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Cuban Prisoners of Conscience in Spain

SamSam — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:05:02 +0100

Media Awards 09: Pablo Pacheco Avila

SamSam — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:03:58 +0100

Media Awards 09: Pablo Pacheco Avila

SamSam — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:30:27 +0100

Media Awards 09: Pablo Pacheco Avila

SamSam — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:29:37 +0100

RIGHTS: Cuba Passes U.N. Review with Flying Colours

Wily Fox — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:17:47 +0000

The report, adopted by the UPR on Monday, awaits final ratification by a plenary session of the HRC in June. It summarises the opinions of delegates from 60 countries who participated in the debate on Cuba on Thursday, Feb. 5.

Source: RIGHTS: Cuba Passes U.N. Review with Flying Colours

Cuba Journal: H.R. 874: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

Wily Fox — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:59:16 +0000

To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.

Source: Cuba Journal: H.R. 874: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

RIGHTS: Cuba Proudly Presents Its Credentials Abroad

Wily Fox — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:41:23 +0000

The European Union is considering a proposal from Cuba that could add human rights issues to the political dialogue formally resumed three months ago between Havana and Brussels, diplomatic sources confirmed following an announcement by Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque.

Source: RIGHTS: Cuba Proudly Presents Its Credentials Abroad

Cuba sees Obama proposals as positive first step | U.S. | Reuters

Wily Fox — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:01:33 +0000

Cuba sees Obama proposals as positive first step

Source: Cuba sees Obama proposals as positive first step | U.S. | Reuters

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | China signs trade deals with Cuba

Wily Fox — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:21:29 +0000

China's President Hu Jintao has signed a series of trade and investment accords with Communist ally Cuba during a landmark visit to the island.

Source: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | China signs trade deals with Cuba

The McCain campaign's Bill Ayers? - By A.L. Bardach - Slate Magazine

damianrafferty — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:12:46 +0100

As a result, McCain's campaign and advisers find themselves allied with and/or supporting militants who have committed acts that any reasonable observer would define as terrorism. On July 20, while campaigning for McCain in Miami and just prior to speaking at a McCain event, Sen. Joe Lieberman met with the wife of convicted serial bomber Eduardo Arocena and promised to pursue a presidential pardon on his behalf.

Source: The McCain campaign's Bill Ayers? - By A.L. Bardach - Slate Magazine

Sara Wajid on a new documentary about Cuban singer Lupe Yoli | Life and style | The Guardian

damianrafferty — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:33:22 +0100

The director of the documentary is a Cuban-born New Yorker, Ela Troyano, who feels that the singer was "an amazing artist who has never been given her due because she was black and because her lyrics and her stance were very working class".

Source: Sara Wajid on a new documentary about Cuban singer Lupe Yoli | Life and style | The Guardian

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Bush declares Texas disaster zone

damianrafferty — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:17:31 +0100

But major roads were washed out near the town and the damage was still "immense", The Associated Press reports.
Police agencies say it could take days to get into the areas worst affected in Galveston and the extent of the damage may not be known for some time, our correspondent adds.
Earlier, Ike caused devastation in Cuba and Haiti, where hundreds of people have died several tropical storms over the last month.

Source: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Bush declares Texas disaster zone

Free Cuban Prisoners of Conscience Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

Wily Fox — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:05:31 +0100

We urge the Cuban authorities to guarantee all Cuban citizens their due rights of liberty, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and right to peaceful assembly, as laid out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948.

Source: Free Cuban Prisoners of Conscience Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

Cuban punk rocker escapes 'social dangerousness' conviction with £15 fine - Telegraph

Wily Fox — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:59:02 +0100

Gorki Aguila, the lead singer of Porno para Ricardo, was accused of "social dangerousness" for songs that ridicule the former president Fidel Castro as a "walking coma".

Source: Cuban punk rocker escapes 'social dangerousness' conviction with £15 fine - Telegraph

Cuba to charge punk rocker over songs denouncing communist government | World news | The Guardian

Wily Fox — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:22:06 +0100

The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, an illegal but tolerated group, said the singer had infuriated the authorities with some of his latest lyrics but had not violated the law. "Gorki Aguila has not committed any specific crime as defined by the current criminal code," it said in a statement.

Source: Cuba to charge punk rocker over songs denouncing communist government | World news | The Guardian