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Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today
by Yoani Sanchez
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 198
- File Size
- 1.5 MB
- ISBN
- 9781935554257
Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today Summary
She’s been kidnapped and beaten, lives under surveillance, and can only get online–in disguise–at tourist hotspots. She’s a blogger, she’s a Cuban, and she’s a worldwide sensation. Yoani Sanchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big politicos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about what it means to live under the Castro r She’s been kidnapped and beaten, lives under surveillance, and can only get online–in disguise–at tourist hotspots. She’s a blogger, she’s a Cuban, and she’s a worldwide sensation. Yoani Sanchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big politicos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about what it means to live under the Castro regime: the chronic hunger and the difficulty of shopping; the art of repairing ancient appliances; and the struggles of living under a propaganda machine that pushes deep into public and private life. For these simple acts of truth-telling her life is one of constant threat. But she continues on, refusing to be silenced–a living response to all who have ceased to believe in a future for Cuba. [117]…more
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