Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy New Year!

If you have a special message or a special message to the people of Cuba, please leave a comment. THEY DO read our sites in clandestine. I can't tell you that 2008 WILL be the year that Cuba will be FREED from its bondage due to the apartheid dictatorship. I can only ask that we do not give up the fight!


The DAY will come!


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Operation Mini-me



Authorized by Alfredo Pong.

"EL 2007 HA SIDO EL AÑO DE MAYOR REPRESIÓN CONTRA LAS DAMAS DE BLANCO"...

2007-12-21.

Carlos Serpa Maceira, Corresponsal en la isla de Misceláneas de Cuba

La Habana, 21 de diciembre.- El año 2007 se convirtió en el de mayor represión para Las Damas de Blanco, madres, esposas y otros familiares de presos políticos en Cuba, aseguró Laura Pollán Toledo, integrante del colectivo de mujeres en declaraciones exclusivas ofrecidas a este periodista en la Habana.


Laura Pollán Toledo, esposa del periodista independiente Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, condenado a 20 años de prisión dijo: “En marzo tuvimos 3 días de represión, ahora para el 10 de diciembre también tuvimos una represión masiva. Sin contar los actos de repudios que han hecho de forma individual a varias mujeres.”


La entrevistada precisó: “En ninguno de los actos de repudios que nos han dado, ellos han tenido aceptación. Las Damas de Blanco hemos sabido dignamente acatar ese momento tan difícil. Nosotras como seguidoras de Gandi y de Martin Luther King, hemos sido pacíficas, no hemos aceptado las provocaciones, y eso es lo que más le enfurece.”

Pollán destacó que en ocasión del 59 Aniversario del Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos, Las Damas de Blanco entregaron 500 declaraciones de derechos humanos al pueblo en las calles de la Habana.

“Siempre que vamos por las calles el verdadero pueblo nos dice Que Dios las bendiga, Tenga fe, Pronto van a ver la libertad, Estamos con ustedes, Ustedes tienen el corazón en el medio del pecho, y esto se puede considerar un logro de Las Damas de Blanco”, enfatizó.


“Este es el año que también más solidaridad nos han mostrado, ya que la solidaridad no es de España, Estados Unidos, Italia solamente; vinieron muchachas de Perú. Vamos ganando poco a poco nuestro espacio a nivel internacional. Lo que demuestra que no estamos solas en la lucha. Y que mientras mayor sea la presión, más rápido saldrán nuestros familiares de las prisiones,” puntualizó Pollán.

Reportó desde La Habana, el periodista Carlos Serpa Maceira, de la Agencia de Prensa Sindical Press y corresponsal en la isla de Misceláneas de Cuba.

"NUESTROS REYES MAGOS"- Castulo Gregorisch

Saturday, December 29, 2007

I am sick and tired......

I hope all of you had a MERRY CHRISTMAS! This year was special since we spent it with family for the first time in years, but one thing irritates me... We all gathered at a relatives house for a good ole fashioned Cuban style lechon! During the festivities this recent arrival from South America tries to LECTURE my father about Cuba and about the United States. Can you imagine this? He goes on how HE has visited Cuba and the very town my dear father is from and PRAISING the apartheid dictatorship and blaming the U.S. for all of Cuba's woes. My father who always has great composure(NOT me!) wen't on to basically school him about how HE is from CUBA, HE was there during the revolution, and how HE and millions of Cubans have had to endure the nightmare of an apartheid dictatorship.

That is the problem, everyone blames the U.S, yet it's the apartheid dictatorship who took power(never voted in) and took away all the FREEDOMS! Who ordered all the executions? Who ordered all those in prison simply for opposing ideas? Who instituted the ration books, Who confiscated personal properties? Who orders the brutal violence against dissidents who march peacefully?

This recent arrival comments on the beauty of this house and how HE wants to have a house like this now, not knowing the hard work and years my relatives have been busting their ass!


If you don't like the United States, then get out and go live in Cuba. Why did you come here?

Monday, December 24, 2007

Meaning of Christmas?

Meaning of Christmas? I am still learning and yearning for the TRUE meaning of Christmas. Yes, our Lord savior was born for us, but over the years myself and many need to be reminded of this message. True sacrifice for others, how many have died or are in prison standing up for FREEDOM and for an entire country! You can't put that in a box or in a Christmas card.

We all are given special gifts! God has blessed me with a beautiful, loving, and most caring(should get bonus points for this!) wife and wonderful children!

What more can I ask for?

I have been blessed with the greatest parents! Always there with a smile and a "how can I help you!" I really don't know how to thank you. God bless you my dear parents!

What more can I ask for?

I have been blessed with an awesome brother! Thanks for sharing the special news with me yesterday. Of all the presents that will be exchanged this Christmas, that was the most special Christmas gift. God Bless you mi hermano!

