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Generation Y Turns Five

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 04.09.2012

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Yoani Sanchez

A child of five starts school, but a blog of the same age has already taken more daring steps. Today, I am making an effort to remember that quiet and fearful woman, from before April 9, 2007, who created Generation Y. But I can't.

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And the Winner Is.....

Anthony DePalma | Posted 04.18.2012

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Anthony DePalma

Brazil wants to be wanted in the region, and during this trip the president made certain that the Cubans understood that Brazil is willing to help them experiment delicately with capitalism. That, she said, will be Brazil's big contribution to Cuba.

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A New Year Different then Yoani's

John McAuliff | Posted 03.11.2012

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John McAuliff

Ms. Sanchez is entitled to her views, and has played a helpful role of supporting travel to Cuba by all Americans in conflict with the position of Miami hardliners. But how often does she write about positive sides of Cuban life?

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Raul Castro's Daughter Engages In Twitter Fight With Dissident Blogger

Posted 01.09.2012

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Raul Castro's daughter, Mariela Castro Espin, and Cuban dissident/HuffPost blogger Yoani Sanchez got into a pretty gnarly Twitter spat yesterday short...

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Concern Grows Over Plan to Drill for Oil Near Florida Keys

Michael Deibert | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Environment, Repsol YPF, Florida Keys, Cuba, Deepwater Horizon, Key West, Yoani Sanchez, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Gulf of Mexico, Bp, Ongc, Statoil, Saipem, Everglades, Green News
Michael Deibert

The news that the Spanish oil giant, Repsol, intends to begin exploratory drilling in the waters directly north of Cuba, has set off a chorus of criticism in Cuba's neighbor to the north: the United States.

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In Cuba, The Voice Of A Blogging Generation

nytimes.com | LARRY ROHTER | Posted 09.05.2011

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Like any other first-time author, Yoani Sánchez was looking forward to receiving copies of her book, “Cuba Libre,” after it was published last ye...

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Yoani Sánchez Forbidden by Cuba to Collect Her Award; CEPOS Freedom Prize Presented in Absentia

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 07.05.2011

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Thor Halvorssen

Yoani Sánchez -- the world-renowned Cuban blogger and philologist -- will be honored here with the inaugural Freedom Award by CEPOS. But there's one oddity: Yoani is forbidden to leave her country to accept the award.

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Four Years, Nine Months and One Blog

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 06.11.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

Just when you've forgotten how to teach a baby to walk, you give birth to a blog. A website to help articulate its first words, to warn of dangers ahead, and to show a world that you don't quite understand yourself.

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Lest Cuba Become Egypt: The Choreography of Authoritarianism

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

I don't know how a military parade can be beautiful, what emotion can be found in these synchronized automatic beings. But the resulting effect I know well.

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My Repression Is Her Chance to Watch Her Soap Opera

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

I'm unexpectedly overcome by horror, someone just thanked me for being raw meat for the surveillance machinery, the target of guards.

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Egypt 2.0

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

I have not experienced a revolution, much less a citizen revolution, but this week, despite the caution of the official news, I have the sense that the Suez Canal and the Caribbean Sea are not so far apart, not so different.

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The House Agriculture Committee Asks America to Step Off the Sidelines in Cuba

Sarah Stephens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Stephens

Rather than continuing the fiction that isolation will bring down the Castro government, the House Agriculture Committee proposes an entirely different approach.

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For Cubans, The Stigma of Prosperity

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

The desire to be competitive was punished with labels very difficult to expunge from our dossiers, accusations such as self-sufficient or immodest.

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Cuba's Dissidents Are Speaking Up: Is Congress Listening?

Sarah Stephens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Stephens

Seventy-four of Cuba's most politically prominent dissidents have signed a letter to Members of the U.S. Congress asking them to support legislation to legalize travel to Cuba for all Americans and to increase sales of U.S. food to the island.

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Does Zapata's Death Mark a Turning Point for Cuba?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

Last week's death in prison of the human rights activist Orlando Zapata Tamayo continues to reverberate throughout Cuba and the world.

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Cuba Detains US Contractor

New York Times | MARC LACEY and GINGER THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAVANA -- A United States government contract worker, who was distributing cellphones, laptops and other communications equipment in Cuba on behalf of...

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President Obama's Answers to My Questions

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

I submitted seven questions to the American president, Barack Obama. He kindly took the time to respond; following are the answers I received from the White House.

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Reinaldo Escobar, Spouse Of Top Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez, Attacked By Pro-Castro Mob

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) HAVANA — The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenge...

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A People, a Country, in Waiting

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

A friend swore to me that he would not go to the beach until he could buy a beer in national currency. My neighbor gave her word that she would not cut her hair before a certain date longed for by many Cubans.

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The Younger Generation is Coming Like a Whirlwind to Dismantle Everything

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

As the Cuban population has aged, the senile worry about preserving memories has displaced the restless creativity of youth.

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Yoani Sanchez: Obama Answers Top Cuban Blogger

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAVANA — President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the s...

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Yoani Sanchez, HuffPost Blogger In Cuba, Not Allowed To Accept Columbia Award

AP | ANNE-MARIE GARCIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAVANA A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country's communist system said she was denied go...

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War Games In Cuba

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

More and more people are pointing a finger at the true origin of Cuba's problems and, though it comes as a surprise to the champions of the battle, their fingers do not appear to be pointing abroad.

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The Faces of Those Who Repress Us [PHOTOS]

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

After what happened last Friday--my kidnapping and beating by plainclothes State Security agents--I decided to bring to light a series of pictures of people who watch and harass me.

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Yoani Sanchez, HuffPost Blogger In Cuba, Accused Of 'Provocation'

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cuban authorities accused blogger Yoani Sanchez on Wednesday of staging a "provocation against the Cuban Revolution" after she and others spoke public...

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