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Cuba Detains U.S. Contractor

New York Times | MARC LACEY and GINGER THOMPSON | Posted 12.12.2009 | World

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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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A People, a Country, in Waiting

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

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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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War Games In Cuba

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

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

Posted 11.21.2009 | World

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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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Yoani Sanchez: Obama Answers Top Cuban Blogger

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

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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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President Obama's Answers to My Questions

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

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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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The Younger Generation is Coming Like a Whirlwind to Dismantle Everything

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

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

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The Faces of Those Who Repress Us [PHOTOS]

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

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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, Not Allowed To Accept Columbia Award

AP | ANNE-MARIE GARCIA | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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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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Beloved Cuban Singer: "We are Paralyzed... We Make Plans for a Future That Never Comes Nearer."

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Beyond the strings of his guitar he modulated his best tune yesterday, the one that raises dissent and the finger of the citizen pointed at power. It's the same tune hummed by thousands.

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In Cuba, Isolated Islanders Wait For The Internet

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

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A vague completion date, and the question of whether it will bring information for all, surrounds the submarine cable linking Cuba and Venezuela.

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Solutions for Cuba: Let Everyone Speak

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Let everyone speak, no matter whether in complaint or in support of a proposal designed to address the problems.

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50 Years Later We Ask: When did the Cuban Revolution Die?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

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In 1975, the year I was born in Cuba, nothing remained of the rebellion that the older people remembered. We had neither long hair nor euphoria.

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Cuba Cracks Down On Bloggers

Mother Jones | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

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Havana-based writer Yoani Sanchez was recently named by Time magazine as one the 100 most influential people in the world, and she won the 2008 Ortega...

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