Catholic Church in Cuba

Prisoner release is no sign of a new era

July 11, 2010

Columnist Andres Oppenheimer in today’s The Oppenheimer Report: Cuba’s announcement that it will free 52 political prisoners over the next four months is a welcome development, but Spain’s Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos’ claim that this opens a “new phase in Cuba” is ludicrous. [...] First, Cuba has a long history of using political prisoners as [...]

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52 political prisoners to be freed (Updated)

July 7, 2010

Cuba’s communist authorities are to free at least 52 political prisoners (destined for exile in Spain), Catholic Church officials in the capital Havana said. [BBC] The Archdiocese of Havana’s Press Release (pdf) on the prisoners’ release. Further coverage from AP; AFP; Reuters; EFE; VOA; El País; La Razón.  

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Miscellanea

July 7, 2010

An El Salvadoran national detained in Caracas will be extradited “in the coming hours” to Cuba, where he is wanted for a string of terrorist bombings in the late 1990s. [Wall Street Journal] Some changes are in the works for Radio and TV Martí. [Radio World] Spanish FM: Spain hopes Cuba’s agreement with Roman Catholic [...]

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Widening political role of Catholic Church in Cuba?

June 16, 2010

Listen to the report from National Public Radio (NPR).

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Cardinal says Cuba is in crisis

April 20, 2010

The head of the Catholic Church in Cuba, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, says it is in one of its worst crises in recent times and people are openly criticising the socialist system, reports the BBC. Cardinal Jaime Ortega told Palabra Nueva (a newsletter of the Archdiocese of Havana) that there was a national consensus that the [...]

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