After Fidel: Raul Castro And The Future Of Cuba's Revolution: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader
The Debate Link (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cuban dissident Yoani Sanchez, recently beaten by state security , submitted seven questions to US President Barack Obama through her blog. Now, she has posted his responses . I am, of course, pleased to see the President aligning with Cuba's burgeoning civil society which is pressing domestically for democracy and human rights. As a general supporter of open engagement and building connections amongst...
Aftermath News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cuban repression has continued under Raúl Castro, says watchdog Fidel Castro’s brother has used new tactics to crush dissent since taking over power, according to Human Rights Watch More than 40 cases in which individuals were jailed for “dangerousness”, including such things as handing out copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. guardian.co.uk | Nov 18, 2009 by...
Democracy Resource Center Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
URL: http://opencrs.com/document/R40193/ . Source: Library of Congress. Cuba remains a hard-line communist state with a poor record on human rights. The country's political succession from the long-ruling Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl was characterized by a remarkable degree of stability. Fidel stepped down from power temporarily in July 2006 because of health reasons, and Raúl assumed...
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Nicholas Neighbors 11/20/09 4:21pm Raul Castro's government has used draconian laws and sham trials to incarcerate scores more who have dared to exercise their fundamental freedoms. The report says adding that the present Cuban government was depending upon a repressive law that criminalizes "any behavior that contradicts socialist norms" for clamping down on political dissidents. The reports...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
HAVANA - President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" to Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the Communist...
Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez submitted seven questions to pres. Obama and to Raul Castro. Only Obama replied. You can read her post here. The Miami Herald reports, Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez gets answers — from President Obama A spokesman for the U.S. State Department’s Western Hemisphere department confirmed Obama had answered Sánchez’s questions. Sánchez wrote...
THE iPINIONS JOURNAL (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
This week, international news organizations reported the fact that Raul Castro is continuing the reign of terror his brother Fidel launched almost 50 years ago as if it were every bit as shocking as the fact that President Barack Obama is continuing many of the oppressive war-on-terror tactics his predecessor George W. Bush deployed after [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
HAVANA - President Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Castro Brothers From Miami Herald: A report by Human Rights Watch paints Raúl Castro's regime in Cuba as little more than a continuation of his brother's `abusive laws and institutions.' Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, according to the first in-depth report on the island's human rights since the younger Castro took power....
FP Passport (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Earlier today, Yoani Sanchez posted questions to U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro regarding U.S.-Cuban relations on her blog, Generación Y . Sanchez, who was recently denied a visa to visit New York City to attend an awards dinner after she was awarded a Marie Moors Cabot Prize from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, received a direct response...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Repression in Cuba worsens under Raúl Castro, new report claims
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
HAVANA — President Barack Obama has answered written questions from a Cuban blogger who has become famous by daring to criticize life in her country on line. The president says he is not interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Cuban leader Raul Castro and indicates he won't visit the island until its communist government changes its ways. In the unusual response to blogger...
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez has been in the news a lot lately. First she jumped into the spotlight as a winner of Columbia Journalism School's prestigious Maria Moors Cabot Prize for Outstanding Reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean, and her work on her Generacion Y blog was recognized "for her courage, talent and great achievement." But since Sanchez is a Cuban who speaks critically...
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