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Press Freedom & Cuba

Press Freedom & Cuba. Manuel Vazquez Portal’s Struggle To “Search For the Truth With Precision And Love”. Manuel Vazquez Portal. Background Journalism Career Incarceration in Boniato Prison Prison Conditions Hunger Strike Independent Journalists and “The Black Spring”. Welcome to Miami.

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Press Freedom & Cuba

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  1. Press Freedom & Cuba Manuel Vazquez Portal’s Struggle To “Search For the Truth With Precision And Love”

  2. Manuel Vazquez Portal • Background • Journalism Career • Incarceration in Boniato Prison • Prison Conditions • Hunger Strike • Independent Journalists and “The Black Spring”

  3. Welcome to Miami • Release From Prison and Escape To The United States • El Nuevo Herald • Advocate for Press Freedom and Independent Journalism

  4. The Communist Press In Cuba • Ranked 169th out of 173 countries on the Reporters Without Borders Press Index • Second Largest Prison For the Media After China • Castro is on the Reporters Without Borders List of 37 Predators of Press Freedom • History of Journalism in Cuba • Raul Castro’s Ascension to Power: A Change To Press Freedom? • Restricted Access to the Internet

  5. The Effectiveness of a State Controlled Press • Health • and Natural Disasters • Hurricane Gustav Begs the Question: Dpes it matter that the United States is reporting this?

  6. Food For Thought…. • Manuel Vazquez Portal’s involvement with the United States and Cubanet.org • What is the future for independent journalists in Cuba? • Are NGO’s necessary for international journalists to be effective?

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