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Dissident Cuban Blogger & HS News Contributor Yoani Sanchez Sees Opportunity in Pope Visit
March 24, 2012 | by Voice of America | Latino Daily News
As Pope Benedict prepares to visit Cuba next week, a dissident blogger says the trip is a good time to showcase the real situation in the island nation. Even though Yoani Sánchez believes the visit will not have a major political impact, she says it will be a good opportunity because of the increased international attention that comes with a visit by the Pope. continue reading »
Yoani Sanchez- The Federation of Cuban Women Can’t Reinvent Itself
December 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
You turned six and were already waiting for your neck scarf, the slogan “Pioneers for communism, we will be like Che.” Later, you started high school and, automatically, without anyone asking you, joined the Federation of High School Students (FEEM). continue reading »
Yoani Sanchez From Cuba: The Starting Line
November 5, 2011 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
The Paseo del Prado has been unsettled for the last couple of days, and not just because of the hustlers hustling and the hookers trolling for tourists. The uproar comes from the new Decree-Law No. 288 continue reading »
Yoani Sanchez from Cuba: The Narrow Width
August 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
I felt a shock on learning that Diana Nyad would make an attempt to swim across the Florida Straits. I recalled the days in 1994, when my neighborhood of San Leopoldo was swarming with people building improvised rafts on which to launch themselves into the sea. continue reading »
Yoani Sánchez From Cuba: The Mansion, The Country
May 9, 2011 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
She has a five-bedroom house that is falling to pieces. She got it in the seventies when the family for whom she worked as a maid went into exile. At first she went through all the rooms each day, continue reading »
Cubans Fear- Go Bankrupt or Prosper…
February 27, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
For those who grew up in a country where the state, for decades, has been the monopoly employer, to be forced to make a living independently is like jumping into the void. Thus, workers are overcome with fear continue reading »
