What do you stand for?
U.S. diplomacy sees the blogger Yoani Sánchez a credible alternative to traditional dissent and rely on her, which explains her international fame…
Salim Lamrani
Salim Lamrani holds a PhD in Iberian and Latin American Studies from Sorbonne University, and is Professor of Latin American History at the Université de La Réunion, specializing in relations between Cuba and the United States.
His latest book in English is Cuba, the Media and the Challenge of Impartiality: https://monthlyreview.org/product/cuba_the_media_and_the_challenge_of_impartiality/
Introduction For half a century, U.S. foreign policy toward Havana, which goal is regime change, has rested on two pillars: drastic economic…
On October 25, 2010, the EU decided to maintain the Common Position on Cuba, imposed in 1996 by former Spanish President Jose…
The question of the number of "political prisoners" in Cuba is subject to controversy. According to the Cuban government, there are no political…
The dialogue with Cuban authorities initiated by the Catholic Church and Spain has been successful. Indeed, after releasing prisoner Ariel Sigler in…
We will now analyze the human rights situation in France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic. Human rights…
In the West, the name Cuba is inevitably associated with the issue of human rights.European and U.S. media stigmatize the largest island…
President Obama showed signs of insight and intelligence in declaring that the U.S. should "embrace a new era of engagement based on…
On August 2, 2009, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) issued a statement denouncing the closure of "thirty four broadcast media at the government’s…
On May 20, 2009, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) published a statement on Cuba declaring that “anyone can browse the internet…unless they are…