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Category: CubaBy Curt on Jul 16, 2008 in Yoanni Sánchez, Generación Y, Cuba | 0 Comments
Cubanology writes to inform us that Potro Salvaje, a blog from Desde Cuba, Yoanni Sánchez’s outfit (Yoanni writes the Generación Y blog), has been blocked inside Cuba. Computers and cellular phones may be available in Cuba under the current Castro, but the ability to use them is not guaranteed. Potro Salvaje (”Wild Colt”) covers the […]
By Curt on Jul 12, 2008 in Cuba, Press, Committee to Protect Bloggers | 0 Comments
Update: Jose had something very important come up and we have had to postpone our discussion. I will let you know when, once we reschedule it.
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Jose & Ziva from “Cubanology’s Speak Your Mind,” a show on BlogTalkRadio, will be interviewing me today, Saturday, at 1:00 p.m. (PST). You can listen to Speak Your Mind live […]
By Curt on Jun 1, 2008 in Cuba, Threatened bloggers | 0 Comments
From Potro Salvaje, a Cuban blog
Cuban bloggers frequently type up their posts at home, copy them onto a Sandisk, then duck into a resort hotel to use their Internet connection to post it.
San in Spanish means “saint” and “cruz” means cross.
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Thanks to Jose at Cubanology.
By Curt on Apr 30, 2008 in Fundraising, Cuba, Committee to Protect Bloggers | 0 Comments
We have an opportunity to travel to Cuba and interview Cuban bloggers for a possible presentation on the Washington Post’s PostGlobal series. Please help us get there and get the information on these bloggers to the wider world. They’ve blossomed over the last year but have recently begun to see blocks and shut-downs. They occupy […]
By Curt on Mar 25, 2008 in Generación Y, Cuba, Blocked, Threatened bloggers | 3 Comments
Yoanni Sánchez’s Generación Y blog has been blocked within Cuba, according to USA Today’s On Deadline blog (via Reuters).
This is the most prominent of the first generation of Cuba’s blogs. It reportedly got 1.2 million visitors, especially after media in the U.S., France and elsewhere started writing about it.
By Curt on Feb 23, 2008 in Cuba | 2 Comments
Several times over the last couple of years we tried to find any evidence of blogging in Cuba, the last time was about a year ago. Then, there were none I could find (though they may have been out there somewhere). Now, there are a number of them, the best known of which is probably […]
By Curt on Oct 10, 2007 in Cuba | 2 Comments
Interesting article by Reuters on ZDNet about Cuban bloggers. A few years ago, they simply didn’t exist. There are still few of them but they’ve found a way to get off the Island.
When 32-year-old Yoani Sanchez wants to update her blog about daily life in Cuba, she dresses like a tourist and strides confidently into […]
