libertad Archives - The Brophisticate

Oswaldo Paya w/David E. Hoffman [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on June 3, 2023
Oswaldo Paya attempted to bring Cuba closer towards all the broken promises of Fidel Castro by peaceful, democratic means, which in the end cost Paya...
The Mariel Boatlift with Victor Triay [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on October 14, 2022
In early 1980, a city bus crashed into the Peruvian embassy in Havana Cuba. Somehow this incident would lead to the mass exodus of over...
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo
By Spun Counterguy on August 3, 2022
Former Cuban political dissident Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo is now a writer and blogger advocating for his home country’s liberation from the current oppressive regime....
The July 11th Prisoners with Vicky Collado [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on April 8, 2022
On July 11th of last year protests broke out all over Cuba over several issues, ranging from lack of food and medical access to the...
Fleeing Castro with Victor Triay [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on January 21, 2022
It didn’t take long for the people of Cuba to realize after the “revolution” of 1959, they were now under the rule of an even...
The July 11th Cuban Protests w/Victor Triay [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on November 1, 2021
On July 11th of this year, the streets throughout the island of Cuba erupted with chants of “Libertad! Libertad!”. Immediately, both Cuban communist state media...
The Plight of Artists in Cuba [podcast]
By Spun Counterguy on February 1, 2019
Artists in Cuba are unable to express themselves freely without fear of reprisals from the Communist government. To help us learn their names and stories Babalublog.com’s...