The Latin American Conference on Investigative Journalism (COLPIN) is holding its 2024 sessions in Madrid, Spain, October 23-26, with participants from more than 15 countries.
A major event at this Conference on October 24 and 25 was the production of the “DDC Forum: For the Cuba of Tomorrow” organized by Diaria de Cuba (DDC), the Cuban daily Internet diary about Cuba (in Spanish and English).[1] Here is a list of 20 of the Forum’s programs:[2]
- “We are experiencing a national crisis that affects all families”
- “The recovery of historical memory and the status of citizen in Cuba is essential”
- “Cuban citizens want a change of system”
- “Creating spaces for dialogue is one of the fundamental roles of civil society”
- “I hope Cuba will be free soon, the current situation is decisive”
- “Cuba, democratic transition and international panorama”
- “It is the political system model that is hindering Cuba’s development and the beginning of its recovery”
- “Cuban society is democratizing itself in a fast, open and plural way”
- “The situation in Cuba is unsustainable, we are getting closer to change”
- “Changes in Cuba depend on our ability to articulate”
- “Is the current crisis in Cuba an opportunity?”
- “Cuba needs to reconcile with itself and its diaspora”
- “The crisis taking place today in Cuba is induced and irreversible”
- “Cuba: What moves or paralyzes citizens today?”
- “Power in Cuba is undergoing mutations that deepen its most negative features”
- “If we do not analyze today’s problems, we will not be able to think of solutions for the Cuba of tomorrow”
- “The system’s narrative is exhausted and it is imperative to approach the formation of a possible Cuba”
- Trying to negotiate a transition with Miguel Diaz-Canel today would be a farce”
- “Achieving a sustainable energy matrix depends on a progressive economy”
- “With GAESA there is no country”
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These programs deserve careful study by everyone who is interested in the future of Cuba as it struggles with its many problems, including its current electrical crisis. These programs also indirectly and strongly support the United States ending its embargo (blockade) of the island and its designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism and returning to the Obama Administration’s many decisions to normalize U.S. relations with Cuba.[3]
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[1] COLPIN, the great event of investigative journalism in Latin America, will be held in Madrid, Diario de Cuba (Sept. 25, 2024); Rosas, DDC in forum: ‘For the Cuba of tomorrow,”’ Diaria de Cuba (Sept. 25, 2024);
[2] [Details on 20 of DDC Forum’s Programs], Diario de Cuba (10/25/24). [Actual details on these programs will be discussed in future posts as they are revealed on Diario de Cuba.]
[3] See list of posts to dwkcommentaries in U.S. (Obama) & Cuba (Normalization), 2014; U.S. (Obama) & Cuba (Normalization ), 2015; U.S. (Obama) & Cuba (Normalization), 2016; U.S. (Obama) & Cuba (Normalization), 2017 in List of Posts to dwkcommentaries—Topical: Cuba [as of 5/4/20].