Saturday, December 22, 2007

Overcoming Fear and Paranoia to Blog in Cuba

While there are plenty of bloggers who dish out harsh opinions on Cuba and Castro, most do so from the cozy confines of Miami. 32-year old Yoani Sánchez (pictured above) is one of the few who do so from Havana.

Read about her
here in today's WSJ front page article.

Read her blog
Generación Y (in Spanish).

3 Comments:

At 12/22/2007 2:34 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I admire her courage, common sense, and optimism. Thanks for sharing the article.

 
At 12/22/2007 10:13 PM, Blogger Free2Choose said...

I read this story in the WSJ weekend edition this morning. I noted that she states that "A measure of economic independence has brought a measure of political independence." Wonder if she is a student of the late, great Milton Friedman...or perhaps channeling his voice from the great beyond :)

 
At 12/23/2007 2:17 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

A true profile in courage. As a first generation american I know where she is coming from...literally.

 

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