to Fidel Castro, Cuba's baseball
fans are a bit pessimistic about their team's tournament
chances.
South Florida
Sun-Sentinel. |
CPJ
condemns ongoing harassment of independent journalists
The Committee
to Protect Journalists condemns Cuban authorities
for continuing to harass independent journalists
and failing to provide adequate medical treatment
for those in prison.
Committee to
Protect Journalists. |
Smuggled
photos reveal Cuban reality
A set of
photos showing the suffering of Cuban AIDS victims
and the squalid conditions in a Havana shantytown
went on display here last week after having been
smuggled out of Cuba by a Czech fashion model.
World Peace
Herald. |
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