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Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth about Cuba Today

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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