# political prisoner (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover political prisoner. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Digital Operation Defending a Venezuelan Oligarch](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2026/08/22/the-digital-operation-defending-a-venezuelan-oligarch/) _2026-08-22 · Cazadores de Fake News · Caracas Chronicles_ Another inorganic social media campaign promotes Alejandro Betancourt (and Delcy) while attacking his critics, including María Corina Machado ## [Nelson Garrido Saw What Venezuela Left Outside the Frame](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2026/08/21/nelson-garrido-saw-what-venezuela-left-outside-the-frame/) _2026-08-21 · Pedro Graterol · Caracas Chronicles_ The legendary photographer and contracultural shaman, who died on August 20, invoked the grotesque to question our myths ## [Blackouts for Cubans, extravagance for Fidel.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/blackouts-for-cubans-extravagance) _2026-08-21 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Regime throws a 4-day bash for Fidel’s 100th/Dominican Republic expels 9 Cuban diplomats for spying, high-ranking sources say/Regime says “no” to Freemason’s choice of leader. Elect again. ## [The Quakes Also Exposed Venezuela’s Immunization Void](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2026/08/20/the-quakes-exposed-venezuelas-immunization-void/) _2026-08-20 · Joshua de Freitas · Caracas Chronicles_ Venezuela performed poorly before the tragedy. Then, the State refused to provide data needed to vaccinate children against preventable diseases ## [The Earthquakes Are the New Big Excuse](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2026/08/18/the-earthquakes-are-the-new-big-excuse/) _2026-08-18 · Gustavo Hernández A. · Caracas Chronicles_ For the Rodríguez regime, the tragedy became a tool to deflect criticism and slow down the transition ## [What We Know About the Venezuelan Prisoners Being Released](https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2026/08/17/what-we-know-about-the-venezuelan-prisoners-being-released/) _2026-08-17 · Caracas Chronicles · Caracas Chronicles_ Official numbers don’t match reality. But some of those released are among the most powerful examples of torture and Sippenhaft ## [“Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism”](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-the-capital-of-21st-century) _2026-07-31 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ State Dept. report warns that Cuban spycraft, influence building & foreign intervention is long-standing, strategic, and fueling subversive movements in U.S. and abroad. ## [Cubans have lost much more than can be seen.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-a-country-that-forgot-what-it) _2026-07-24 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ The real deterioration in Cuba isn't its crumbling walls. It's the diminishing expectations Cubans have of themselves and each other, writes Yoani Sánchez. Also, the cost of a doubting diaspora. ## [“You will not take away my dream."](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/you-will-not-take-away-my-dream) _2026-07-17 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ —Cuban activist Amelia Calzadilla, responding to regime's attempt to coerce her by harassing her elderly parents. ## [UN issues urgent action over famous Cuban political prisoner’s forced disappearance](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/un-issues-urgent-action-over-famous) _2026-07-10 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ 5th anniversary of 11J historic protests triggers arrests/A young activist and her mother are charged for recording their repressor's actions/Residents in Regla resort to rare public defiance. ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0TnHHBGOeAFr) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [On this Independence Day I'll be thinking of Cuba's political prisoners.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/on-this-independence-day-ill-be-thinking) _2026-07-03 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Fidel's political prisoner experience was like being "on a beach"—as he wrote in one letter. Maybe that's all we need to know about what life was like in Cuba before the 1959 revolution. ## [Inside "the land of the enemy."](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/inside-the-land-of-the-enemy) _2026-06-26 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ A recently arrived Cuban, full of gratitude and admiration for America, urges us to listen to average Cubans, not the "upper caste" of elites. ## [Happy Día de los Padres](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/happy-dia-de-los-padres) _2026-06-21 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Thoughts on old Cuban padres, hope—and canaries. ## [Historic EP vote condemns Cuban regime’s abuses, demands sanctions against leaders, release of 1,281 political prisoners](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/historic-ep-vote-condemns-cuban-regimes) _2026-06-19 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ A mother blames regime for activist son’s murder / Cubans ridicule communist party’s “new” reforms / Officials fine rancher 5-years’ salary for grazing herd on idle state land. ## [“Cuba is going through the worst wave of repression in recent decades," rights groups say.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-is-going-through-the-worst-wave) _2026-06-12 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ “The international community cannot continue to look the other way,” —Javier Larrondo, President, Prisoners Defenders. ## [Cuba “won’t last another week,” analyst warns.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-wont-last-another-week-analyst) _2026-06-05 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Experts predict another countrywide uprising like 2021’s 11J\*—and the same brutal repression that followed. ## ["They force you to go . . . You can't say no."](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/they-force-you-to-go-you-cant-say) _2026-05-29 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ The regime is wasting the country's resources on tributes to itself—and forcing citizens to attend, average Cubans say. ## [“Authorized to destroy.”](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/authorized-to-destroy) _2026-05-22 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ —Cuban military command to MiG pilots locked into Brothers to the Rescue plane in 1996. FAA transcript. ## [Cuba out of oil, accepts $100m in US aid it had declined.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-out-of-oil-accepts-100m-in-us) _2026-05-15 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ A NYT op-ed tells regime’s story, not Cubans’. The latest example of Cubasplaining\* sees a reformist regime that doesn’t exist. ## [Cuba 2nd worst in Americas for press freedom, Nicaragua wins 1st.](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-2nd-worst-in-americas-for-press) _2026-05-08 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Reporters Without Borders (RSF) finds more than half of world in “difficult” or “very serious” press freedom conditions, worst findings in 25 years. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/v0qJNlR0vmxS) _2026-05-08 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Survey says . . . 96% of Cubans want political change. ¡Ahora!](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/survey-says-96-of-cubans-want-political) _2026-05-01 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Also: Regime violates 16-year-old political prisoner’s rights, flouts laws / Cuban beekeepers accuse state of nonpayment, honey productivity in decline. ## [“After a week, no one will even remember you.”](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/after-a-week-no-one-will-even-remember) _2026-04-24 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ —Activist Anna Bensi recalling secret police agent's threats, coercion. ## ["A free Cuba. That is still my dream."](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/a-free-cuba-that-is-still-my-dream) _2026-04-17 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ —Malnourished, abused political prisoner at completion of five-year sentence for sedition and "disrespect." ## [When life gives Cubans "limones," they create lemon soufflés](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/when-life-gives-cubans-limones-they) _2026-04-10 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ What if Cubans’ proven resourcefulness could be aimed at productive endeavors—instead of foraging for food, evading the secret police? ## [Cuba to “free” 2010 prisoners—but beatings, arrests, disappearances are rising](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/cuba-to-free-2010-prisonersbut-beatings) _2026-04-03 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Criminals who “challenged authority”—shorthand for political crimes—won't benefit from regime’s “humanitarian gesture.” ## [7 years for writing 2 words: "How long?"](https://anahflaster.substack.com/p/7-years-for-writing-2-words-how-long) _2026-03-27 · Ana Hebra Flaster · CubaCurious_ Regime shows no signs of mercy / International leftists spark outrage / Why do foreign interviewers go easy on Cuban diplomats?