Dec. 27 - From Hablemos Press: On December24, four human rights activists began a protest at 8:00 AM in the town of Güines, Mayabeque province.
The human rights activists demanded the release of Yvonne Malleza Galano, Haydee Isabel Álvarez and Ignacio Martinez Mosquera Montero, who are currently in jail for realizing a similar protest.

Dec. 20 - Gorki Aguila and his punk rock band 'Porno para Ricardo,' are not allowed by the Castro regime to perform in public because of  their anti-Castro themes.

Earlier this month, Gorki decided to give a concert from the balcony of his home to protest for not being allowed to perform in public.

Within minutes, several members of the infamous CDRs (Committees for the Defense of the Robolution) came out and soon after that the electricity to Gorki's home was cut.

Here is the video of everything that happened. The video is in Spanish and it contains some strong language. El vídeo es en español y contiene lenguaje fuerte.

Dec. 17 - Video of Castro's guards arresting and beating Cuban dissidents on December 12, 2011 in the city of Palma Soriano.

The dissidents were pushed inside and taken to prison in what looks like a school bus like the ones used in the United States, probably one of those donated by the so called "Pastors for Peace" to the Cuban dictator.

Dec. 5 The video, “Opposition and Repression in Cuba,” (5 min) produced by the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) of the University of Miami is now available: click here to view it

Dec. 1 - A protest took place yesterday at Havana's Parque de la Fraternidad (Fraternity Park).

Here is a translation by our friend Alberto de la Cruz at Babalu of what CubaEncuentro reported about the protest:

"Activists displayed a sheet with the words "Stop the lies and deception of the Cuban people" and "End the hunger, the misery, and the poverty in Cuba"
Activists Ivonne Malleza and Blanca Hernández Moya led a protest this Wednesday against the island's government at the Fraternity Park in Havana, say sources from the dissidence.
Malleza Galano, who is 33, and Hernandez Moya, 77, displayed a sheet with the phrases "Stop the lies and deception of the Cuban people" and "End the hunger, the misery, and the poverty in Cuba," said Mayra Morejon to CUBAENCUENTRO, who was also present at the protest.
Morejon explained that for almost 20 minutes, the activists demanded from the government "food for the children, liberty for the Cuban people, and a raise in pensions" for the elderly, among other demands.
The activists said that while the women were protesting, "two police officers came running" and attempted to "take away Ivonne's sheet." But the crowd gathered around her came out in her defense and demanded that the police let her go, and then the police officers "backed away from her."
According to Morejon, more police and patrol cars arrived and began "pepper spraying the people." They arrested Malleza Galano, her husband, Ignacio Martinez Moreno, who was beaten, and Hernandez Moya. All of them are currently at the Zanja y Dragones police station in Central Havana, said the activist.
Morejon also stated that Yordani Biset was also arrested, " a young man who was on his cell phone, but who had nothing to do with the protest. This young man has nothing to do with us, he is not a member of the opposition. He was just a spectator in the crowd, and they aggressively threw him into a police car. He has nothing to do with this," Morejon said."

Here is a video about the protest, shown on "A Mano Limpia" with Oscar Haza on Miami's Channel 41:

Oct. 4 - Cuban State Security agents trying to stop supporters of Cuban dissident Sara Marta Fonseca from leaving their house to ask for her release from prison.

You can see the Castro agents filming the dissidents in an effort to scare them.

The Castro thugs were unable to stop these courageous men and women from doing what they were planning on doing, even though they knew they were going to suffer beatings at the hands of these criminals.

Sept. 28 - Protesters chanting "The streets belong to the people", "Down with Cuba's Communist Party". "Libertad", "Down with the dictatorship", "Down with Fidel and Raul Castro", "We demand free elections"  are attacked by State Security agents in civilian clothes and thugs organized and supervised by the Cuban regime.  Several of the protesters were arrested.

August 26 - Four Cuban women held a sign protesting against the Castro regime at the steps of Cuba's Capitol building.

They were arrested by Castro's goons and remained in jail as of Thursday evening.

Jan. 21 - Sara Marta Fonseca shows the pro-government signs that were painted on the outside of her house by mobs organized by Cuba's State Security.

