Category Archives: Cuba(n)

American Library Association (ALA) Candidates Speak on Cuban Library Issue

I received this press release from the Friends of Cuban Libraries: ALA Candidates Speak on Cuban Library Issue Sara Kelly Johns and Molly Raphael, candidates for ALA president, spoke on March 8 at the office of New York City’s METRO … Continue reading

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Jailed Cuban Activist Orlando Zapata Tamayo Dies on Hunger Strike

[Photo taken in 2003 by Adalberto Roque for AFP] This extremely sad news comes from the Miami Herald: A jailed Cuban dissident on a hunger strike for 83 days died Tuesday, his mother reported, the first time in nearly 40 … Continue reading

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Wednesday News Items

Things are getting busy around here. The end of the semester is always that way. Here a few news items to point your attention to: It appears the Mumbai terrorists had some logistical support from a U.S. citizen. David Headley, … Continue reading

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Cuban Bloggers Attacked by State Security Agents and Pro-Government Mob

Last Friday, November 13, Cuban bloggers Yoani Sanchez and Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo were on their way to a march in downtown Havana when they were forced into an unmarked car by plainclothes police agents and beaten up. Juan O. … Continue reading

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Released Guantanamo Detainee Responsible for Suicide Bombing

[Blast crater at Combat Outpost Inman. Photograph by Bill Roggio, Long War Journal] If you follow the links, the first article from the Long War Journal (by Bill Roggio, March 23, 2008), describes a suicide car bombing in Mosul that … Continue reading

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Saturday Miscellania: “Is Fidel Part of the Zionist Movement?”

The wife and I went to Carnegie Hall last night to see Al Green and Dianne Reeves. It was a fantastic show. Ms. Reeves’ filled the entire hall with her rich voice. And her band were no slouches either. When … Continue reading

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Cuban Independent Libraries Need Your Help

[h/t to Friends of Cuban Libraries] The 2008 annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) begins this week in Anaheim, California. Three members of the ALA Council, Barbara Silverman, Shixing Wen and Cristina Ramirez, have introduced a resolution condemning … Continue reading

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Solidarity with the Cuban People (Not the Government)

[h/t Solidaridad Cuba] This May 21 get involved in the global effort to demonstrate support for freedom and human rights in Cuba! Champions of Freedom from all over the world are organizing events and listing them on our global solidarity … Continue reading

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Vaclav Havel: Our Stand Against Castro’s Cuba

[H/t The New York Sun] PRAGUE — Five years ago, the European Union was on the verge of fulfilling one of the aspirations of the Velvet Revolutions that swept across Central and Eastern Europe by expanding from 15 to 25 … Continue reading

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Brian Latell on C-SPAN 2′s Book TV

Latell, a former Cuba analyst for the CIA, National Intelligence Officer for Latin America from 1990 to 1994 and a senior research associate at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami discusses his recent book, … Continue reading

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