NEWS ARCHIVE / 2008

APRIL - 2008

-Cuban State Security Deceives Political Prisoner.
-South Africa Cancels $117 million Debt Owed by Cuba
-Recent reforms in Cuba rattle Fidel
-Reggaeton star Elvis Manuel still missing; mother returned to Cuba
-Cuba giving land to private farmers
-Cuba OKs housing ownership
-18 Cuban dissidents offer new Agenda for the Transition
-Leftist Latin American trade alliance opens development bank in Cuba
-Cuban pacific opponent in prison denounces brutal beating by DTI officials.
-A Tuberculosis outbreak in Ariza.
-Human rights group blasts Cuba for abuses
-Cuba giving land to private farmers, hoping they'll do better than government
-Cuba Lifts Ban on DVD Players, Cell Phones
-Florida jury sends message to Cuba
-Letter to The Honorable President of the United States George W. Bush
-CUBAN PHYSICIAN, PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE, SUFFERS TORTURES AT THE HANDS OF COMMON PRISONERS

MARCH - 2008

-Liberals call for the freedom of all political prisoners in Cuba.
-Pacific opponents were detained in Bayamo
-Prisoners forced to talk about discipline in prison
-Official launching of “Cuba under Socialism, in the voice of its own people" by the Center for Research and Cuban Studies with the acronym in Spanish C.I.E.C., in the city of Miami.
-Strong police operative on Holy Saturday in Ranchuelo.
-Cuban prisoners were paroled due to accident incurred in a forced labor camp.
-Cuba: Report details religious rights abuses in prisons
-The Cuban Art Revolution
-Viva Castro's departure. Cuba in 2008 should be the Hong Kong or Singapore of Latin America
-PEN Calls for the Release of Imprisoned Colleagues on Fifth Anniversary of Cuba’s “Black Spring”
-Baptist Church parishioners gave ovation to the 75 political prisoners.
-They released anti government proclamations at the Ariza prison.
-They retaliated against the wife of a political prisoner.
-Press freedom group calls on Cuba to free journalists
- Message of Puente Informativo Cuba Miami
-Health of Cuban prisoner of conscience Margarito Broche is worsening.
-Movement of the Pacific Opposition honors Cuban Women.
-Friends of Free Expression and Information in Cuba:
-Antúnez in a hunger strike
-Prisoner of conscience Librado Linares Garcia refused to travel to Spain to never return to Cuba.
-Bush pays tribute to women of Myanmar, Cuba, Belarus
-Wall Street Journal reports Cuban link to FARC
-CURACAO/CURAZAO
-Bush blasts nations that disregard Cuban abuses
-Latin American presidents move to end crisis
-Venezuelan troops disrupt border town
-Documents show FARC ties to Venezuela, Ecuador
-Colombia wants charges against Chávez
-Statement of the Municipalities of Cuba and Human Rights
-The Liberal Union in Cuba accepts new organizations of the opposition.
-Dissidents in Trinidad were mistreated.
-Christian Trade unionists gathered to pray.
-Venezuela, Ecuador threaten Colombia
-Colombian police: Rebels sent Chávez money
-OAS to discuss Ecuador-Colombia border dispute
-Professor forecasts the future for a changing Cuba

