dissidents

Dissident dies, tanks roll

January 20, 2012

Orlando Luis Pardo tweeted there was movement of tanks via rail from Via Blanca (Paso Superior) on the outskirts of Havana. Is this movement in response to yesterday’s death of dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza after his hunger strike? The same occurred when dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo death was announced in 2010.

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Winds of change?

November 2, 2011

Daniel Calingaert, Vice President for Policy and External Relations at Freedom House, discusses FH’s recent survey conducted in Cuba in a blog post at Freedom at Issue: The government shows no intention of opening up the political system. At the Communist Party congress in April, when Castro welcomed a “new generation” of leaders, they were led by revolution-era [...]

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Escalation of repression

October 3, 2011

The Wall Street Journal‘s Mary A. O’Grady on the Cuban government’s increased repression against dissidents and Havana’s view of the United States’ recent loosening of policies as a sign of  weakness: The nongovernmental organization Capitol Hill Cubans has reported that in the first 12 days of September, authorities detained 168 peaceful activists. These “express detentions” are [...]

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Cuban autumn?

September 15, 2011

Via Global Post: But while the Arab Spring is still in full effect in many countries, opponents of the Castro government have gained little momentum for a “Cuban Autumn.”…Now activists are once more testing Raul Castro’s tolerance for public protest — and whether the tactics used by tweeting insurgents in the Middle East could spread [...]

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Cuba after Castro

September 14, 2011

From the Hudson Institute: The death of a charismatic leader such as Fidel Castro, along with the pursuit of economic liberalization, could, however, lead to the disappearance of Castroism, and with it, the dictatorial regime — but not without a price to pay. Raul Castro lacks charisma, historical legitimacy and the needed consensus among the [...]

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Supercomputer predicts revolution

September 12, 2011

Via BBC: Feeding a supercomputer with news stories could help predict major world events, according to US research. A study, based on millions of articles, charted deteriorating national sentiment ahead of the recent revolutions in Libya and Egypt. While the analysis was carried out retrospectively, scientists say the same processes could be used to anticipate [...]

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