The video also shows how the Cuban government forces schoolchildren to take part in these acts of vandalism against dissidents.

Click here to see the video

August 12 -A few days ago, Ivonne Mayesa Galano held a sign on the steps of the Cuban Capitol asking the regime to end its brutal repression against women and to open the jails and free all political prisoners. She was detained and later released.

On August 5, a patrol car was parked all day in front of her house to stop her from going out.

When she tried to leave her house, she was forcibly arrested by the five male thugs, some in civilian clothes and some wearing uniforms.

The brutal incident was caught on tape. You could hear people yelling at the Castro thugs: "Abusers", "Down with the dictatorship."

On August 8, she was arrested again for once again carrying a sign asking the regime to end its repression of women dissidents.

Meanwhile, two women, US Rep. Barbara Lee and Rep. Lynn Woolsey, both Democrats of California, were in Cuba being wined and dined by Raul Castro and his daughter Mariela.

As expected, they didn't say one word about the brutality of their hosts against Cuban women.

Now they will return to the US, ask for the end of the embargo, the release of the five spies, and wait for the next invitation of the Castro brothers to enjoy another vacation at their farm.

Hypocrite bitches!

August 31 - Members of the Union Patriótica Cubana protesting in Palma Soriano.

The response from the Castro regime was to send anti-riot police carrying rifles and shields and throw tear gas canisters inside the house of Marino Anotmarchi Rivero, where the dissidents had assembled, to force them to come out of the house to be beaten by members of the Rapid Response Brigade.

You can hear protesters chanting "Down with Raul, down with Fidel" right in front of the Cuban guards.

A total of 25 dissidents were arrested.

Video of another protest by members of the Unión Patriótica Cubana, this time in Palmarito de Cauto.

August 31 - This took place on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Five armed thugs against one unarmed man.

August 30 - Video of a family chanting "Libertad, Libertad" (Freedom, Freedom) on Monday night, August 29 in Centro Habana

Sept. 24 - Documentary by Ricardo Vega and Zoe Valdes showing how a demented dictator was able to destroy the Cuban nation.
Among some of Castro's craziest ideas: Air conditioners for the heads of cows to improve the production of milk; the 10 million ton sugar harvest that fell way short; his plan to export millions of egg and tons of meat to Europe.
How laws were "approved" unanimously by simply getting thousands of people in 'robolution' square and asking them to raise their hands.
It is in Spanish with French subtitles.

Sept. 14 - In 2008, Fidel Castro handed over control of Cuba to his younger brother, Raul. Since then, people around the world have predicted significant changes in the lives of the Cuban people -- especially in the lives of young Cubans.
While hope springs eternal, the Cuban government's continued use of laws that violate basic standards of international human rights makes it almost impossible for citizens to openly voice their desires for change. Despite the obstacles, many young people in Cuba risk their lives to work for a better, more just future.
In the spring of 2011, Livio, an independent librarian and Cuban youth leader, visited five people: a blogger, a student, a professor, a journalist and a musician. These are their stories.
Produced by In Altum Productions; Written and Edited by Jordan Allott; Shot by Anonymous; Graphic Design Suzann "Sooki" Yo Martinsen; Special Thanks to the following organizations in Cuba: Juventud Activa Cuba Unida; Porno Para Ricardo; The blog - Octavo Cerco; Programa Cultural Libertad

Sept. 10 - This documentary was made by Peru's Institute for Political Freedom.

Includes interviews with Dr. Darsi Ferrer, Jorge Luis García Pérez "Antunez" and other dissidents.

It will help you to better understand the reality of life under the tyranny of the Castro brothers

August 12 -A few days ago, Ivonne Mayesa Galano held a sign on the steps of the Cuban Capitol asking the regime to end its brutal repression against women and to open the jails and free all political prisoners. She was detained and later released.

On August 5, a patrol car was parked all day in front of her house to stop her from going out.

When she tried to leave her house, she was forcibly arrested by the five male thugs, some in civilian clothes and some wearing uniforms.

The brutal incident was caught on tape. You could hear people yelling at the Castro thugs: "Abusers", "Down with the dictatorship."

