Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
As Yoani Sanchez prepared for the fury of Hurricane Gustav she found the opportunity to make a post at her blog in which she includes the following: What I can not fail to mention is that never as in these...
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Yoaní Sánchez has told her story of what happened at the Porno Para Ricardo concert in protest of Gorki's arrest. It is posted in its entirety at Penultimos Días, but here is an excerpt: El concierto empezó poco después de...
two dollar pistol (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Gorki If you don't know who Gorki Aguila is or why he is a victim of Marxist oppression, you should find out. Start with this blog by the charming Yoani Sanchez . Then complete your education at Babalu Blog here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here and here . --- If you think for one minute that a Marxist America, the kind of America that Barack Obama hopes to bring about, will have the...
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
By Yoani Sanchez They took him because nothing destabilizes the intransigents more than a man in his most free state. At the Fifth Police Station, 3rd and 62nd in Playa, where the criminals take turns and a toilet is a...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
“At his young age, he already understands that it doesn’t matter how many times you cross the line of illegality as long as you keep applauding. For him, if they let him continue to line his pockets, socialism could well be eternal”: Yoani Sanchez blogs about corruption and its strong link to survival in [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
“In the absence of tourist offices where a Cuban citizen can arrange – in Cuban pesos – an excursion in his own country, private resourcefulness has addressed this ‘market niche'”: Yoani Sanchez visits Soroa “on a trip coordinated by one of these emerging ‘tour operators'”.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Child of the Revolution notes that “every August 13 without fail, the official Cuban media celebrates Fidel Castro’s birthday by trying to come up with ever more ridiculous ways to describe the man who ruled his 11 million subjects with an iron fist for close to half a century.” Yoani Sanchez adds: “I notice [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Yoani Sanchez examines Cuba's new proposal for higher pensions and uses the case of a soon-to-be-retired schoolteacher to show how inequitable the system is: “To put it as crudely as it deserves, this woman will now work five years longer and in return, when she finally leaves the workforce, she will get enough extra money [...]
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
All for One Beer By Yoani Sanchez It’s a long time until I will be ready to retire, however I have read very carefully the proposed Social Security Law that is going to be discussed by parliament. Like many...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
As one Havana-based blogger, Circles Robinson, is optimistic about Cuban media charting a new course, another, Yoani Sanchez, criticizes the media's complacency in reporting on issues like domestic violence: “How can a woman, who flees home to avoid the fists of her husband, know how to find a refuge where she can spend the [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
The Cuban government proposes “the handing over of idle land to those who want to make it productive”, causing Yoani Sanchez to “peruse (her) city looking for everything that is useless.”
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
By Yoani Sanchez He drank brandy and watched the vultures that flew, as they did every day, around the Plaza of the Revolution. It was a Tuesday, the first of August 2006, when he found himself looking over the balcony...
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Reader Augusto was kind enough to record the Yoani Sanchez interview that aired on Univision this morning and post it on youtube. Below you will find both parts. As Augusto notes, the interview was conducted over the phone and Yoani...
The Scratching Post (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
...written by Yoani Sanchez in Cuba is something marvelous to read. Here's my favorite of what I've read so far. Click around once you get there. I think you'll like it.
Babalu Blog (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
I have received an email saying that on August 3rd at 10:00 PM EDT Univision will air an interview of Yoani Sanchez conducted by Jorge Ramos. H/T: Mario...
