Tag: Repression

Notes from a Hunt at the Ramp

I rush my daughter’s lunch so much that the fried chicken is underdone (I make it with...

Trials Begin for Cuba Protesters without Defense Attorneys

“Summary” proceedings to sentence participants in the July 11th protests for crimes of inciting public disorder and...

The Last Prison of Maykel Osorbo

I spoke with Maykel Osorbo the morning of his arrest, on Tuesday, May 18th. By that date the...

Hamlet, Villa Marista and Me

I had imagined how our meeting would go. He would arrive in a car and I would...

“No One Applauded”. Interview with Carlos Alejandro Rodríguez Martínez

Carlos Alejandro Rodríguez Martínez (Placetas, 1991) earned his bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the Universidad Central “Marta...

The State vs Luis Robles, or How to Turn...

They say that journalism is telling what someone does not want to be known. Perhaps, increasingly, it...

José Raúl Gallego: “Journalism is Not Compatible with Totalitarianism”

José Raúl Gallego Ramos (Camagüey, 1986) graduated from the University of Havana in 2010 with a Bachelor’s...

Schmittians of the Caribbean

Sovereign is he who decides on the exception. Carl Schmitt Autocracies are political machines, implacable and resistant, that run...