If there’s a war of public opinion over Cuba, it’s not just a domestic affair for the Caribbean nation. It’s global, said Osmany Sánchez, a co-founder of La Joven Cuba blog. Cuban bloggers who oppose the socialist government aren’t as serious of a threat at bloggers who operate outside Cuba, he said. And these bloggers, [...]
Interview with Roberto González Peralo
Many outsiders have a “manipulated and distorted” vision of Cuba, blogger Roberto González Peralo says. But not everything in the country is “all bad, all gray,” he says. See 10-minute interview on the Cuba Money Project’s Vimeo channel. As he sees it, many news organizations and bloggers have been carrying out an organized media campaign [...]
Interview with Harold Cárdenas
Cuban philosophy professor Harold Cárdenas began blogging because he wanted to defend the Cuban revolution, but said he doesn’t defend it blindly. He doesn’t apologize for the socialist government’s faults, including the difficulty it has preventing many young people from leaving the island in search of better opportunities. He said: It would be craziness to [...]