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Social Upheaval In Cuba Reminds Us Of The Need For Change

April 10, 2024 Sandra Maria Borges Cuba

Cuba witnessed a rarity on March 17—protests. Hundreds participated in demonstrations throughout Santiago de Cuba—the island’s second largest city—chanting for electricity and food. According to a report on NBC News by Ed Augustus, a British journalist based in Havana, tensions in Cuba have been simmering as a result of… Read the rest at our website.

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Cuba Needs To Stop Being Used As A Political Tool

October 17, 2022 Sabrina Chaviano Politics, Cuba

Since the 1959 Revolution, Cuba has been used as a political pawn to promote radical ideologies. This political game has only endured due to the ignorance of the country’s history and disregard by major media outlets to cover most of the nation’s events. During the 2021 Cuban Protests, unjust… Read the rest at our website.

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Center Signs With MDC After Defecting From Cuba’s National Basketball Team

September 29, 2022 Scarlling Manzanarez Cuba, Student Athletes

When Susan Summons got a call this summer informing her that a six-foot-five-inch player from Cuba’s national basketball team had defected and was living in South Florida, she was intrigued. Five days after arriving in Miami, 25-year-old Lianyi Becquer Leblanch—who had represented Cuba since she was 16—got a call… Read the rest at our website.

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SOS Cuba Advocates For Human Rights On The Caribbean Island

September 23, 2021 Carolina Soto Cuba

Janet Cuni grew tired of arguing with relatives whose ideologies aligned with the dictatorship in Cuba, so she searched for a way out. She found her answer in 1997. The then 20-year-old took a job as a crew member for Corsica Ferries-Sardinia Ferries and acquired a temporary living permit… Read the rest at our website.

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Thousands Attend Rally At Freedom Tower, Demand Democracy In Cuba

July 18, 2021 Ammy Sanchez Cuba

More than 3,000 people attended a rally on July 17 at the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard—chanting “Patria y Vida” and “Libertad” as they waved Cuban and American flags—to protest the deteriorating living conditions in Cuba. “That’s what’s going to happen tonight, [we’ll hear] the voices of those who… Read the rest at our website.

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Patria Y Vida Calls For Cubans Everywhere To Speak Out Against The Regime

March 1, 2021 Alina Halley Cuba, artists

Thirty years ago, Cuban-American musician Willy Chirino stepped on stage in Panama before a crowd of more than 3,000 Cuban detainees. As they struggled with El Periodo Especial—a terrible economic crisis that followed the fall of the Soviet Union—he sang and told them their day was coming. Thirty years… Read the rest at our website.

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Freedom Tower Showcases Josefina Tarafa’s Photographs In Exhibition

January 15, 2021 Amanda Rana Freedom Tower, Cuban, Cuba, Photography

Miami Dade College’s Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Blvd., is presenting Remaking Miami: Josefina Tarafa’s Photographs of the 1970s at their Cuban Legacy Gallery through Jan. 28. The exhibition, which started last November, features the work of Josefina Tarafa. She was a photographer, editor and philanthropist who documented how Cuban… Read the rest at our website.

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Student Uses Medieval Instrument To Connect To Spanish Roots

March 30, 2020 Adriana Dos Santos Asturias, Spain, Hurdy-gurdy, musical instrument, Music, Miami, Cuba

Beatriz Martinez Trujillo believes in paying close attention to your dreams. In 2002, she dreamt of walking along a narrow path in a rugged forest in Asturias—a region of northwestern Spain. Martinez Trujillo traveled into the region’s steep hills, historic sites and blue-green sea along the coast. “That dream… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus Photo Briefing

Photo Briefing – November 26, 2019

November 22, 2019 The Reporter Staff Art, Cuba, Exhibition, installation, MOAD, Freedom Tower

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NWSA To Present Play By Playwright Federico García Lorca

November 22, 2019 William Sanchez Cuban, Cuba, Play, NWSA, culture, Federico Garcia Lorca

New World School of the Arts, 25 N.E. 2nd St., will present a play entitled Yerma by Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca on Dec. 6 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 5903. There will also be a second showing on Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The play,… Read the rest at our website.

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