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~Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale As a Cuba scholar, a student of literature and politics, and an enthusiastic reader of Margaret Atwood’s work, I have collected articles and media clips over the years related to the Grande Dame of CanLit’s many private and official visits to Cuba. Frankly, the file is thin. Generally, scholars engage with her important body of work (more than 60 books, fiction and non-fiction), without mentioning this topic. It is an interesting footnote, no more. Why interesting? Because it illustrates, in her case and as a pattern, how an inquiring mind sincerely committed to human rights and democratic values can turn off its critical antennae. Atwood allowed herself to become a compliant guest in a country that checks almost all the boxes of totalitarianism, minus extensive terror: a single-party state, no rule of law, arbitrary arrests (2,000 of them during the first eight months of last year), stultifying media (even Raúl Castro says so) ....
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Cuba launches book of Raul Castro s public speeches Thu, Jun 03 2021 01:31:30 PM Havana, June 3 (IANS): A book of public speeches, statements and interviews given by former Cuban President Raul Castro to the press was launched here. Broadcast by the state TV, the launch event on Wednesday was attended by incumbent President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other senior officials, reports Xinhua news agency. Addressing the audience, Abel Prieto, president of the Casa de las Americas cultural institution, said that this book was a present to mark Castro s 90th birthday on Thursday. Titled The Revolution: the most beautiful work , Prieto said that this book covers more than a decade of transcendental events for the nation , adding it is to become a must reading for all Cubans . ....
Cuban artist Jesús Hdez-Güero in his studio in Madrid. Courtesy of the artist With the work Luis Manuel-Boitel (2020) the visual artist Jesús Hdez-Güero, based in Madrid, joins the support of a wide swathe of the Cuban artistic community for Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who in the last six months has gone on two hunger strikes to demand freedom of creation and an end to the repression of dissenters. The collage, part of the Proteus Syndrome series, with two versions forming a diptych, also evokes the Cuban poet Pedro Luis Boitel, a fundamental figure in the history of dissidence on the island, who died 53 days after declaring ....
Casa de las Americas reiterates support for peace in Colombia Casa de las Americas reiterates support for peace in Colombia Havana, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The president of Casa de las Americas, Abel Prieto, on Friday reiterated the entity s support for Colombian promoters of peace, justice and dignity for all. On Twitter, the Cuban intellectual attached importance to the growing international repudiation against the repression of the Duque government against the civilian population in the main cities. Prieto also alluded to the press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the ambassador of Bogota in Havana referring to the declaration of the Cuban diplomat Omar Rafael Garcia Lazo as persona non grata in Colombia, which reiterates the serious and rigorous commitment of Cuban diplomats with the obligations of the Vienna Convention. ....