October 14, 2009

Cuban Blogger Wins Award, Cuban Commie Asshat Dictator Raúl Castro Denies Permission to Travel

Yeah I know that was a long headline

Via Columbia Spectator: Tomorrow is supposed to be Yoani Sánchez’s big day.

Sánchez, a 34-year-old Cuban blogger who has expressed negative opinions of her country, is scheduled to pick up her Maria Moors Cabot Prize special citation at Columbia’s Journalism School on Wednesday.

But, according to a University announcement, Cuba has denied Sánchez permission to travel to New York. Cuba has done this before, preventing Sánchez from receiving her Ortega y Gasset Prize in digital journalism in Madrid.

Sánchez’s weekly blog, Generación Y, has garnered attention and accolades for presenting Cuban life to the world at large.

What are you afraid she might report on all those Americans trying to swim to the communist paradise?

By Howie at 09:44 AM | |