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Letter written by Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado to fellow artivist Tania Bruguera from a Cuban prison #FreeElSexto

The following has been transcribed and translated from Danilo Maldonado’s original handwritten letter pictured below:Tania B.:Although we do not know each other well both know about the work of the other. I admire your work and recognize it as an honor that you...

Cuban sentenced to three years prison for “facilitating satellite TV connections”

According to Diario de Cuba, “The Municipal Court of Diez de Octubre, in Havana, has sentenced to three years in prison Cuban citizen Mauricio Noa Maceo, for connecting dozens of Cuban families with satellite television systems from the United...

Underground network administrators offer to “Connect Cuba”

According to the recent CubaNet article, the “new measures and thawing of relations between the governments of Cuba and the United States have planted hope among young Cubans.” As a matter of fact some are now arguing even “in the short term Cubans...

#FreeElSexto goes viral to free imprisoned artist & open internet activist

As reported in Martí News, “solidarity with graphic artist Danilo Maldonado, jailed since late December 2014 while attempting to carry out a performance in a central Havana park, keeps pushing ahead on social networks.On both Twitter and Facebook, Cubans demand...

Cuba still listed among the least connected countries in the world.

According the Spanish language digital newspaper Diario de Cuba and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), “Cuba worsened by two seats on the Development Index of Information Technology and Communication 2014 (IDT) and is installed on the list of the...