El Yuma

Rejecting the derogatory term "Gringos" and the accusatory epithet "Yanquis," Cubans prefer to refer to us, their North American neighbors, as "Yumas." This blog is simply one Yuma's way of sharing his thoughts on all things Cuban, a subject that often generates more heat than light.

Friday, May 31, 2013

Coming home: CNN Reports on Yoani Sánchez's return to Cuba

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Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez is surrounded by relatives after her arrival, at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, ...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

#LASA2013, #Nauta & #YoaniRegresa

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Lots of buzz in and around Cuba this week.  Given that it's late and I'm anticipating a quite busy first full day of #LASA2013 tomo...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

UPDATE: "Diplomats should engage in dialogue" - USIS Deputy Chief Conrad Tribble joins #TwittHab in Havana!

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UPDATE - May 21: Peter Orsi and Andrea Rodríguez of the AP in Havana just put out a really good article summarizing Tribble's trailbla...
Monday, May 6, 2013

Quotable (+video): Díaz Canel on "the impossible chimera" of information control

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"Today, with the development of information technologies; today, with the development of social networks; today, with the development o...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Welcome Eliécer Ávila: Meet & Greet @ Baruch College, NYC 4-6 p.m., Thurs. May 2 - RSVP now!

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We've been having quite a different kind of "Cuban spring" here in NYC this year! Following April's historic visits of...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

My Week with Yoani: Another reader responds...

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Dear Ted, I have been meaning to email you to say thank you. I appreciate the time that you took and the interest you showed in helping ...

The City that Care Remembered: My Students Reflect on New Orleans

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My students working at a Habitat for Humanity site,  Central City, New Orleans, March, 2013.   For the sixth time since 2007, during ...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

My Week with Yoani: Day 1 - Columbia's J-School (Thursday, March 14)

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Josh Freedman and Mirta Ojito of the Columbia University School of Journalism. What I have begun below and will continue in a series of...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

My Week with Yoani: So you say you're against the embargo...

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As an addendum to my previous post, I want briefly to share part of a long, heated conversation I had this afternoon with two very goo...
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My Week with Yoani: The Takeaway

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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Yoani Sánchez, & MJ Porter.  (Photo by Ted Henken). Just over a month ago at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, March...
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Soy original de Pensacola, Florida - "La Riviera de los Redneck". Ávido de rodar por el mundo escapé a Massachusetts para hacer la universidad. Luego enfilé proa hacia el sur y vine a tirar el ancla en Ecuador, donde enseñé inglés durante 18 meses. De regreso a los EE.UU. hice escala en “La ciudad que el viento se llevó y el gobierno olvidó”: Nueva Orleans, que me acogió como suyo por 7 felices años. Ahora sin embargo soy un orgulloso neoyorquino. Mis ciudades favoritas son Nueva Orleans, Nueva York y La Habana. Actualmente imparto clases en la Universidad y me encanta enseñar. También me place mucho ofrecer hospitalidad a los amigos que llegan de visita a esta ciudad, cuyos mil y un barrios suelo explorar en mi bicicleta. @@@ I'm from the heart of the Redneck Riviera (Pensacola, Florida), escaped to Massachusetts for college (Holy Cross), and again to Ecuador for a few years. I lived for 7 blissful years in "The City that Care Forgot," New Orleans, Louisiana, and am now a proud New Yorker. My favorite cities are NOLA, NYC, & La Habana. I'm a college professor here in NYC, love teaching, hosting friends visiting the city, and exploring the 1,001 different neighborhoods on my bike.
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