by John Suarez | Sep 6, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
Havana’s promotion of terrorism stretches back over six and a half decades, and has an international reach with historic impacts such as the 1972 Munich massacre. It changed the security around Olympics forever, and the events of that day are still remembered...
by John Suarez | Aug 30, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives, Uncategorized
Today, August 30th, marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, a day dedicated to remembering those who have vanished under repressive regimes. This day was first observed 15 years ago by the United Nations (UN) in 2011. The UN defines an...
by cfcadmin | May 16, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” – Václav Havel, Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with...
by John Suarez | Aug 23, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
#BlackRibbonDay #BalticWay Sunday marks two anniversaries. It is the “Day of Remembrance for Victims of Totalitarian Regimes,” and it is also a day to celebrate the “Baltic Way.” These two observances are connected through history, and the Castro regime has a...
by John Suarez | Aug 20, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
Imagine for a moment spending 63 months and 3 days behind bars for exercising a fundamental human right. 1,921 days unjustly imprisoned and not provided adequate healthcare. 46,104 hours to reflect on this outrage while separated from you family, and loved ones....
by John Suarez | Aug 19, 2026 | Cuba Brief, Cuba Brief Archives
Milan Kundera, the Czech writer, in his 1999 novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting observed that “the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” Memory provides context to unfolding events today, and helps to render informed...