AltWeeklies Wire
Hooray for Havana!new
Faded, crumbling and 60 years after la Revolución, Cuba’s once-notorious and time-frozen capital can still show a visitor a good time. The Mirror flies south for five days of local attractions, rum, dancing, male prostitution and “Chan Chan.”
Montreal Mirror |
Roxane Hudon |
08-12-2011 |
International
Idaho's Cuban Connectionnew
Idaho is closer to Cuba than you'd think.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-08-2010 |
International
Tags: Cuba, Juan Serrano
The Martyr and the Stool Pigeonnew
Untold tales behind the release of the imprisoned Cuban journalists.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
07-26-2010 |
International
Tags: Cuba, Manuel David Orrio
A Reporter Finds Getting to Cuba Easier Than Getting Outnew
Officials on the U.S. side were polite but firm when my family returned to Vermont from a two-week visit to Cuba. They ripped apart a red Che Guevara T-shirt I’d bought for my daughter. And they sliced up the two necklaces — total value $2 — that Liam had bought on a beach.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
01-29-2010 |
International
Cuba's Black Market Moves Online with Revolico.comnew
On an island where selling almost anything on the street, over the airwaves, or in the newspaper is forbidden by the socialist constitution, Revolico offers tens of thousands of items. Legions of Habaneros shop on the site every day, making it the most obvious crack yet in the foundation of Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink and Vanessa Grisalez |
10-05-2009 |
International
A Darker Look at Che's Revolutionnew
There's little question that, as former top CIA analyst Brian Latell puts it, Gustavo Villoldo played a "very critical role in the capture of Che Guevara." But while some exiles consider Gustavo a hero, Che fans and scholars such as UCLA's Peter McLaren call him a "narrow-minded ideologue who set out to avenge his father and took his anger out on a great man."
Miami New Times |
Tim Elfrink |
08-10-2009 |
International
The Cuban Revolution at 50new
I have learned one thing from my various visits to Cuba over the years, and that is not to predict the demise of the regime. Nevertheless, change may be lurking around the corner at last, for Barack Obama represents the greatest danger that the regime has faced since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of its subsidies seventeen years ago.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
01-09-2009 |
International
Vermonters Sue U.S. Over Travel to Cubanew
"No other country gets this sort of treatment," said Jared Carter, a second-year student at Vermont Law School. "Prisoners in jail who committed mass murder have more access to their family members than we do."
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-07-2008 |
International
Tags: Cuba, international
Fidel's Gone. Yawn.new
The day el dictador quit was a bizarre one at Versailles, in Hialeah, and on Miami streets.
Miami New Times |
Tamara Lush |
02-25-2008 |
International
Vamos a Cuba!new
Join us as we try to hitch a ride to the island before the gold rush strikes.
Miami New Times |
Calvin Godfrey |
02-25-2008 |
International
Tags: Cuba, international
Butch vs. The Cuban Embargo: An Exclusive Reportnew
A Miami political operative says he wants to expose Americans to the glories of Cuba -- he may be the country's best hope for lifting the longtime travel ban that the United States has placed on Cuba.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
04-25-2007 |
International
