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

Or wild colts, as the case may be.
Remember last year when Cuba’s chief propagandist, Ramiro Valdes, said Cuba needs to tame “the wild colt of new technologies” (meaning the Internet)?
Well, via the wonderful blog Bilingual in the Boonies, today I learned about a new blog from Cuba (yes, fron INSIDE Castro’s […]

But every once in a while you stumble upon a gem like this piece titled “Truth hard to find in Cuba, press panel says” in today’s Sun-Sentinel:
From outlawed satellite dishes to jammed radio signals, Cubans face an obstacle course of government controls over information as their island settles into new leadership.
This was the picture […]

Stephen Gibbs of the BBC talks about his experience of getting kicked out of Cuba for reportage the Castro regime didn’t like, with a bit of a focus on the logisitics of moving from Cuba itself:
Moving home, they say, is one of life’s five most stressful experiences. It comes in at number three. […]

Of course, when you’re talking about Fidel Castro’s Cuba, being “freed” from prison is a relative term. After all, Cuba under the Castro brothers is nothing but a huge, open-air prison.
But I digress.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), independent Cuban journalist Armando Betancourt Reina was released Monday. […]

Either these guys are kissing major butt, or they have the most deliciously wicked sense of sarcasm:
The Cuban Journalists Union (UPEC) granted “President” Fidel Castro the Prize to (sic) Dignity for his exceptional merits and his work in favor of the Cuban press.
Prize of Dignity?!?!?! To CASTRO!?!?!?! Har, har, I’ve been […]

the health of journalists unjustly condemned to Castro’s Gulag during the Black Spring of 2003 suffers:
Families and friends of eight independent Cuban journalists who have been unjustly imprisoned since 2003 say that the health of their loved ones has seriously deteriorated in recent months amid poor prison conditions and insufficient health care.
In a series […]

In honor of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, the Committee to Protect Journalists has published a list called “Backsliders,” of the top 10 countries where press freedom has most deteriorated.
Surprise, surprise, Cuba made the list.
Here are a few choice lines from the article:

Other countries such as Cuba have long had […]

Holy cow, the Apocalypse must be coming soon! I found an article about an anti-Castro journalist winning a Spanish journalism award on both the Miami Herald’s and ABC News’ respective websites:
Cuban dissident writer Raul Rivero has won a prestigious Spanish journalism award for his work as a journalist reporting on his native country, […]

Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro’s Mini-Me and dictator of Venezuela, is an insult to humanity and freedom-loving people everywhere.
Here’s an excerpt of a U.S. State Department report on the latest goings on in the oil-rich Latin American nation:
Desacato or “insult” laws, which have been used to punish journalists for challenging their country’s leaders, […]

A Castroite kangaroo court in Cuba sentenced independent journalist Oscar Sanchez Madan to four years in prison today. His crime?
A Cuban dissident journalist was arrested, tried and sentenced to four years in prison — all in one day and with no defense attorney — on charges of being a ”pre-criminal social danger,” […]