What more can I ask for? I have been blessed with special friends WHO always stand behind me with support! God bless you my friends!


God, THANK YOU for ALL the special blessings!



.....one more thing God.....can you bless us with a FREE Cuba, not for me, but for the Cuban people, my parents and my family, and for all THOSE who sacrificed so much.


GOD bless you ALL and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Deja Vu!




Merry Christmas!

To all my family, friends, readers, and fellow bloggers: "Merry Christmas." To the people of Cuba: that all free nations of the world will finally recognize that it's time for FREEDOM and JUSTICE, and finally "FELIZ NAVIDAD"

Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Spirit of Christmas



We all have problems and those problems seem to be magnified during the holidays. Yours truly has faced a year of major changes, health issues, and with my career. I have felt that we have been hexed or cursed due to the El Café Cubano blog. How selfish of me! I need to be THANKFUL for what I have been blessed with. It is a time for giving and HELPING those in need!

Nuestro hermano Darío Martinez needs our HELP! He needs a bone narrow transplant, but that’s not all, he just wants to LIVE long enough to see his wife give birth in 3 months. PLEASE find it in your heart to help this family!


You can help by calling the Wish Book at 305-376-2906 or e-mailing wishbook@miamiherald.com.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Mensaje Dr. Darsi Ferrer

Hola amigos:
Lamento disponer de muy poco tiempo de acceso a la Internet.
Tengo muchos correos por contestar de amigos solidarios con nuestra lucha, les prometo que en la medida posible les contestaré.

El 10 de diciembre se demostró que el día de la Nación cubana está muy cerca. No tengo cómo agradecer tanta solidaridad. Quedó demostrado que juntos lograremos nuestra meta.

Gracias a TODOS, no tengo plabras para describir lo que siento en estos momentos.
Un abrazo y cosas buenas,
Darsi

This illustration says it all!


Authorized by Alfredo Pong.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Slap in the face....

Lap dog Felipe Perez Roque said that apartheid Cuba "WILL" sign the civil rights accord and a few blocks away at the same time, apartheid supporters were harassing with FORCE and SHOUTING down the marchers for human rights.

Again the apartheid dictatorship gets away with brutalizing and intimidating citizens with out any recourse or condemnation from news organizations or other countries?


The spilled blood of the Cuban people is a direct result of the apartheid dictatorship along with those who support this regime and those who choose to look the other way.

50 YEARS of an APARTHEID DICTATORSHIP!




Repression against FREEDOM in Cuba!






Brutal repression against Human Rights marchers in Cuba continued.....





Brutal repression against the Human Rights March in Cuba





Reprimen 'brutalmente' la marcha por el Día de los Derechos Humanos





Damas de Blanco





H/T to a fellow FREEDOM fighter who wishes to remain anonymous

Consulado de Cuba en Barcelona




These pictures from Penultimos Dias


Sunday, December 09, 2007

Press Release: March against the Apartheid dictatorship in Cuba on Monday December 10th






Havana, November 20, 2007.
We call upon all Cubans to commemorate International Human Rights Day on December 10th, by exercising our right to demonstrate in a PEACEFUL SILENT MARCH as a protest of the immoral and illegal APARTHEID policy imposed by the Cuban government.
It is the duty all people to assume individual responsibility and confront the tragedy facing the nation, to urge political, economic and social changes that benefit EVERYONE, and to facilitate an end to this humiliating situation in which a powerful few violate sovereignty and enjoy privileges all while discriminating against the majority simply because they are citizens.
Governments, institutions, organizations and human beings in general have an obligation to promote respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, as well as ensure their recognition and universal and effective application.
Our appeal, by our participation on that day, will be for the recognition, in every corner of the earth, of the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family.
Never in the history of the nation has there existed such an ANTI-CUBAN government. The current constitution recognizes rights and freedoms for Cubans (Article 42 and 43), the penal code condemns as a felony any application of apartheid (Article 120-1 and 295-1); in practice the two laws are systematically violated by the established official public policy.
Despite the fact that the Cuban government is a member of the newly created United Nations Council for Human Rights, it violates its pledge to be a signatory of the international convention on repression and punishment for the crime of apartheid.
The march will take place at the park located at Calzada between D and E, in El Vedado. The start time for the march will be 11:00 A.M. and will consist of walking around the park, in silence, to avoid any kind of disorder and provocation.
We urge Cubans living outside the island to conduct activities on the 10th of December, at the same hour, in commemoration of this important date, and thus extend their support and solidarity to the march.
We call upon the international organizations dedicated to the defense of human rights to join and contribute by promoting the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the elimination of APARTHEID in Cuba.
In particular, we expect that the authorities of the government of Cuba to ensure order during the march and prevent, on this occasion, abuses by state security apparatus.
Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramirez, Cuban citizen.
¿Por qué protestamos?
1) A los cubanos se les discrimina por su origen nacional.LOS CUBANOS NO PUEDEN EN SU PROPIO PAÍS:
- Acudir a un hospital digno
- Alojarse en un hotel
- Disfrutar de las mejores playas
- Comprarse o disponer de un vehículo
- Poseer un teléfono móvil
- Tener libre acceso a internet
- Abrir un negocio propio
- Etc...LOS EXTRANJEROS Y LA MINORÍA GOBERNANTE SÍ PUEDEN.(Lea los artículos del Dr. Ferrer para más información)
2) En Cuba se violan sistemáticamente la mayoría de los Derechos Humanos
- No se puede salir ni regresar libremente del país. (Viola el art 13.1 de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos)
- No se reconoce la propiedad, ni individual ni colectiva (Viola el art 17)- No se puede residir donde uno desee dentro del país (Viola el art 13.2)
- Sólo se permite un único partido político (Viola el art 21)
- No existe la libertad sindical ni de asociación (Viola el art 20)
- Todos los medios de comunicación son del gobierno (Viola el art 19)
- Promover los Derechos Humanos es un delito (Viola el art 26)
- No hay libertad de contratación ni remuneración (Viola el art 23)- Etc...

