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Cuba, Getting On-line to be Informed: This is the Dilemma

Published November 17, 2016 | By Censura Cubana

Cuba, Getting On-line to be Informed: This is the Dilemma / Iván García Iván García, 27 October 2015 — Roberto, age 47, is a balding athletic type who usually has earphones hanging around his neck, he’s an engineer, an expert in bridge construction. For a decade now, twice a year he goes to Miami where […] Continue reading →

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How many Cubans read?

Published September 3, 2016 | By Censura Cubana

How many Cubans read? JOSÉ PRATS SARIOL | Miami | 2 de Septiembre de 2016 – 15:11 CEST. An article by Juan Cruz in the Spanish daily El País features frightening figures about reading habits in Spain: 39.4% of Spanish adults have not read a book in the last 12 months. It adds that 57.5% […] Continue reading →

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Is Cuba ready for the business boom?

Published April 5, 2015 | By Censura Cubana

Is Cuba ready for the business boom? Cuba’s “practically virgin” foreign business scene is drawing increasing interest – with a British trade delegation travelling to Havana at the end of the month. But is Havana ready? By Georgia Birch, Havana7:00AM… Continue reading →

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An Uber for Cuba?

Published April 3, 2015 | By Censura Cubana

Scott Norvell – curator-in-chief, Cubanotes.com

An Uber for Cuba? Posted: 04/02/2015 9:53 am EDT

A couple of enterprising young men in Cuba have launched the closest thing the island will have to Uber for the time being — yotellevocuba.com. (Translated,… Continue reading →

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The Cuban Money Crisis

Published April 2, 2015 | By Censura Cubana

The Cuban Money Crisis The biggest change to the island’s economy isn’t the thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations April 1, 2015 by Patrick Symmes The currency crisis starts about 75 feet into Cuba. I land in the late afternoon and, after clearing customs, step into the busy arrivals hall of Havana’s airport looking for help. I […] Continue reading →

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The Cuba-Iran-Venezuela Relationship: Implications for the United States

Published February 25, 2015 | By Censura Cubana

The Cuba-Iran-Venezuela Relationship: Implications for the United States* [25-02-2015 06:23:26] Jaime Suchlicki Director del Instituto de Estudios Cubanos y Cubano-Americanos de la Universidad de Miami (www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- President Barack Obama’s announcement on December 17, 2014, about an improvement in U.S.-Cuban relations will have little, if any, impact on General Raúl Castro’s alliance with Iran, Russia and […] Continue reading →

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Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in Cuba

Published January 24, 2015 | By Censura Cubana

Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in Cuba In Cuba, Artistic Freedom Remains an Open Question By VICTORIA BURNETTJAN. 23, 2015 MEXICO CITY — Of the half-dozen pieces that form Tania Bruguera’s series “Tatlin’s Whisper,” the one that the Cuban government silenced may have resounded most. An attempt by Ms. Bruguera, a New York-based Cuban […] Continue reading →

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White Flag to the Regime in Havana?

Published January 23, 2015 | By Censura Cubana

White Flag to the Regime in Havana? / Jeovany Jimenez Vega Posted on January 22, 2015 By: Jeovany Jimenez Vega — Those who advocate the elimination of the mechanisms of political pressure to which the Cuban government remains subject — I mean basically the United States Embargo and the Common European Position — often wield […] Continue reading →

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Ministry for Foreign Affairs publishes reports on human rights situation – Sweden

Published June 13, 2013 | By Censura Cubana

Ministry for Foreign Affairs publishes reports on human rights situation The human rights reports, presented by Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs in spring 2013, cover the 35 countries of the Americas. The reports reflect the Government’s ambition to integrate human rights into all areas of foreign policy and are part of its efforts to safeguard […] Continue reading →

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Should the U.S. raise a fist or offer a hand to Cuba?

Published July 12, 2012 | By Censura Cubana

Should the U.S. raise a fist or offer a hand to Cuba? / Yoani Sánchez Yoani Sánchez Havana, Cuba (CNN) — In the '90s a certain joke became very popular in the streets and homes of Cuba. It began with Pepito — the mischievous boy of our national humor — and told how his teacher, […] Continue reading →

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Visiting Raúl Castro’s Cuba

Published June 5, 2009 | By Censura Cubana

Visiting Raúl Castro's CubaSamuel Farber

ON JULY 31, 2006, THE CUBAN government announced that due to a serious illness, the nature of which was declared a state secret, Fidel Castro was stepping aside as the head of state. His younger… Continue reading →

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Cuba: changes? What changes?

Published May 2, 2009 | By Censura Cubana

Cuba: changes? What changes?01May09 – 13:44

Ena Lucia PortelaThe Obama regime may be reaching out to Raúl Castro,but it is unlikely any real reform will emerge for ordinary Cubans, writesEna Lucía Portela

The recent surprise dismissals of a number of… Continue reading →

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Cuba: The Struggle Continues

Published May 8, 2008 | By Censura Cubana

Cuba: The Struggle Continues

Saul Landau | May 7, 2008

Editor: John Feffer

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cubans have lived through a "special period." This euphemism stood not only for a drastic decline in the… Continue reading →

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