‘Sin Autorización’: The Other Cuba
Cuba’s most vocal critics today are young adults who grew up in the post-Communist era and view the “revolution” as an ossified ideology imposed on them by octogenarian leaders clinging… Read more »
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Cuba protests ‘are a movement, not just a moment’
Following a new wave of island-wide protests in Cuba over the past several days, there are worrying indicators that the authorities are repeating the repressive tactics they used for decades and also… Read more »
Six waves of repression suffocate Cuba’s civic space
A year after anti-government protests broke out across Cuba on 11th July 2021, the repercussions of these demonstrations are still being felt. Judicial proceedings against protesters are still ongoing, and… Read more »
‘Outside the Revolution’: Cubans anticipate new revolt a year after historic protests
The Cuban government committed systematic human rights violations in response to massive anti-government protests in July 2021 with the apparent goal of punishing protesters and deterring future demonstrations, Human Rights Watch said… Read more »
Payá’s lesson – ‘Cubans have to change Cuba themselves’
Pulitzer Prize winning author David E. Hoffman has written a “riveting” biography of leading dissident Oswaldo Payá – ‘Cuba’s Vaclav Havel’ – whose Varela Project defied Fidel Castro’s Communist regime,… Read more »
Cuba’s medical diplomacy feeds authoritarian narratives
Cuba has historically leveraged its healthcare sector to promote the Cuban Communist Party’s image, offer low-income countries an alternative source of assistance, and counteract pressure on foreign actors to condemn Cuba’s autocracy,… Read more »
New culture of dissent remaking Cuba’s politics?
Living conditions in Cuba systematically deteriorated over the past decades. Many troubles could be avoided in the future if better political and economic institutions were established on the island, the… Read more »
What happened to Cuba’s pro-democracy protests?
In 2010 Cuba’s Castro regime began releasing journalists and human rights activists, most of whom it had imprisoned seven years earlier during the Black Spring crackdown on political dissent, notes… Read more »
Cuba’s San Isidro leader makes Time’s 100 Most Influential list
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s art, his unignorable fight for freedom of expression and his uncompromising stance against autocracy reveal the power of resistance, Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei writes for… Read more »
What prospects for democracy in Cuba?
The Covid-19 pandemic combined with economic crisis and deteriorating living conditions has resulted in widespread protests in Cuba against the regime and the lack of basic goods and services, specifically… Read more »