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May 2nd, 2008

Global: The price of food, the cost of despair

John Liebhardt · 22:09

lingua → pt · fr · es · zht · zhs

The crisis of skyrocketing food prices is affecting all economic groups in every corner of the world. Every day, it seems, high-priced food sends another country lurching through some crisis: demonstrations, riots, rumors of hoarding, falling governments, even deaths. Global Voices is well positioned to follow the nuances of this complex ... 9 comments · »»

April 30th, 2008

Cuba: Las Damas de Blanco

Janine Mendes-Franco · 15:01

lingua → pt · es

It has been the most discussed topic in the Cuban blogosphere over the last week: the arrest of Las Damas de Blanco as they staged a peaceful demonstration for the release of their husbands, jailed by the Castro regime. 0 comments · »»

Caribbean: Food Shortages

Janine Mendes-Franco · 01:26

lingua → es

"If music be the food of love, play on", wrote Shakespeare, who could not possibly have anticipated the global food crisis the world is facing today. Rising food prices are a hot topic with bloggers the world over - and the Caribbean is no different. The "music" coming ... 2 comments · »»

April 8th, 2008

Cuba: Blocked Blogger Yoani Sánchez Receives Prestigious Award

Elia Varela Serra · 21:42

lingua → mg · fr · es

Yoani Sánchez, one of Cuba's most popular bloggers and a recent victim of blocking by the country's authorities, was recently awarded the Ortega and Gasset prize in Journalism from the Spanish newspaper El País. Several of her fellow Cuban bloggers celebrated the award and hope that it draws more attention to the difficulties for internet access on the island. 4 comments · »»

March 26th, 2008

Cuba: Blocking Bloggers

Janine Mendes-Franco · 17:49

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Want to get the Cuban blogosphere talking? Block access to a popular blog. Ever since Cuban authorities did just that to several less-than-supportive Havana-based blogs earlier this week, the blogging diaspora have come out in full support of Cuban bloggers - especially Yoani Sanchez and her popular Generacion ... 4 comments · »»

March 10th, 2008

Cuban Videos: media ploy or example of free speech?

Juliana Rincón Parra · 21:27

lingua → es · pt

An online 4 minute video excerpt posted by international media taken from a 2 hour meeting between the president of the National Assembly and students from the Computer Science University (UCI) has brought forth contrasting reactions and debates regarding free speech in Cuba and the direction of the Cuban Revolution. 1 comment · »»

March 9th, 2008

Americas: International Women's Day Across the Region

Elia Varela Serra · 03:03

lingua → es · pt

Bloggers across Latin America celebrate International Women's Day and pay tribute to the hard-working, brave, and often, mistreated women from the region. Some honor particular women throughout history and others write about groups of mothers that defend the rights of others. For all, it is a celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. 2 comments · »»

February 24th, 2008

Cuba: More Reactions to Castro's Retirement

Elia Varela Serra · 07:48

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Four days after Fidel Castro announced that he would not accept another term as a president after almost half a century in power, the Cuban blogosphere continues to be abuzz with the news. Adding to Janine Mendes-Franco's roundup collecting the first reactions after the announcement, here are more reactions from Cuba and abroad. 3 comments · »»

Links

May 15th, 2008

As the Texas state agriculture commissioner prepares to visit Cuba (the first state-elected official to do so since the 1962 trade embargo), Uncommon Sense says: “American policy toward Cuba must be measured by only two standards: Is it good for the United States, and is it good for the Cuban people — that is, does it improve their chances for freedom.”

May 14th, 2008

In Cuba, Yoani Sánchez of Generación Y [es] provides a photo comparison of her bread rations in July 2007 and May 2008.

May 13th, 2008

As an email exchange with the Cuban Ambassador gets heated, Rick Lowe at WeblogBahamas.com says: “I guess my hopes of returning to Cuba are now done.”

May 12th, 2008

Cuban blogger Babalu takes issue with an article in the Trinidad Express that alerts readers to an Obama-Castro meeting, should Obama become president.

Both Uncommon Sense and Ninety miles away…in another country blog about José Manuel Caraballo Bravo's “rumination on the decided aversion to all things y on the part of the Havana ‘Commission'”.

May 7th, 2008

Cuban bloggers Babalu, Uncommon Sense and 1Click2Cuba all report that Havana-based blogger Yoani Sanchez is being denied a travel visa that would have allowed her to accept a top journalism award in Spain.

May 6th, 2008

Computers are now on sale in Havana and Cuba-Blog is surprised that people are actually buying them: “The goods are there but are still beyond the reach of the vast majority of citizens.”

May 5th, 2008

Cuban blogger Uncommon Sense says that one member of Las Damas de Blanco “will end a hunger strike only when she is allowed to visit her son.”