iammyownreporter

On Cuba and Latin America

Since March 4, 2004

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The purpose of The Reporter is to objectively fill some of the gaping hole left by mainstream media coverage of Cuba and Latin America. For the motives and qualifications of author Glen Roberts, click HERE.
MOST DOCUMENTS ON THIS SITE ARE LONG AND SHOULD BE DOWNLOADED TO BE CONVENIENTLY READ AND SHARED.

UNSPINNING THE NEWS

April 19 2008: Last week, AP and all its outlets certainly seemed to be reporting that Raul Castro had just "decreed" that Cubans could own their homes. Anyway, it seems to have so seemed to the Chronicle head writer who capped the story: "Raul continued

Any American Can Go To Cuba As His Own Reporter
This document explains the law relating to gathering news and traveling in Cuba, and argues that any American can go to Cuba as his own reporter without asking anyone's permission. This is an existential right acknowledged and guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, and by the so-called "Cuban Travel Ban."

Click HERE for an explanation
of the law on going to Cuba.

Cubans Choose Socialism
This is a very deep account of a limited but revealing survey of 100 ordinary cubans conducted during a 6-week journey in Cuba in 2002 about a petition said to have been signed by 98% of the cuban electorate (just 2 weeks before I got there) to lock socialism into their constitution. This was after Washington had accused Cuba of bio-terrorism involvement and after Jimmy Carter refuted the charge from Havana but also urged Cubans to adopt US Style "freedom and democracy."

Click HERE for a story
you'll never read in the US media

Santiago Ladies on May Day 2000

"Cuban Notebooks"
by Glen Roberts
Watch me write this book

This book, based on seven visits to the island, is being published here, chapter by chapter, as it is written. Ten chapters were posted, 1-4 have just been combined as a new chapter 1, a new 2 was inserted and I am writing a new 3 and 4 as you read them. Select any chapter by clicking on the number below.

Preface One Two Three Four
Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten

Cienfuegos high school students pack the gazebo at Parque Marti

JAN. '08: A FRIENDLY CRITIQUE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN CUBA - CLICK
ENERO '08: UNA CRITICA AMISTOSA SOBRE PRENSA LIBRE EN CUBA - CLICK

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT CUBA: For a review and dismissal of just a few common misconceptions about Cuba, click HERE.

2007 UPDATES FROM CUBA: For a look at Cuba with Fidel on the bench posted from the island last January and February, click HERE.

SOUTH AMERICA COMPARED TO CUBA: From July to November of '04, the author toured eight South American countries to compare the "emerging western style free enterprise democracies" to Cuba, because, as members of the OAS and the UN, these countries are regularly armtwisted into censuring Cuba as the only country in the hemisphere still not "free." In three extensive documents listed below, the author confirms that, logically, it should be Cuba that censures the other countries, since only Cuba is free of a significant list of oppressive attributes found everywhere else, as these documents attest.
    "From Maracaibo," click HERE.
    "From the Andes," click HERE.
    "From the Cone" (includes South America Summary), click HERE.

THREE APRIL '05 LETTERS FROM CUBA: Self-syndicated and offered
on the dates indicated to various U.S. media I knew wouldn't print them.
    "Human Rights in Cuba, April 14 from Havana," click HERE.
    "Viva y Habla Fidel!, April 22 from Cienfuegos," click HERE.
    "Elections in Cuba, April 29 from Havana," click HERE.

INDEX: For an easy index to the documents
on this website and their subparts, click HERE.

LINKS: Current, relevant daily & weekly reports easily accessed through a tightly focused selection of reliable news links
Circles Robinson Online Narco News Bulletin The National Cuban Organization:	Cuba Headlines Green Left Weekly ACN Cuban News Agency Venezuelanalysis.com	Granma International Trabajadores Latin American Newspapers