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Dissident blogger allowed to leave Cuba on tour
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez, who has been denied permission to travel abroad for many years, was allowed on Sunday to embark on a three-month trip to Latin America and Europe. “My trip will begin in Brazil and could take me to as many as 12 countries,” Sanchez told AFP.…
Cuban ‘Wikipedia’ includes entry for dissident blogger
HAVANA — Cuba’s EcuRed digital encyclopedia, inspired by Wikipedia and operated by the island’s Communist Youth, has added an entry for award-winning dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez. The unusual turn of events in the Communist country, where information is tightly controlled and dissent is barely tolerated, comes with a price: Sanchez,…
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