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

Tomorrow marks a dubious anniversary in Cuban history known as “Primavera Negra,” or “Black Spring.” Four years ago, on March 18, the Castro regime took advantage of the fact that the world’s eyes were focused on the U.S.’s preparations for war against another dictator–Saddam Hussein of Iraq–and cracked down on peaceful dissent in Cuba. […]

A gazillion stories on the web on Fidel’s claim that he’s feeling well. Big whoop-de-do.
Meanwhile, this story was buried:
CPJ urges acting president of Cuba to immediately release all jailed journalists
March 14, 2007
His Excellency Raúl Castro Ruz
First Vice President […]

The following message, originating on this website as far as I can tell, came to my attention via Babalu Blog:
Urgent SOS from Havana to the International Press and International Community.
Christian Liberation Movement in the Exterior
According to information provided by Leader and National Coordinator of the Christian Liberation Movement and Sakjarov Prize winner Oswaldo J. […]

This is hot off the Miami Herald’s website:
Five Cuban dissidents arrested 19 months ago and held without trial ever since finally got their day in court — and two-year prison sentences.
Emilio Leyva Pérez, Manuel Pérez Soria, Lázaro Alonso Román and René Montes de Oca Martija were sentenced to two years in prison. Independent journalist […]

You have the MSM picking up Granma dispatches and taking them at face value, as they ignore (or give short shrift to) this from our President:
President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Loss of Mario Chanes de Armas
Cuban patriot Mario Chanes de Armas was a political prisoner of the Castro regime for 30 years, one of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 though the Castro dictatorship loves to strangle any opposition in Cuba, thanks to the Internet, dissidents now have a voice that can be heard around the world. Reuters today published an article on this titled Cuban dissidents tap cyberspace from abroad (via Yahoo! News). Here is an excerpt:
Leading Cuban dissidents who are […]