“At least let me pull those 37 names out of the macabre anonymity to which Castroism has condemned them in Cuba.” Orlando Pardo Lazo recounts a dark time in Cuba, referred to as the Tugboat Massacre of 1994.
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Orlando Pardo Lazo calls for solidarity to combat abusive attacks in Cuba on journalists, such as the brutal beating of Roberto Guerra on June 11.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo predicts a physical backlash against peaceful activists and journalists in Cuba.
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The rapport that existed between the celebrated Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the relatively silent Fidel Castro has made headlines. Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo takes a critical look at this issue in the wake of Marquez’s passing.
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Columnist Orlando Pardo Lazo underscores the fact that a new law passed by the National Assembly will open up the economy in Cuba to foreign investment but will not extend to Cubans living within or outside of the country.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo discusses the importance of a new book that implicates the Cuban state in the 2012 murder of dissidents Harold Cepero and Oswaldo Payá.
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Cuban columnist Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo discusses Oliver Stone’s amoral “tribute documentary” on the late ‘Supreme Commander’ Hugo Chávez amid the protests and violence impacting Venezuela.
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“Now death is again laying waste to those who are youngest and most free. It’s happening in Venezuela, where the army is killing peaceful protesters in the streets.” Author Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo on the protests in Venezuela.
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El magnate exiliado cubano Alfonso Fanjul ha viajado a Cuba un par de veces en 2012 y 2013. Recientemente él declaró que tiene un “punto débil en el corazón” y una “mente abierta” para, dadas las […]
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In this week’s column, Cuban author Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo suggests that the best way to fight censorship in Cuba is to bring it out of the shadows and calling for the creation of an Official Censor.
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