Opositor Secuestrado y torturado en Cuba por la Seguridad del Estado, denuncia al régimen castrista.

Yury Martínez Sánchez de 34 años de edad

Miembro del Movimiento Liberal Cubano y atención a presos políticos y familiares.Vecino de la Habana Vieja.Recién liberado por cumplimiento.

En el mismo día de su cumpleaños en la madrugada del 23 de Agosto del presente año lo secuestraron tres hombres y lo montaron a la fuerza después de inmovilizarlo en un lada color negro cuando caminaba por la calle Reina y Amistad de Centro Habana, lo amarraron con una soga y le taparon los ojos, se lo llevaron y con un hierro caliente le quemaron la frente afectándole los ojos.

Los tres hombres querían quitarle de la frente un tatuaje que decía U. S. A. al día siguiente lo tiraron en la carretera nacional ocho vías, en el primer conejito. El no vio a las personas pero esta seguro que fue la Seguridad del Estado quienes ya lo habían amenazado anteriormente de que le quitarían el cartel de la frente a la fuerza si era necesario.

Por casos como este, protesta el Exilio y condena al régimen por los abusos que comete en contra de los hombres y mujeres que pacíficamente luchan por una Cuba libre y democrática.

Se le puede contactar al teléfono 0115378763308.

Agosto 28 del 2007.

Plantados Hasta la libertad y la democracia de Cuba.

Desde Cuba- Represión

From Joseito:


TEMA: Confinan a prisionero político a celda de castigo

Según afirman las fuentes, permanecerá 21 días en un pequeño y sucio calabozo. La mayor parte del tiempo, privado de todas sus pertenencias."...

Por: Gloria I Pérez ArceNoticubainternacional / 8 de diciembre de 2007

Informan fuentes disidentes en la capital del país, que Lázaro A.García Farah, quien cumple una sanción de 25 años de privación deliberta bajo los cargos de desacato a la autoridad y piratería en lossucesos ocurridos en la lancha Baraguá en la Bahía de la Habana en elaño 1994, fue confinado a una celda de castigo de la prisión Combinadodel Este por el supuesto delito de propagar proclamasantigubernamentales en los pasillos de la mencionada penitenciaria

Según afirman las fuentes, permanecerá 21 días en un pequeño y suciocalabozo. La mayor parte del tiempo, privado de todas suspertenencias.

Añaden que la madre del prisionero de conciencia García Farah, dijoestar muy preocupada por el pésimo entorno que tiene la celda decastigo, pues su hijo sufre de un padecimiento respiratorio, conneumonías frecuentes, además de otros trastornos de la salud quepudieran agravarse con la permanencia en condiciones infrahumanas.

Magazine Cubano

Friday, December 07, 2007

Catholic Church outside of Cuba silent?

Catholic church where are you? The leading dissident against the apartheid dictator is in prison for speaking out against communism and ABORTION! No pro-life groups to the aid of Dr. Biscet? Thousands of e-mails to Catholic Churches and priest about the Friday fast for political prisoners in Cuba and NOTHING, ZILCH! Now send a e-mail about immigrant rights(except Cubans), mestizo rights, the rain forest, and Gabriel José García Márquez, you instantly receive a response! I know because I have done this!


Now on Tuesday the Cuban Aparthied government STORMED into Tersita Catholic Church in Santiago, Cuba arresting 18 FREEDOM fighters for GET THIS:

Marching to Church to PRAY for 3 dissidents who were arrested earlier!


AGAIN MAJOR SILENCE FROM MEDIA OUTLETS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS!