Literature in Castro’s Cuba

Re:Literature in Castro’s Cuba by matwood on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:51PM (#12082532)

So are you blaming all the human rights issues on the US embargo? One of my Spanish teachers grew up in Cuba. He was extremely vocal about how bad it was there, and he was well off because his parents were part of the government. He ended up getting snuck out on a sailboat with his grandparents and never saw his parents again. Perhaps his stories were unique and his visible anger misplaced, but I don't think so.

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Re:Literature in Castro’s Cuba by turar on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @06:00PM (#12082571)

What particular stories of human rights issues, as distinctly separate from embargo-induced economic hardships, did he talk about?

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Re:Literature in Castro’s Cuba by andrenth on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:33PM (#12083424)

Lack of freedom of speech comes to mind. As in being killed for voicing dissent.

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Re:Literature in Castro’s Cuba by matwood on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:49PM (#12083627)

It was ~20 years ago, so I don't remember all of the details. The main things centered around what we have all read and heard about. Lack of freedom and political dissidence landing people in prison or worse.

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