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Negociaciones con el gobierno terminó con acusaciones de que los artistas contestarios son agentes de Estados Unidos. Pero esta protesta de artistas fue un movimiento de cocecha propia cubana.
Talks with the government ended with accusations that the dissenting artists were ‘paid by North American agencies’ – an age-old way to discredit dissent in Cuba. But these protests are homegrown.
EEUU demanda la liberación ‘inmediata’ del activista cubano José Daniel Ferrer, detenido desde el 1 de octubre. Pero alegaciones de violencia y fraude desmienten que Ferrer sea prisionero político.
The US is demanding the ‘immediate’ release of a Cuban activist jailed since Oct. 1. But allegations of violence and fraud suggest the charges against José Daniel Ferrer are criminal, not political.
Cuba no ha legalizado el matrimonio gay, como esperaban los activistas LGBT. Pero sí criminaliza la discriminación de género, autoriza la propiedad privada y garantiza servicios de salud reproductiva.
Cuba will not legalize same-sex marriage, as gay activists hoped. But its new constitution adds greater protections for LGBTQ people and for women, and gives Cubans the right to own private property.
Cuba es un país laico. Pero frente a una nueva Constitución que permitiría el matrimonio gay, las iglesias han salido con fuerza a oponerse, otra señal de cambio en la isla comunista.
Cuba is avowedly secular. But as the country debates a new Constitution that would protect LGBT rights, churches have come out strongly against gay marriage — a sign of change on the Communist island.
