Cuban Activist Decries ‘Culture of Fear’ Associated Press LA HABANA La» cultura del miedo» es el obstáculo más importante que deben superar los cubanos para generar un cambio político pacífico y una economía de libre mercado en la isla, dijo…
Abc news 021705 Cuban Activist Wants Democratic Transition HAVANA (AP) – Cuba‘s best-known political activist on Thursday called on those living on the island and abroad to join his new project seeking to create a peaceful transition to democracy and…
GEHEIMDIENSTNOTIZEN AUS OST-BERLIN UND HAVANNA. Jorge Luis García Vázquez [email protected] Forschungsthema: STASI-MININT Connection. Geheimdienstnotizen aus Ostberlin und Havanna- Ein Kubaner im Visier der Stasi.Ein Zeitzeugenbericht/ Die Zusammenarbeit des MfS mit den Sicherheitsorganen in Entwicklungsländern. Eine Recherche Foto: Bundesarchiv/Bild 183-W0528-0045 Das…
PLEBISCITE NOW Should there be free and democratic elections based on a new electoral law and in an environment that allows for all Cubans to have the right to be nominated and elected democratically, exercising freedom of expression and of…
Havana — I once asked a visiting Chilean friend what he thought of Havana. “Well, it’s an impressive city,” he replied, “but it gives the impression of having been evacuated 40 years ago by people who when they return will…
CUBA-UE-DISSIDENCE – 06/10/2004 05h16 – AFP LA HAVANE, 5 oct (AFP) – Figure de proue de la dissidence cubaine, Oswaldo Paya, prix Sakharov 2002 du Parlement européen, a demandé mardi à l’Union européenne (UE) de maintenir sa position commune sur…
CBS september 2004 By CBS News Producer Portia Siegelbaum Oswaldo Paya’s struggle for democracy in Cuba is so lonely that he can’t even count on the support of Florida’s Cuban American community. Paya, leader of the unofficial opposition Christian Liberation Movement,…
www.johnkerry.com During a remarkable period in the 1990s, Latin American democracy flourished and spread as it never had before. From Argentina to Guatemala, soldiers returned to their barracks, civil wars were quelled, new democratic leaders were elected. This democratic progress…
QUOTE Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on human rights in Cuba The European Union is deeply concerned at the recent trials and sentencing of a further group of 13 Cuban human rights activists and journalists,…
usatoday HAVANA (AP) — A leading democracy activist delivered more than 14,000 signatures to Cuba’s parliament Friday demanding a referendum for sweeping political changes, just six months after the Fidel Castro government’s major crackdown on dissenters. This is the second…
The Guardian Giles Tremlett Tuesday October 7, 2003 Cuban dissidents were awaiting reaction from Fidel Castro yesterday after their latest attempt to force a widening of political debate. Oswaldo Payá, a dissident leader, delivered a petition to parliament in Havana…
Exclusive to the Havana Journal By Larry Luxner | www.CubaNews.com HAVANA — It isn’t hard to find Oswaldo Paya’s house. Located along Calle Peñon in Havana’s crumbling Cerro district, it’s the one under constant surveillance by the not-so-subtle secret police…