From our Bureau of Black Humor with some assistance from our Bureau of Humor Apartheid How's this for black humor: Castro, Inc. is inviting cartoonists from around the world to attend a political humor convention. Yeah, that's really funny, sure. One of the most repressive countries on earth is celebrating the art of political cartoons.
While the Cuban people starve and suffer shortages of fuel, electricity, and medicine, the communist dictatorship is busy promoting the business of importing luxury cars. Why would they do that, you may ask. Well, it's because feeding and providing basic goods to the Cuban people costs the regime money, while importing cars makes them money.
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Yoani Sanchez writes in 14yMedio from Havana via Translating Cuba: Eamon Gilmore and the Many Traps on His Trip to Cuba This week, the visit of the special representative of the European Union (EU) for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore, is expected in Cuba. The national context in which the official arrives could not be more adverse. In
June 2023 in the Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.