Shalom Cuba- Issue 13

A publication of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS)

NEWS United Nations Condemns Cuba for Arbitrary Detention of El Sexto  By Human Rights Foundation  The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) welcomes the U.N. determination that the November 2016 arrest and subsequent imprisonment of Cuban graffiti artist Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado was arbitrary...  Read story » Another Weekend In Cuba, Repression As Usual: Regime Arrests at Least 70 Dissidents  By Karina Martin  The Cuban regime saw to another repressive round of arrests this weekend, detaining at least 70 dissidents throughout Sunday, July 23. According to local media, it marks the 109th consecutive Sunday in which the regime has forcefully repressed Cuban citizens’ rights to free speech, to demonstrate and to attend church... Read story » Life remains difficult for workers with no other income  By Mario Penton and Luis Escobar  “The salary is not enough for anything. If you buy food, you can’t buy clothes. And if you buy clothes, you can’t eat,” said Sánchez, who lives in the south-central city of Cienfuegos.... Read story » SPOTLIGHT Cuba Has “Occupying Army” in Venezuela, OAS Secretary General Claims  By Orlando Avendaño  Cuba has an “occupation” army in Venezuela, according to Secretary General of the Organization of American States Luis Almagro. He spoke at a US Senate hearing on Wednesday, July 19, during which he expounded on Venezuela and Cuba’s long-standing relationship...  Read story » Cuba reins in entrepreneurs who take free enterprise too far  By Mimi Whitefield  Owning a few restaurants wouldn’t be a big deal in most places. But in a recent address to the National Assembly of People’s Power, Cuban leader Raúl Castro made it clear rules will be enforced, and anyone who hopes to start a mini-empire with multiple private businesses is mistaken... Read story » Cuban military's tentacles reach deep into economy  By Marc Frank  American tourists strolling the ample squares and narrow streets of colonial Havana may not know it, but from novelist Ernest Hemingway's famed Floridita bar to Sloppy Joe's eatery, they are probably patronizing businesses owned by Cuba's military... Read story »

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