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Opinions | Old Cubans like my papi see hope for their homeland in young protesters Ana Flaster © Yander Zamora/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, leader of the dissident San Isidro Movement, minutes before he was arrested April 5 at his home in Havana, where he was handing out candy at a children's party he had organized there. When I finished reading my 88-year-old father the latest news from Cuba, he was quiet at first. We were on the phone, Papi in New Hampshire and I in Massachusetts, but I could almost see him shaking his head. “I don’t think ...

ksuadminMay 1, 2021 5 From April 16 to 19, the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) was held at the Palace of Conventions in Havana. The quinquennial meeting – not always held – of the island’s most powerful body to review the country’s leadership and elect new members to the Political Bureau and the Party Central Committee. For this year, the main novelty was the announcement of the retirement of Raúl Castro. Although there was speculation about a possible delay in the decision, due to the serious crisis the island is going through, Raúl Castro resigned from his po...

Las artistas y miembros del grupo 27N, Katherine Bisquet y Camila Lobón, fueron detenidas este martes por sostener un cartel en el bulevar de San Rafael, en La Habana, que expresaba solidaridad con el artista del Movimiento San Isidro, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, quien realiza una huelga de...

By SARAH MORENO | Miami Herald | Published: April 16, 2021 MIAMI (Tribune News Service) — With his back to the beach where he had landed in an invasion to liberate his country, 16-year-old Humberto Martinez was just minutes away from execution. “Hold up, El Caballo wants them captured,” Martinez recalled a lieutenant saying, relaying orders from Fidel Castro — nicknamed “the Horse" — to the improvised firing squad that was getting ready to execute seven members of the Brigade 2506 captured during the Bay of Pigs invasion. He had no time to think of anything before death. He was...

Who are the top five homegrown players in Red Bulls history? Share this story Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images They might not be the most popular transactions in a fanbase known to call for big name stars, but with the signing of 14-year-old Bento Estrela last week, New York Red Bulls continued their tradition of bringing through academy talent into the first team professional level. Since 2008, Major League Soccer’s Homegrown Player Rule has attempted to help bridge the gap between local talent and the first division. The program that gives team’s first claim to players from...