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Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuba Getaway Offends Diaspora Bloggers

You might not think that political bloggers would be particularly interested in the whereabouts of celebrities, but the minute Beyoncé and Jay-Z, touched down in Cuba, an anniversary getaway became the business of the Cuban diaspora in the United States.

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Latin America after Chávez: Change and Continuity

Dreams Come Alive, Baseball Player José Contreras Returns to Cuba

Cuba Implements Long-Awaited Migration Reform 15 January 2013
Tiptoeing Tradition, Cuba Welcomes the New Year 6 January 2013
Cuban Government Lifts Travel Restrictions for Citizens 29 October 2012
Caribbean: Hurricane Sandy's Wake 28 October 2012
Cuba: Blackout Leaves 5 Million People in the Dark 11 September 2012

Latest stories about Cuba

12 April 2013

Racism Remarks in the NYT Land Cuban Intellectual in Trouble

Written by Elaine Díaz · Translated by Victoria Robertson · Caribbean

Author Roberto Zurbano's tough talk on racism in Cuba published in The New York Times apparently cost him is job as editor at a publishing house and generated a heated debate among the island's intellectuals.

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4 April 2013

Talking about Cuba with Ellery Biddle and Elaine Díaz

Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Marianna Breytman · Caribbean

Global Voices author and editor Juan Arellano interviews bloggers Ellery Biddle and Elaine Díaz, who cover the complicated Cuban blogosphere for Global Voices.

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30 March 2013

Crash that Killed Cuban Democracy Advocate Still Shrouded in Mystery

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle · Caribbean

The car accident that killed leading democracy advocate Oswaldo Payá has been shrouded in mystery and misinformation since it happened in eastern Cuba last July. Angel Carromero, the Spanish politician who survived the crash, recently told The Washington Post that the car was run off the road by state security agents. But many observers doubt the veracity of his claims.

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14 March 2013

Guyana, Cuba: Habemus Papam, But “Who Is He”?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

It's been a full day since the white smoke billowing above the Sistine Chapel signalled the news that Catholics the world over were waiting for: Habemus Papam. As it turned out, the Conclave of Cardinals elected the first Latin American and the first ever Jesuit pope...but, as one blogger asked, "Who is he"?

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7 March 2013

Chavez’ Legacy & How His Death Could Affect the Caribbean

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

The death of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez on Tuesday has elicited a wide range of reactions throughout the blogosphere – in Latin America, to be certain – but now across the Caribbean as well.

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6 March 2013

Cubans Mourn President Chávez's Death

Written by Silvia Vinas · Translated by Gabriela García Calderón · Latin America

Numerous Cuban citizens expressed dismay and grief for Hugo Chávez's death through their social media profiles. Redacción IPS Cuba compiles some of these reactions.

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24 February 2013

Cuban Yoani Sánchez's Arrival in Brazil Makes Noise

Written by Ellery Roberts Biddle · Caribbean

Acclaimed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez left Cuba this past Sunday for the first time since 2004. Sánchez will visit and speak at universities, NGOs and government forums in Europe, Latin America and the United States. While many voices around the world have expressed joy and excitement about Sánchez’s tour, responses have not all been positive.

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22 February 2013

Yoani Sánchez Divides Opinions on a Visit to Brazil

Written by Pedro Henrique Tavares · Translated by Paula Daibert · Latin America

Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez was received in Brazil by pro-Cuban government protesters, who accuse her of receiving money from the United States' government and of being a CIA agent. The ones that support the dissident's actions accuse the Brazilian government of collaborating with the Cuban government's repression.

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14 February 2013

Caribbean: Valentine's Day is for Bloggers

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Think you know what love is all about? A few regional bloggers use Valentine's Day as an opportunity to figure it out…

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22 January 2013

Cuban Filmmakers Take Over Digital Technologies

Written by Elaine Díaz · Translated by Chellsy Alis Manning · Caribbean

In Cuba, filmmakers and new directors have started to take over new technologies to keep down the costs of production of audiovisual effects, and to tell stories that would otherwise not have seen the light of day.

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Quick Reads about Cuba

11 May 2013

Mapping the Cuban Blogosphere

Blogger Yasmín S. Portales comments on the challenges of mapping the Cuban blogosphere, including everything and anything written in blogs. This is her most recent project:

A directory is a map: you have the swamps of glorious battles swamps and the mountains of infamy. You include it all, or it's not a map. In other words, there is yet to be a map of the Cuban blogosphere.

The worst: The Cuban blogosphere is chaotic. Luckily I do not pretend to make sense of it, only reveal its current demographics.

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

VI Conference Against Homophobia in Cuba

Detail of the official poster of the VI Conference against Homophobia in Cuba. “Family is love, respect, inclusion.”

Cuban blogger and LGBT activist Francisco Rodríguez announces the events [es] of the VI Cuban Conference Against Homophobia to be held during the month of May in the island.

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

29 April 2013

Open Letter to Blogger Yoani Sánchez

Journalist and Global Voices author, Leila Nachawati, writes an open letter [es] to Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who has been touring the United States, Latin America and Europe talking about Cuban technopolitics. Sánchez has been embraced by some, and criticized by others during her voyage. In her open letter, the Spanish-Syrian blogger Nachawati refers to some of Sánchez's comments on the Spanish state and society:

I was struck by your admiration towards the policies and institutions of this country [Spain]. I cannot deny that you may value aspects that pass unnoticed to many of us who live live here, but the truth is that our reality is far from a mirror to want to look into. I think we are far from being a model to follow or a formula to imitate.

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle

27 April 2013

#FLISOL 2013: Hundreds of Latin Americans Installing Free Software

Flisol 2013 Banner.

From the Patagonia to Havana, hundreds of computer users across Latin America are choosing freedom over control by installing free software on their computers. On April 27th, groups of free software enthusiasts will be installing free software in dozens of cities across Latin America as part of FLISOL [es], the Latin American free software installation festival.
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Renata Avila

4 April 2013

Cuban Blogger Denied US Visa

Cuban blogger, teacher and GV author Elaine Díaz Rodríguez was denied a visa to enter the US [pt] Wednesday, April 3, 2013, preventing her from participating in the International Congress of Latin-American Studies. Brazilian journalist Alex Haubrich reported Elaine's frustration with and criticism of the US government's criteria.

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia