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Martha Roque: ‘The European Union treats Cuban opposition like dirt’

('Lydia Bigos',) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:17:20 -0000

The tiny Caribbean island has again become the centre of attention throughout the world after the US detention facility Guantanamo Bay was closed on 21 January. President Raul Castro is due in Russia on 28 January. Interview with the economist and dissident

Cuba: backstreet with an escape route

('Erin Woycik',) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0000

In the first of our ‘rock and backpack’ series, we discover Havana - the cultural centre of a Cuba in which everyone has the ability to produce something, but few express themselves

Martha Beatriz Roque, standing up to Castro

('Sarah Turpin',) — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:31:00 -0000

As Fidel’s poor health forces him to hand over power to his brother Raúl, the sixty-year-old Roque denounces the neglect of her people and the regime of ‘apartheid’ enforced in Cuba. This is her story, told in very special circumstances.