Despite a heavy police presence, the people of Cuba chanted FREEDOM during a Carlos Varela concert held on May 29 at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana. A pesar de la fuerte presencia policial, el pueblo de Cuba coreó LIBERTAD durante un concierto de Carlos Varela celebrado el 29 de mayo en la Ciudad Deportiva de La Habana.
Read MoreThe Eternal Flame Project launched by Amnesty International seeks worldwide solidarity with the San Isidro Movement and the persecuted Cuban artists, intellectuals and human rights activists subjected to “alarming levels of surveillance,” by the Cuban regime.
Read MoreIn response to the overwhelming popularity of the Patria and Vida/Home and Life song in Cuba and in solidarity with those leading the peaceful struggle for democracy in the island, the European Parliament will livestream a historic event called “Homeland and Life, Art and Politics United for Cuba,” on Friday Feb 26 at 11 am (Eastern Time/Cuba/Miami)
Read MoreCobertura más amplia de AmericaTeve a petición de activistas Cubano Canadienses al gobierno de Canada para que reconozca la naturaleza dictatorial del régimen que se impone en el poder en Cuba.
AmericaTeve´s news coverage of the call made by pro democracy Cuban Canadian activists on the Canadian government to recognize that a dictatorship is clinging on to power in Cuba.
Read MoreAmericaTeve´s coverage of our petition to the Canadian government to publicly recognize that the region clinging on to power in Cuba is a dictatorship.
Cobertura de AmericaTeve de nuestra petición al gobierno canadiense que reconozca que en Cuba hay una dictadura
Read MoreA dark week for democracy defenders worldwide. The dictatorships of Cuba, Russia and China were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on October 14
Read MoreThe moment when Ebert Hidalgo Cruz, democracy activista and a member of the Patriotic Union of Cuba and a Cubadecide promoter is being arbitrarily arrested. Family members stand up to denounce the arbitrary arrest and shouted “Down with Dictatorship.”
Read MoreDurante 9 años de lucha, en las condiciones más adversas y frente al enemigo mas brutal, la UNPACU se ha convertido en una organización del pueblo. Su fortaleza radica en la valentía de sus integrantes y en su sensibilidad con los problemas sociales del cubano de a pie.
Read MoreIndependent journalists Esteban Rodriguez of ADN Cuba and Hector Luis Valdez of Heraldo de Cuba courageously captured the police truck where dissident artist Maykel Osorno was arrested this evening in Habana. He was arbitrarily arrested while walking on the streets wearing his face mask. It was also reported that police violently knocked down the door of Maykel’s house in the presence of a minor. This is an example of how a cell phone and a live broadcast on social media are capable of exerting pressure, raise awareness. I just got confirmation from artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara that Maykel had been released. The video is nevertheless valuable to show how regimes only yield to pressure not silence.
Read MoreProtests in Cuba during the week of August 4-7, 2020 to demand an end to prolonged power outages in Placetas and the right to housing in Morón. The protests were led by Arianna López Roque, pro democracy activist of the Julio Machado Academy in Placetas, Villa Clara and the Mora family in Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
Read MoreI am glad to have contributed my bit with Luis Manuel Otero and this talented, courageous and creative group of independent artists in Cuba in the translation of this satirical project they called “Case No. 1/2019” (the title is reminiscent of the Ocha trial of 1989). It uses humor as a powerful tool to criticize the anachronistic, Cold War/Soviet styled judicial system in Cuba.
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