CUBAN CULTURAL NIGHT Macha Theatre part of Macha Theatre/Films, presents Cuban Cultural Night, celebrating Cuba's independence from Spain, with the premier of the documentary “I Am The Other Cuba" (Soy La Otra Cuba) which sheds light on the current state of Cuba, its revolutionary past, and its uncertain path toward an unknown future. Featuring interviews [...]

For the record, I know from personal experience that Ileana cares.  I once contacted her office over concerns for the health of an activist in Cuba; I received an immediate response, and she followed through with her promise to help. From the good Congresswoman: PRESS RELEASE For more information: September 13, 2012 Alex Cruz, 305-668-5994 [...]

For immediate release: Diaz-Balart: Cuban Hunger Strikers Need Our Solidarity and Our Support Washington, D.C. Sept. 13, 2012 Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart spoke on the House Floor regarding the hunger strike underway in Cuba by brave human rights and pro-democracy activists to protest the regime's brutal oppression and the unjust imprisonment of political prisoners. The growing [...]

Yoani Sanchez tweeted earlier today that Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo has been detained by Cuban authorities. Apparently, as he was being arrested, he had the good sense to dial her number and leave his cell phone in his pocket so she could listen in. Yoani is now in the process of tracking Orlando down, going [...]

In this video, Osmel Rodríguez of Movimiento Cristiano Liberacion (MCL) urges the Christian Democrat Organization of America (or ODCA, for Organización Demócrata Cristiana de América) to seek an independent investigation of the deaths of MCL leaders Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero. In Spanish / En español

Cuban Reforms Take on 'Free' Health Care Cuba's system of free medical care, long considered a birthright by its citizens and trumpeted as one of the communist government's great successes, is not immune to cutbacks under Raúl Castro's drive for efficiency. The health sector has already endured millions of dollars in budget cuts and tens [...]