On August 8, she was arrested again for once again carrying a sign asking the regime to end its repression of women dissidents.

Meanwhile, two women, US Rep. Barbara Lee and Rep. Lynn Woolsey, both Democrats of California, were in Cuba being wined and dined by Raul Castro and his daughter Mariela.

As expected, they didn't say one word about the brutality of their hosts against Cuban women.

Now they will return to the US, ask for the end of the embargo, the release of the five spies, and wait for the next invitation of the Castro brothers to enjoy another vacation at their farm.

Hypocrite bitches!

May 20 -  This took place on May 1, 2011.

Castro's police blocking the entrance to the home of Maria Antonia Hidalgo Mir, President of FLAMUR (Federacion Latinoamericana de Mujeres Rurales) and José Ramón Pupo Nieve, Director of the Partido Republicano de Cuba, in Holguín, Cuba.
Franklin Peregrino del Toro, Director of the Partido Republicano de Cuba, in the municipality of Cacocum, his wife and daughter were not allowed by Castro's police to enter the house to visit the family.
The small child happens to be the goddaughter of María Antonia Hidalgo.
You can hear Franklin Peregrino yelling: "Abajo la dictadura" "Vivan los derechos humanos". (Down with the dictatorship - Long live human rights).
One of Castro's thugs is seen nervously calling on his cell phone asking for instructions on what to do with this courageous couple holding a small child.
"Why won't you let the child see her godmother?", Peregrino's wife asks the thugs blocking the entrance to the home.
"They went to a doctor appointment and they peacefully came by to say hello", Maria Antonia tells the agents.
But the brutal officers are scared to death of a couple holding a small child and refuse to let them in the house.
"Assassins, assassins, Down with the dictatorship," Franklin Peregrino yells at the Castro thugs blocking his family's entrance to their friends' home.
"Why are you so scared?," María Antonia asks the thugs, but they do not respond. "The Castros do not use their own sons to do this, they use silly people like you," she tells them.
The woman holding the child tells the officers "Are you going to beat me? Beat me, after all that's what you people do. Are you going to beat my daughter also? You are dogs, that's what you are. Aren't you ashamed? Why can't you let her give a kiss to her godchild?"
Finally, the thug who has been on the cell phone all the time calls for reinforcements. They feel threatened by a couple holding a small child.
A police car comes and takes Franklin Peregrino away. They physically abuse his wife while their friends yell at the state security thugs to leave her alone.
"You are real terrorists", María Antonia yells at the officers.
After Franklin is taken away by Castro's Gestapo, his wife is finally allowed to take her child to see her godmother and get a kiss from her.
It is incredible that this is happening in the XXI Century, only 90 miles from the coast of Florida, and the world doesn't care!

May 20 - (UPDATE) The person protesting is the brother in law of Sonia Garro.
Sonia had been arrested for protesting the beating death of Cuban dissident Juan Wilfredo Soto Garcia at the hands of Cuban police.
In the last video, you can see when Sonia arrives home after being released by Castro's state security, and the man wielding the machete comes out of the house to greet her.
After his sister in law was released, he ended his protest.

A Cuban in the city of Marianao painted his house with anti-Castro signs and and began a protest all by himself.

The protester seems to be wielding a machete.

He had some very strong words not only for the Castro brothers, but also for one person who showed support for the regime.

You could hear him yelling: "Libertad, libertad" (Freedom, freedom).

On the third video, he gets into a strong argument with that other person who is threatening to "cut his tongue." He grabs a couple of rocks and tells the guy to "come and do it."

Warning - Some very strong words are heard. All in Spanish

H/T PenultimosDias

A video of Cuba in the lat 50s. Interesting enough, it was produced by Carlos Franqui, who later became the director of the news rag "Revolución" after Castro came to power. He later moved to Puerto Rico after breaking with Castro and died there about a year ago.

H/T Babalu

Feb. 25 - Video of the repudiation meeting by mobs organized and directed by Cuba's state security.

The demonstrators were bused by the regime to the house of Laura Pollán, leader of the Ladies in White.

