Cuba USA
I thought by opening the Embassies, trading straight up for Alan Gross, and the dialog between the US and Cuba that things would be better for the Cuban people? That's the whole arguement and premise frpm all the classic car lovers right?
Well....
He said he also wants Kerry to pressure Havana to respect human rights in the country, where freedom of assembly and freedom of the press have been criticized.
- Historic Arrest In Cuba
Last Friday the word "HISTORIC" was blindly used by newscasters and journalist in describing the US Embassy opening in Havana. A poem was even read by a Cuban-American(my poem was not recited) even though dissidents were left out of the ceremonies....
- Cuba For Dummies
I don't know how much I can STOMACH the word Historic on the embassy opening in Havana, and the obligatory 3 classic cars strategically placed in the background for millions to see. In reality a NON-HISTORIC SAD...
- Pro-democracy Leaders Warn Of A Possible Wave Of Repression Against The Peaceful Resistance
Two leaders in the peaceful Cuban resistance movement who were released on the week of December 12-18 after being subjected to violent arrests and inhumane prison conditions declared that the Cuban regime is intimidated by the rise and strength of the...
- Dr. Dasi Ferrer's Wife Arrested (updated)
From Ziva at Babalu: 2:20 PM - I was able to get through and spoke with Yusnaimi's brother. He said that she left for the march around 10:30 AM EST with another 3 persons. Before she was able to reach the Parque Villalon, where the demonstration...
- Secretary Of State Kerry's Trip To Cuba
US embassy in 1961 A senior State Department official held a press conference on Secretary Kerry's trip to Cuba to raise the flag over our new embassy. He said that due to space limitations, attendance at the embassy-opening ceremony will limited...
Cuba USA
"Cuba arrests 90 dissidents at protest march"
I thought by opening the Embassies, trading straight up for Alan Gross, and the dialog between the US and Cuba that things would be better for the Cuban people? That's the whole arguement and premise frpm all the classic car lovers right?
Well....
Havana (AFP) - With tense bilateral ties recently renewed after five decades, and top US diplomat John Kerry due in Havana in days, Cuba arrested some 90 activists on Sunday.
Cuban security forces rounded up marchers -- about 50 with the Ladies in White dissident group and around 40 other activists, some wearing masks with the image of US President Barack Obama, according to an AFP reporter.
One protester slammed Obama, and said the December announcement to normalize relations between the former Cold war foes had bolstered Havana's crackdown on dissidents.
"It's his fault, what is happening," said former political prisoner Angel Moya, speaking about Obama.
"The Cuban government has grown even bolder," he added before being detained.
"That's why we have this mask on. Because it's his fault," said Moya, husband of Ladies in White leader Berta Soler.
Uniformed police and plainclothes officers were on hand at the incident in Havana's upscale Miramar district.
When marchers who were not arrested started to leave, pro-government activists chanted "down with the pack of worms."
Kerry will be in Havana Friday for the ceremonial inauguration of the newly reopened US embassy. On January 20, the countries officially reopened embassies in their respective capitals.
Soler said he hoped Kerry would meet with dissident groups and members of non-governmental organizations during the visit.
Soler said he hoped Kerry would meet with dissident groups and members of non-governmental organizations during the visit.
Washington should "give the Cuban government some conditions to get it to stop violating human rights," Soler told AFP.
Kerry will be the first US secretary of state to visit Cuba since 1945, sealing what will be a major foreign policy legacy of Obama's eight-year tenure.
Cuba is the only one-party Communist-ruled nation in the Americas.
- Historic Arrest In Cuba
Last Friday the word "HISTORIC" was blindly used by newscasters and journalist in describing the US Embassy opening in Havana. A poem was even read by a Cuban-American(my poem was not recited) even though dissidents were left out of the ceremonies....
- Cuba For Dummies
I don't know how much I can STOMACH the word Historic on the embassy opening in Havana, and the obligatory 3 classic cars strategically placed in the background for millions to see. In reality a NON-HISTORIC SAD...
- Pro-democracy Leaders Warn Of A Possible Wave Of Repression Against The Peaceful Resistance
Two leaders in the peaceful Cuban resistance movement who were released on the week of December 12-18 after being subjected to violent arrests and inhumane prison conditions declared that the Cuban regime is intimidated by the rise and strength of the...
- Dr. Dasi Ferrer's Wife Arrested (updated)
From Ziva at Babalu: 2:20 PM - I was able to get through and spoke with Yusnaimi's brother. He said that she left for the march around 10:30 AM EST with another 3 persons. Before she was able to reach the Parque Villalon, where the demonstration...
- Secretary Of State Kerry's Trip To Cuba
US embassy in 1961 A senior State Department official held a press conference on Secretary Kerry's trip to Cuba to raise the flag over our new embassy. He said that due to space limitations, attendance at the embassy-opening ceremony will limited...