Fidel Castro, Cuba, castro death watch, havana, habana

The Chicago Tribune published an article about Cuban intellectuals who–fearing a new wave of artistic repression after the Castro government held a tribute to Luis Pavon, architect of a government crackdown on artists in the 1970’s–took to the Internet to express their discontent.
The article, which was written by the ironically named Gary Marx, […]

How about this for gutsy:
César López, a celebrated poet honored along with historian Eduardo Torres Cuevas at this year’s fair (16th International Book Fair in Havana), challenged the communist government’s treatment of intellectuals during a speech that opened the gathering Feb. 8 and was broadcast live on state-run television. In the audience sat provisional […]

Well it’s been a few days since I’ve posted–I’ve been busy–but that hasn’t stopped the news from coming.
First, Babalu Blog posted Friday an UNCONFIRMED report the anti-Castro group Comandos F-4 has managed to steal weapons from a Cuban military unit, presumably in Cuba (as opposed to say, Angola). Babalu Blog notes that […]

After much trial-and-error, I think I’ve made the necessary upgrades and the site seems to be back online. I’m not the most technically inclined person in the world, but I’ve learned a bit so I chanced upgrading the software that runs this site, Wordpress, all by my lonesome. It took a while, but I […]

Just so you know, I’m going to start doing some site maintenance today, which is Saturday, February 17.  I hope to get it all done today, but you never know.  If you’re getting this and the rest of the posts, it’s most likely because I am between maintenance tasks.  If the site “acts” funny, you’ll […]

The Castro cabal won’t let Cubans have unfettered access to the Internet for fear the people might be exposed to new ideas. Or maybe it’s fear that Cubans will use the Internet to expose the Castro regime.
One man is putting his life on the line to fight this: Guillermo Farinas.
Farinas said he launched his […]

Diario Las Americas published a good editorial today. Titled The Accomplices of Castro’s Totalitarian Tyranny (it’s in English), it challenges “the open or disguised complicity of a great number of governments and political leaders around the world that have directly or indirectly supported it. Without this complicity, there would be no explanation for the […]

The site may be down intermittently beginning this Saturday, Feb. 17th, through Sunday, Feb. 25th, for maintenance.  It won’t be down full-time, though, so if you get an error message or something similar, come back a little later.  Thanks for understanding.

Voz de Nuestra Sociedad Civil - Fundación Cubana de Derechos Humanos (Our Civil Society’s Voice - Cuban Human Rights Foundation) has published an online magazine/blog. It’s called Revista Cubana Amanecer (publication in Spanish only; loosely translated the name means “Cuban Magazine: The Dawning “).
We can only hope this is truly the […]

Even dictators deserve to die with some dignity — headline, The Temple News, Temple University’s student newspaper, Feb. 13.