Events
Gorki returns to Cuba2010-03-05 After bureaucratic obstacles prevented him from leaving Mexico bound for Havana, Gorki Aguila, was able to return to the island this Thursday, March 4, at 12: 30pm Havana time. Lech Walesa calls for realese of the political prisoners2010-02-26 This week the information about the death of Cuban prisoner of conscience, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, went around the world. Miriam Leiva writes to Nadine Gordimer2010-02-17 Havana, February 16, 2010 Ms. Nadine Gordimer Literature Nobel Prize Dear Ms. Gordimer, Being deeply committed to the rights of your people in South Africa your entire life, you are an example to all who strive for justice, understanding, reconciliation, freedom and democracy, especially us, women. I understand that you are not simply visiting Cuba as a country, but all the Cuban people. Lech Walesa in Miami: Changes will soon come to Cuba2010-02-05 Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Laureate Lech Walesa, a key player in helping bringing down communism in Eastern Europe, said Tuesday that there will soon be a political change in Cuba. In the suitcases: A reflection on the necessary liberalization of Americans’ travel to Cuba2009-11-23 autor:Yoani Sanchez A statement by Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez directed to Representative Howard Berman, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 16, 2009 2009 NED Democracy Award honors the Heroes of Human Rights and Democracy in Cuba2009-06-25 autor:NED On Wednesday June 24, the National Endowment for Democracy honored the heroic efforts of Cuban workers, lawyers, and writers working to advance democratic values and fundamental rights within Cuba with the presentation of its annual Democracy Award. The honorees were honored in absentia. Declaration of Executive Committee of the Institute for Cuban Studies2009-06-19 autor:Democracia Participativa Last Tuesday, June 16th, the President of our Institute for Cuban Studies (IEC), Dagoberto Valdes Hernandez, who lives in Cuba as well other associates to the IEC, was accosted in the street by two people who warned him that he was going to “have a bad time” and that they were going to “walk all over him if he continues supporting the Ladies in White (las Damas de Blanco) and counterrevolutionary groups.” Norwegian Freedom Award given to jailed Cuban2009-05-28 autor:CUBANET Imprisoned Independent journalist Normando Hernández has been awarded the Norwegian Writers Association’s annual “Freedom of Expression” award.
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