Ziva Sahl
Babalu Blog
California, United States
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Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet arrested, whereabouts unknown
Dr. Biscet´s spouse, Elsa Morejon tweeted the news earlier this morning: Translation: Today at 8am the political police of #Cuba arrested my husband Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet @OscarBiscet when he was … → Read More
Cuba complains, but has not officially requested U.S. aid to help put out fire
According to a State Department spokesperson, in order for the U.S. to provide disaster assistance to any country, it needs an official request from that nation’s government according to standard d… → Read More
Reports from Cuba: With Signs of ‘Freedom’ and ‘Christ, My Guide’, 108 Cuban Rafters Arrive in Florida in Two Days
Translated by Regina Anavy for 14ymedio via Translating Cuba: With Signs of ‘Freedom’ and ‘Christ, My Guide’, 108 Cuban Rafters Arrive in Florida in Two Days On Thursday morning, 31 Cuban rafters w… → Read More
Surprise, Cuba humbly accepts help from the U.S. with fire in Matanzas
No mention of the “blockade”. Nora Gamez Torres reports via the Miami Herald: Cuba accepts technical assistance from the United States to control fire in Matanzas People look at a huge … → Read More
Tweet of the day from Cuba
This Tweet from Nalian Estrada (@EstradaNalian) poignantly captures the heartbreak and misery of life in communist Cuba. There is no day that I wake up thinking that these could be my family. #Cuba… → Read More
In Cuba there are carts pulled by animals collecting trash
From our everything except repression has gone backwards in Cuba department. There are areas in Cuba where services have deteriorated back to the 19th century. Loosely translated. Amalia Leonor Góm… → Read More
Immigration talks or flirting with the dictatorship?
Feels as a deja vu, these migratory talks, Obama redux. Yoandy Castañeda Lorenzo via Diario Las Americas: Return to the thaw or migratory blackmail? The round of migratory talks between Cuba and th… → Read More
History through art: Sarasota Contemporary Dance taps Cuban American history
Bringing the Pedro Pan exodus story to the dance floor in Sarasota. Carrie Seidman writes in a Special to the Herald-Tribune: Sarasota Contemporary Dance taps Cuban American history for world premi… → Read More
Tweet of the Day from Andy Ngo reveals Cuba’s vile influence on America’s youth
It’s nothing new, as clueless Americans have been swallowing filthy Castroite poison since Herbert Matthews at the NYT and other news outlets turned Castro and his thugs into Robin Hood style… → Read More
About City of Asylum’s Cuban writer in residence Jorge Olivera Castillo
The May 2022 edition of Pittsburgh Magazine profiles Cuban exile author Jorge Olivera Castillo, currently participating in City of Asylum’s Exiled Writer and Artist Residency Program. Sinead … → Read More
The horrifying reality of Cuba’s Zoos
Too macabre to imagine…. throwing live stray dogs to starving crocodiles, and more. Roughly translated from Diario de Cuba: If the Situation of Humans in Cuba is Harsh, That of Animals in Zoo… → Read More
Center for a Free Cuba Press Release on U.S. Cuba Talks
Via Center for a Free Cuba: Press Release Cuba’s problem is not emigration, it’s the dictatorship: warns the Center for a Free Cuba before US-Cuba talks Washington, DC, April 20, 2022 C… → Read More
Another baseball player joins the exodus of players escaping communist Cuba
Promising young player Luis Miguel Rives arrived in the Dominican Republic this week. Roughly translated from CubaNet: Another Prospect of Cuba Baseball Arrives in the Dominican Republic Luis Migue… → Read More
U.S. Cuba talks: Will Havana again be rewarded for weaponizing migration?
A must read brief from Center for a Free Cuba: Cuba Brief: US and Cuban Officials to Hold Talks Amid Tensions Over Migration. Will Havana Again be Rewarded for Weaponizing Migration? Cuban migrants… → Read More
Cuban Independent Journalist Followed and Beaten
Cuba’s independent journalist Alberto Corzo, executive director of the independent Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Press was ;assaulted, and not for the first time. His wife… → Read More
Doctors Expose the Truth about Cuba’s Healthcare – Babalú Blog
It’s been 15 years since the documentary Sicko sent the myth of Cuba’s healthcare viral internationally. The truth is Cuba’s healthcare is destroyed, in ruin. Daniel Raisbeck and … → Read More
Reports from Cuba: Public Displays of Affection, Cuban Dictatorship Edition
Alexis Romay reports in 14yMedio from New Jersey via Translating Cuba: Public Displays of Affection, Cuban Dictatorship Edition Lis Cuesta with Miguel Díaz-Canel. (Facebook) Díaz-Canel has a wifewh… → Read More
Video of the Day: What is happening with food in Cuba. What is sold in stores?
Have you seen the crowds to buy food in Cuba? The Spartan Vlog takes you on a tour. “Have you seen the crowds to buy food in Cuba? Let’s see what they are selling in stores. Is there hu… → Read More
No Easter celebrations for the thousand plus political prisoners in Cuba – Babalú Blog
Photo by Prisoners Defenders They’re held incommunicado, under inhumane conditions, tortured, denied medical care, denied due process. There are no rights in Cuba, 1,167 political prisoners i… → Read More
The Christian Legacy of The Bay of Pigs Fighters
Wonderful post marking the Bay of Pigs Anniversary from Frances Martel writing in Breitbart;: EXCLUSIVE – Christian Legacy of Bay of Pigs Fighters Lives on in Today’s Cuban Protesters Easter Sunday… → Read More