June 3 - A mob organized by the Cuban regime shows up at the home of the Sigler Amaya family in Matanzas, upset because they have hanged several signs protesting the murder of Orlando Zapata Tamayo and asking for the release of all prisoners of conscience, including two members of the Sigler Amaya family, Ariel and Guido who are languishing in Castro's Gulag.

Ariel is in a very poor health, but the Castro dictatorship refuses to set him free.

When the mob showed up at the Sigler Amaya home, they are told that they cannot come in. You can hear people in the house yelling at the pro-Castro mob: "Assassins"; "Cowards", "Abajo Fidel", "Abajo Raúl".

The thugs go away, but they return later telling the family that they will have to take down the signs or they will go in and take them down themselves.

A man inside the house carrying a stick tells them: "If you come inside the house I'll break this on top of your head."

The thugs chicken out and stay outside. You can hear more yelling:  "Death to Fidel", "Death to Raúl".

Members of the Frente Nacional de Resistencia Cívica y Desobediencia Civil Orlando Zapata Tamayo (Orlando Zapata Tamayo National Front for Civic Resistance and Civil Disobedience) took part in this public protest on September 28, 2010 in Colon, Matanzas.

"Down with the Castros," "Respect for Human Rights" and "Down with the dictatorship" are some of the things that could be heard during the protest.

Al Caveda was born in Cuba and later grew up in Chicago.

Caveda hooked up with Miami pianist and producer Orlando "Landy" Mosqueda, as well as a guitarist, a bajo player and a Latin brass section to come up with Cuba Recalls Elvis.
Great music.  Enjoy!

Aug. 25 - It is hard to tell if Danny Glover is the typical useful idiot, if he is a masochist-racist who likes to see a white slave trader exploiting, jailing and torturing millions of Cubans, the majority of them Black, or if he is being blackmailed by the blackmailer in chief with compromising videos taken during his many visits to Cuba.

With prisoners of conscience like Oscar Elías Biscet languishing in Castro's jails, without having had the opportunity to a free trial and for the only crime of wanting to live in freedom, Danny Glover made this video to ask President Obama to free the five spies that were sent here by Castro and who were convicted on an American court, and who have had access to high-paid lawyers who have appealed their sentences in higher courts in more than one occasion.

According to Danny Glover, the spies came here to fight "terrorism."

For this miserable piece of cow manure, the Cubans who had to leave the island fleeing his fascist idol, are all terrorists.

Sept. 10 - The Miami Herald has a report on its Friday edition about the incident: A Cuban anti-riot squad, previously unseen but surprisingly well-equipped and with fixed bayonets, quelled a Pakistani student protest in Matanzas, a video of the event shows.
``Our hand will not tremble in the face of violence,'' one Cuban official warns the medical school protesters in the video, broadcast on the Maria Elvira Live program on MegaTV.
The official adds that it's the second protest by the Pakistanis but gives no dates for either, and says 15 leaders of the latest manifestation were to be flown home immediately.

Sept. 9 - Maria Elvira Live, the TV program hosted by Maria Elvira Salazar on Mega TV, showed these exclusive videos of Castro's riot police entering a school where foreign students, mostly from Pakistan and other Muslim countries, were receiving medical training.

It seems that the medical students were unhappy with the training they were receiving in Cuba, which they considered inferior, and would not provide them with the knowledge require to pass the medical exams when they go back to their own countries.  They were also protesting at the lack of hospital facilities at the University.

The university is the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina, (Latin American School of Medicine), located in Jagüey Grande, in Matanzas province.

Since 2007, this school has been used to train students from Muslim countries, the majority of them from Pakistan.

There have been two strikes by Pakistani students, the last one in July of this year when these videos were taken.

The videos show riot police with rifles and bayonets entering the school, and some official yelling that "Our hands will not tremble, we could send all of you to jail."

Cuba's consul in Oslo, Norway, bites the hand of a young woman filming a  protest against the Cuban regime.

The same dogs who abuse dissidents in Cuba, representing the fascist regime as "diplomats."

A message from the author of You Don't Know Che: "This is a musical challenge to celebrities and others that proudly wear the image of Che on their clothing, jewelry, etc. The music was inspired by documentaries that I viewed which exposed the horrific truth about Che Guevara."

This video was produced by Agustín Blásquez, AB Independent Productions.