Censorship in Cuba

Cuba's Communist Party Worries About Our Tastes in Music

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.22.2012

Yoani Sanchez

The El Chupi Chupi video has been nominated for a Lucas Prize, but it was categorized as "horrible" by the president of the Cuban Music Institute. Fans of the composer don't know if he will remain in the competition and the media has almost stopped airing the song.

My Blog Is Once Again Visible In Cuba

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Yoani Sanchez

With just a click I managed to enter the site that, since March of 2008, has not been visible from a public place. This is a citizen victory over the demons of control.

The Devaluation of Piracy

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Yoani Sanchez

With their colorful covers and nylon sleeves, the new supply of CDs and DVDs fills every corner of my city. Selling music, TV series and movies is one...

Prosperity and Personal Well-being: "Completely contrary to the principles of our society"

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Yoani Sanchez

The response of the General Customs of the Republic to my complaint about the confiscation of ten copies of the book Cuba Libre is incredible. See wit...

Sleepwalking Through History, Officially Newsless In Cuba

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Yoani Sanchez

Special to the Huffington Post. Every day at half past six we have breakfast while watching the first morning news magazine on Cuban TV. Around nin...

What Did You Do When They Came For The Nonconformist?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Yoani Sanchez

Cubans are not living through a return of the cultural inquisitors, but rather the tightening of the screws of a dying system that has run out of arguments.