FEBRUARY - 2008

-Cuba signs 2 human rights treaties
-Hope is in the people
-They blackmail family member of opponents in Holguin.
-Pacific opponent in Villa Clara was fired from employment.
-Statement on Cuba’s Transition
-RAUL CASTRO’S LONG HISTORY OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
-Raúl Castro elected Cuba's new president
-Castro: Not A President
-Underage Cuban locked in a punishment cell.
-They appointed a president for the organizing committee of the PSDC.
-Freedom for Dr. Biscet and all the Cuban political prisoners.
-US military keeps wary eye on Cuba
-Fidel Castro leaves Cuba stage to brother Raul
-Global Views on Castro and Cuba
-World doubts real change in Cuba
-COUNCIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEURS IN CUBA
-The Christian Liberation Movement on Fidel Castro's resignation
-Opponent in Cuba was savagely beaten.
-US rules out quick Cuba policy change
-Castro's move talk of the town in Miami
-Mexico to Refinance $400 Million Owed by Cuba, Bancomext Says
-Greetings friends and supporters of the Cuban Memorial
-Cuban Memorial is now being broadcasted live over the Internet and satellite information for the press
-Cuba to send 4 jailed dissidents into exile
-Crosses honor Castro's foes
-Cuban Memorial - Memorial Cubano
-HUNGER STRIKE FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATION
-Home decorated with anti government propaganda.
-Residents in Villa Clara unhappy with price increases.
-Chavez threatens to halt oil sales to US
-Former Cuban prisoner of conscience Antunez gravely ill in a hospital in Havana.
-CUBAN MEMORIAL SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES
-Mexico ex-official calls Cuba spy story 'false'
-FACTBOX - Possible changes in Cuba's leadership
-Report: Chavez pushing regional leadership with Cuba
-Millions march against Colombia rebels
-Rapid Succession, Slow Transition in Cuba
-Open Letter to International Community
-Ladies march for freedom in Cuba far from over
-National Executive Secretary of the Project of Independent Libraries of Cuba was detained.
-Cuban opponent transferred to prison pending trial for contempt and other charges.
-Political police approached Cuban citizen to confiscate a t-shirt with the word “Change/Cambio”
-They beat-up peaceful dissidents in Santa Clara
-Cuban activist detained under heavy police operative
-Arrested and tried opponent in Ciego de Avila

JANUARY - 2008


-Afflicted patients of specialized clinic in Baracoa
-Employment contract was denied to a dissident.
-Bush looking ahead to Cuba after Castro
-Chavez Pushes Regional Military Alliance Against U.S. (Update1)
-35 very ill political prisoners in Cuba, says right group
-Castro on Ballot in Cuba Parliament Vote
-Raft Still Exit Option for Cuban After 18 Tries
-REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER MEETING WITH ELSA MOREJON, WIFE OF PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM RECIPIENT OSCAR BISCET-
Bush accuses Cuba's Castro of repressive policies
-Cuba's Castro thought he was dying
-US Sold Cuba $600M in Agriculture Goods
-FOR ANTONIO DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ’S RIGHT TO LIFE AND LIBERTY
-"An opponent was unjustly expelled from his job"
-"Young man threatened due to friendship with young Cuban dissidents"
-The Sixth Cuban Memorial will take place in Miami, Florida.
-Movement of the opposition denounces the Cuban regime.
-"Farmer unjustly sent to prison in order to confiscate his land.
-"Camaguey was filled with anti government posters before dawn"
-"Inhumane conditions in Cuban prisons"
- TO CHOOSE TO BE FREE
-They are fasting protesting upcoming elections of the Castro regime.
-Brutal arrest of former political prisoner Raul Federico Caballero Rodriguez, also representative for “Plantados” in the Camaguey province.
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-They punish Cuban political prisoners of the Cause of the 75.
-A Special Punishment Regime was inaugurated in a prison in Cienfuegos
-The President of the Rural Labor Party of Manzanillo was arrested.
-U.S.: Nations should demand labor standards in Cuba
-Cuba: Number of political prisoners decreases
-Farmers hope to expand business to Cuba
-Castro says not yet ready to campaign
-Demand Medical Attention for Critically Ill Cuban Prisoners
-URGENT FROM HAVANA: OSWALDO PAYA DENOUNCES THE HORRID ATTACK AGAINST ROLANDO JIMENEZ POSADA IN GUAYABO PRISON ON THE ISLE OF YOUTH
-A NEW LIGHT FOR CUBA
-Havana blogger writes freely about life in Cuba
-Cuban television shows baseball defectors for first time
-URGENT FROM CANALETA PRISON, CIEGO DE AVILA. CUBA
-CUBAN DOCTOR AND PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE, DR. JOSE LUIS GARCIA PANEQUE, IS SUFFERING FROM BOUTS OF PROFUSE BLEEDING
-Labor Conditions in Cuba and the Social Responsibility of Foreign Investors**
-Cuban prisoner of conscience in punishment cell tries to commit suicide.
-Religious repression continues in the Island.
-The PPDHDC notifies the International community that a fast is taking place in Centro Havana.
-Indian Parliamentary delegation leaves for Cuba
-Top Vatican official making a trip to Cuba in February
-Cuban revolution victims now listed online
-Peaceful opponent expelled from his place of employment and his physical integrity in jeopardy.
-Press Freedom Round-up 2007
86 journalists killed in 2007 - up 244% over five years.