A Choir of Voices for Cuba´s Political Prisoners

Following on the death of Yosvany Arostegui Armenteros, a Cuban political prisoner who died after 40 days in a hunger strike, this post discusses recent initiatives on the importance of giving visibility to Cuba´s political prisoners. Sobre la importancia de darle visibilidad a los presos politicos de Cuba. Remembering the names and cases of political prisoners who have died in the Castro regime´s jails recently and in the past 6 decades. Recordando los nombres de los prisioneros politicos que han muerto en las caraceles cubanas.

Michael LimaAugust 11, 2020Comment

Arrest of Maykel Osorbo

Independent 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.

Solidarity Between Brothers Campaign/Solidaridad entre Hermanos

This morning Rosa Maria Payá the leader of the Cubadecide initiative made a special announcement with respect to the Solidarity Between Brothers campaign which collected a massive amount of humanitarian aid among Cuban exiles in Miami to be sent to more than 15,000 families in Cuba. The aid arrived and is sitting in the Port of Mariel in Habana.

Michael LimaAugust 10, 2020Comment

Protests in Placetas and Morón in Cuba

Protests 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.

Case No. 1/2019: Mocking the judicial system in Cuba

I 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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