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NYT Lede Blog: Cuban Blogger Elaine Díaz both Reveres Castro & Pushes for Reform 11 Jun 2013 | 08:27 pm
Thanx to Natalie Kitroeff for shining a light on this fascinating part of the emergent Cuban blogosphere and civil society. Reading my quotes below (which are accurate) makes me reflect that this grou...
Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things' 10 Jun 2013 | 06:35 pm
And go here for the backstory from NPR. Desde El Yuma
Seres extravagantes (Odd People Out) - Monday, June 10, 6:30 p.m. QNS, NYC 7 Jun 2013 | 05:18 pm
Desde El Yuma
Cuban bloggers in NYC (again)! Wed., June 5, 1:00 p.m. NYU 1 Jun 2013 | 07:35 pm
Co-sponsored by the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy and NYU's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Desde El Yuma
Coming home: CNN Reports on Yoani Sánchez's return to Cuba 31 May 2013 | 04:25 pm
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez is surrounded by relatives after her arrival, at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, May 30, 2013. Sánchez is back home after a more t...
#LASA2013, #Nauta & #YoaniRegresa 31 May 2013 | 04:19 pm
Lots of buzz in and around Cuba this week. Given that it's late and I'm anticipating a quite busy first full day of #LASA2013 tomorrow, here I'll just give a quick round up of all the big news with l...
"Diplomats should engage in dialogue" - USIS Deputy Chief Conrad Tribble joins #TwittHab in Havana! 14 May 2013 | 11:38 pm
Last Friday, May 10, at 4:00 p.m. in the Vedado district of Havana, a group of about 20-30 Cuban Twitter users held an open meet-up called #Twitthab . This was the second such gathering under that na...
Quotable: Díaz Canel on "the impossible chimera" of information control 7 May 2013 | 02:26 am
"Today, with the development of information technologies; today, with the development of social networks; today, with the development of computers and the Internet, to prohibit something is nearly an ...
Welcome Eliécer Ávila: Meet & Greet @ Baruch College, NYC 4-6 p.m., Thurs. May 2 - RSVP now! 29 Apr 2013 | 07:10 am
We've been having quite a different kind of "Cuban spring" here in NYC this year! Following April's historic visits of Yoani Sánchez and OLPL to the Big Apple, this week I have the honor of hosting th...
My Week with Yoani: Another reader responds... 26 Apr 2013 | 02:06 am
Dear Ted, I have been meaning to email you to say thank you. I appreciate the time that you took and the interest you showed in helping me to get a ticket for the Yoani Sánchez event at the Freedom To...
