Asfixian a preso homosexual y continúan escondidos presos que se
inyectaron SIDA
[15-10-2013]
Dania Virgen García
Cuba por Dentro. Corresponsal de Misceláneas de Cuba
(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- En la prisión provincial de Holguín,
informó el preso Maikel López Almaguer, que el pasado 8 de octubre fue
asfixiado en el destacamento 10 el preso homosexual Frank Oquendo, de 21
años de edad.
El preso Oquendo de nacionalidad guantanamera, fue amarrado y asfixiado
por un reo que se desconoce su nombre, el preso había pedido estar en
solitario en una celda de castigo por temor a que le fuera ocurrir algo.
La jefatura carcelaria ordenó enviarlo al destacamento 10 donde fue
asesinado.
Los tres presos que se inyectaron SIDA el pasado mes de septiembre,
todavía los tienen escondidos los jefes de la prisión en una celda de
castigo.
Source: "Asfixian a preso homosexual y continúan escondidos presos que
se inyectaron SIDA - Misceláneas de Cuba" -
http://www.miscelaneasdecuba.net/web/Article/Index/525d5baf3a682e09a8bf0229
miércoles, 16 de octubre de 2013
jueves, 10 de octubre de 2013
Investigan agresión contra unos homosexuales en cafetería de Cuba
Publicado el miércoles, 10.09.13
Investigan agresión contra unos homosexuales en cafetería de Cuba
AFP
LA HABANA -- El centro que dirige en Cuba la sexóloga Mariela Castro,
hija del mandatario Raúl Castro, anunció el miércoles que abrió una
investigación para investigar una presunta agresión contra unos
homosexuales en una cafetería, denunciada por la comunidad gay.
La sección jurídica del Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (Cenesex)
"desarrolla un proceso de indagación" sobre "supuestas manifestaciones
de violencia contra personas homosexuales en la ciudad de Cárdenas", 145
km al este de La Habana, señaló la entidad en su sitio web (www.cenesex.cu).
Agregó que activistas de la comunidad gay denunciaron esos "actos
violentos" contra un grupo de homosexuales en esa ciudad próxima al
famoso balneario de Varadero, sin dar detalles.
Un bloguero de Cárdenas contó que los hechos ocurrieron la madrugada del
pasado jueves, cuando un grupo de hombres agredió "verbal y físicamente"
a varios gays que departían en una cafetería.
"Contrariamente a lo que se esperaba ellos (los gays) respondieron con
la misma intensidad a la agresión y se defendieron con botellas, palos y
lo que encontraron a su alrededor. Y posteriormente fueron a la policía
a denunciar el hecho", relató el bloguero en el sitio
afromodernidades.wordpress.com.
El Cenesex, que prometió publicar "en los próximos días" los resultados
de su investigación, dijo que los hechos denunciados, "además de
constituir actos en contra de la integridad física de las víctimas, se
develan como muestras de discriminación, en una sociedad llamada al
respeto a la diversidad".
Mariela Castro ha impulsado desde el Cenesex una cruzada contra la
discriminación a los homosexuales, que fueron perseguidos en la isla en
los primeros tiempos del régimen revolucionario.
En enero 2012 el gobernante Partido Comunista (único) aprobó eliminar
todo tipo de discriminación en la isla y permitir que los homosexuales
ocupen cargos en el gobierno, en el partido y en las fuerzas armadas.
Source: "Investigan agresión contra unos homosexuales en cafetería de
Cuba - Cuba - ElNuevoHerald.com" -
http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/10/09/1586444/investigan-agresion-contra-unos.html
Investigan agresión contra unos homosexuales en cafetería de Cuba
AFP
LA HABANA -- El centro que dirige en Cuba la sexóloga Mariela Castro,
hija del mandatario Raúl Castro, anunció el miércoles que abrió una
investigación para investigar una presunta agresión contra unos
homosexuales en una cafetería, denunciada por la comunidad gay.
La sección jurídica del Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (Cenesex)
"desarrolla un proceso de indagación" sobre "supuestas manifestaciones
de violencia contra personas homosexuales en la ciudad de Cárdenas", 145
km al este de La Habana, señaló la entidad en su sitio web (www.cenesex.cu).
Agregó que activistas de la comunidad gay denunciaron esos "actos
violentos" contra un grupo de homosexuales en esa ciudad próxima al
famoso balneario de Varadero, sin dar detalles.
Un bloguero de Cárdenas contó que los hechos ocurrieron la madrugada del
pasado jueves, cuando un grupo de hombres agredió "verbal y físicamente"
a varios gays que departían en una cafetería.
"Contrariamente a lo que se esperaba ellos (los gays) respondieron con
la misma intensidad a la agresión y se defendieron con botellas, palos y
lo que encontraron a su alrededor. Y posteriormente fueron a la policía
a denunciar el hecho", relató el bloguero en el sitio
afromodernidades.wordpress.com.
El Cenesex, que prometió publicar "en los próximos días" los resultados
de su investigación, dijo que los hechos denunciados, "además de
constituir actos en contra de la integridad física de las víctimas, se
develan como muestras de discriminación, en una sociedad llamada al
respeto a la diversidad".
Mariela Castro ha impulsado desde el Cenesex una cruzada contra la
discriminación a los homosexuales, que fueron perseguidos en la isla en
los primeros tiempos del régimen revolucionario.
En enero 2012 el gobernante Partido Comunista (único) aprobó eliminar
todo tipo de discriminación en la isla y permitir que los homosexuales
ocupen cargos en el gobierno, en el partido y en las fuerzas armadas.
Source: "Investigan agresión contra unos homosexuales en cafetería de
Cuba - Cuba - ElNuevoHerald.com" -
http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/10/09/1586444/investigan-agresion-contra-unos.html
Sexual Education in Cuba
Sexual Education in Cuba
October 9, 2013
By Carlos Fraguela
HAVANA TIMES — We could well say that we have no sexual education in
Cuba, that the thinking surrounding this issue continues to be medieval,
for it has yet to place itself in step with the times and, like all
taboos, all we can continue to expect is for sex-related issues to be
swept under the carpet.
Improving the sexual wellbeing of the population is also not in the
interests of those who decide and manage what materials are made
available to the population. After all, that could ultimately work
against their own interests.
Cuban society continues to reproduce a backward model which excludes a
broad spectrum of sexual preferences caught sight of in the island's
current population.
It would be far less hypocritical to acknowledge that the rigid,
monogamic, heterosexual family – that once monolithic unit – has ceased
to suit the needs and interests of most people around the world.
Acknowledging the broad diversity of preferences that characterizes the
majority would put an end to the tyrannical domination of human beings,
who have the right to choose whatever kind of life they wish.
A friend lent me a documentary series titled Sex Mundi. The series could
well spark off a sexual revolution if it were shown on television here
as a kind of invitation to Cubans, who could rediscover and enrich their
sex lives and acquire a sense of belonging. Cuban television programs
dealing with sexual matters strike me as very limited in comparison.
The documentary is very straightforward about different issues and
advances a number of proposals on the basis of different sexual customs
documented around the world. Unabashedly, it documents a highly
heterogeneous series of tendencies and presents these as concrete
examples of human diversity, accompanying this exploration with critical
comments and interviews with experts on human sexuality.
How many people in Cuba, today, feel excluded, feel like oddballs, for
failing to meet the expectations of a twisted and backward society?
Individuals need to break with the prejudiced schemes of the past in
order to be free, at least in this one dimension of our lives that no
one can meddle in today. Morality is an enemy of sexual freedom and does
not cease to demonize it.
I've heard say that, back in the days of the Military Units for
Production Support, Cuba's notorious UMAP forced-labor camps (where
homosexuals and political dissidents were sent to in the 1960s), one of
leaders of the revolution (I don't remember who) travelled to an Asian
country to ask for advice on how to deal with the "problem of
homosexuality."
In that country, the official was told, in a very straightforward
manner, that they simply clubbed homosexuals to death and dropped them
in the river, for everyone to see – that this had made such a deep
impression on people that it had eliminated the "problem." I think the
Cuban official was horrified by the anecdote and I don't think that
piece of advice was of much use to the Cuban government (though the two
countries continue to be allies).
For the longest time, those in power have controlled, humiliated, judged
and even eliminated those who fall outside the heterosexual canon.
Who is unaware of what the majority of Cuban police officers think about
homosexuals, transvestite, prostitutes and even black people (who are
always harassed by them)? All of us are aware of how these figures of
authority – part of the repressive apparatus, when all is said and done
– operate. I am not saying they are the ones to blame for our situation,
they are merely ignorant.
Sexuality is a liberating, not a limiting, force. Responsible sex
connects us to other human beings and can teach us a lot about the value
of life, mitigating sadness and raising our self-esteem.
Source: "Sexual Education in Cuba - Havana Times.org" -
http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=99310
October 9, 2013
By Carlos Fraguela
HAVANA TIMES — We could well say that we have no sexual education in
Cuba, that the thinking surrounding this issue continues to be medieval,
for it has yet to place itself in step with the times and, like all
taboos, all we can continue to expect is for sex-related issues to be
swept under the carpet.
Improving the sexual wellbeing of the population is also not in the
interests of those who decide and manage what materials are made
available to the population. After all, that could ultimately work
against their own interests.
Cuban society continues to reproduce a backward model which excludes a
broad spectrum of sexual preferences caught sight of in the island's
current population.
It would be far less hypocritical to acknowledge that the rigid,
monogamic, heterosexual family – that once monolithic unit – has ceased
to suit the needs and interests of most people around the world.
Acknowledging the broad diversity of preferences that characterizes the
majority would put an end to the tyrannical domination of human beings,
who have the right to choose whatever kind of life they wish.
A friend lent me a documentary series titled Sex Mundi. The series could
well spark off a sexual revolution if it were shown on television here
as a kind of invitation to Cubans, who could rediscover and enrich their
sex lives and acquire a sense of belonging. Cuban television programs
dealing with sexual matters strike me as very limited in comparison.
The documentary is very straightforward about different issues and
advances a number of proposals on the basis of different sexual customs
documented around the world. Unabashedly, it documents a highly
heterogeneous series of tendencies and presents these as concrete
examples of human diversity, accompanying this exploration with critical
comments and interviews with experts on human sexuality.
How many people in Cuba, today, feel excluded, feel like oddballs, for
failing to meet the expectations of a twisted and backward society?
Individuals need to break with the prejudiced schemes of the past in
order to be free, at least in this one dimension of our lives that no
one can meddle in today. Morality is an enemy of sexual freedom and does
not cease to demonize it.
I've heard say that, back in the days of the Military Units for
Production Support, Cuba's notorious UMAP forced-labor camps (where
homosexuals and political dissidents were sent to in the 1960s), one of
leaders of the revolution (I don't remember who) travelled to an Asian
country to ask for advice on how to deal with the "problem of
homosexuality."
In that country, the official was told, in a very straightforward
manner, that they simply clubbed homosexuals to death and dropped them
in the river, for everyone to see – that this had made such a deep
impression on people that it had eliminated the "problem." I think the
Cuban official was horrified by the anecdote and I don't think that
piece of advice was of much use to the Cuban government (though the two
countries continue to be allies).
For the longest time, those in power have controlled, humiliated, judged
and even eliminated those who fall outside the heterosexual canon.
Who is unaware of what the majority of Cuban police officers think about
homosexuals, transvestite, prostitutes and even black people (who are
always harassed by them)? All of us are aware of how these figures of
authority – part of the repressive apparatus, when all is said and done
– operate. I am not saying they are the ones to blame for our situation,
they are merely ignorant.
Sexuality is a liberating, not a limiting, force. Responsible sex
connects us to other human beings and can teach us a lot about the value
of life, mitigating sadness and raising our self-esteem.
Source: "Sexual Education in Cuba - Havana Times.org" -
http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=99310
miércoles, 9 de octubre de 2013
El Cenesex dice que investigará 'supuestos actos violentos' contra gays en Cárdenas
SOCIEDAD
El Cenesex dice que investigará 'supuestos actos violentos' contra gays
en Cárdenas
DDC | La Habana | 9 Oct 2013 - 1:10 am.
Un blog de Matanzas denunció la semana pasada una agresión contra
homosexuales, que terminó en una pelea masiva.
El Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (Cenesex), que dirige Mariela
Castro, informó el martes que investigará las "supuestas manifestaciones
de violencia" ocurridas contra homosexuales en la ciudad matancera de
Cárdenas.
"De ser ciertas, además de constituir actos en contra de la integridad
física de las víctimas, se develan como muestras de discriminación, en
una sociedad llamada al respeto a la diversidad", indicó un comunicado
oficial.
El Cenesex dijo que la información circula "desde hace varios días" por
internet "y a través de alertas recibidas de activistas LGBT".
El blog Afromodernidades, redactado desde Matanzas, había denunciado
que "varios hombres en un coche", en la madrugada del pasado jueves,
agredieron "verbal y físicamente" a los homosexuales presentes en una
cafetería de Cárdenas.
"Contrariamente a lo que se esperaba, ellos [los gays] respondieron con
la misma intensidad la agresión y se defendieron con botellas, palos y
lo que encontraron a su alrededor. Y posteriormente fueron a la policía
a denunciar el hecho", informó la publicación.
Su autor, Alberto Abreu, cuestionó "el desamparo legal y ciudadano que
viven hoy los maricones" en la Isla, "donde la misma policía, con sus
continuos asedios y acosos por los sitios de ligue gay, no hace otra
cosa que criminalizar las prácticas y la identidad homosexual".
"El homosexual (no importa cuál sea su integración y aporte social al
presente de la nación cubana) es un delincuente", afirmó Abreu,
quien además recordó que "los derechos y los espacios no se mendigan,
sino que se conquistan".
El comunicado del Cenesex indicó el martes que su Servicio de
Orientación Jurídica, "desde que tuvo conocimiento del asunto,
desarrolla un proceso de indagación sobre los mencionados acontecimientos".
La entidad dijo que la investigación "permitirá determinar su veracidad,
darle seguimiento", y en "próximos días" publicar su "versión" de lo
ocurrido.
Source: "El Cenesex dice que investigará 'supuestos actos violentos'
contra gays en Cárdenas | Diario de Cuba" -
http://www.diariodecuba.com/derechos-humanos/1381273816_5423.html
El Cenesex dice que investigará 'supuestos actos violentos' contra gays
en Cárdenas
DDC | La Habana | 9 Oct 2013 - 1:10 am.
Un blog de Matanzas denunció la semana pasada una agresión contra
homosexuales, que terminó en una pelea masiva.
El Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (Cenesex), que dirige Mariela
Castro, informó el martes que investigará las "supuestas manifestaciones
de violencia" ocurridas contra homosexuales en la ciudad matancera de
Cárdenas.
"De ser ciertas, además de constituir actos en contra de la integridad
física de las víctimas, se develan como muestras de discriminación, en
una sociedad llamada al respeto a la diversidad", indicó un comunicado
oficial.
El Cenesex dijo que la información circula "desde hace varios días" por
internet "y a través de alertas recibidas de activistas LGBT".
El blog Afromodernidades, redactado desde Matanzas, había denunciado
que "varios hombres en un coche", en la madrugada del pasado jueves,
agredieron "verbal y físicamente" a los homosexuales presentes en una
cafetería de Cárdenas.
"Contrariamente a lo que se esperaba, ellos [los gays] respondieron con
la misma intensidad la agresión y se defendieron con botellas, palos y
lo que encontraron a su alrededor. Y posteriormente fueron a la policía
a denunciar el hecho", informó la publicación.
Su autor, Alberto Abreu, cuestionó "el desamparo legal y ciudadano que
viven hoy los maricones" en la Isla, "donde la misma policía, con sus
continuos asedios y acosos por los sitios de ligue gay, no hace otra
cosa que criminalizar las prácticas y la identidad homosexual".
"El homosexual (no importa cuál sea su integración y aporte social al
presente de la nación cubana) es un delincuente", afirmó Abreu,
quien además recordó que "los derechos y los espacios no se mendigan,
sino que se conquistan".
El comunicado del Cenesex indicó el martes que su Servicio de
Orientación Jurídica, "desde que tuvo conocimiento del asunto,
desarrolla un proceso de indagación sobre los mencionados acontecimientos".
La entidad dijo que la investigación "permitirá determinar su veracidad,
darle seguimiento", y en "próximos días" publicar su "versión" de lo
ocurrido.
Source: "El Cenesex dice que investigará 'supuestos actos violentos'
contra gays en Cárdenas | Diario de Cuba" -
http://www.diariodecuba.com/derechos-humanos/1381273816_5423.html
martes, 24 de septiembre de 2013
Montevideo y La Habana cooperarán en políticas sobre diversidad sexual
Montevideo y La Habana cooperarán en políticas sobre diversidad sexual
AGENCIAS | Montevideo | 24 Sep 2013 - 12:05 am.
Uruguay fue el segundo país latinoamericano en legalizar el matrimonio
homosexual.
Los gobiernos de Uruguay y Cuba firmarán esta semana un convenio para
cooperar en políticas públicas vinculadas a temas de diversidad sexual,
anunciaron autoridades en Montevideo, según AFP.
El convenio sobre intercambio técnico y asesoramiento recíproco en
materia de diversidad sexual y políticas públicas será firmado el
viernes, poco antes de la ya tradicional marcha por la diversidad,
indicó en conferencia de prensa Andrés Scagliola, director de Políticas
Sociales del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social (Mides).
"Es una apuesta a una cooperación sur-sur también en esta materia",
indicó Scagliola.
En la firma del convenio participará Mariela Castro, directora del
Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (Cenesex).
"Uruguay ha avanzado muchísimo y con claridad" en materia de derechos
para la comunidad LGBT (lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transgénero),
"pero ese avance nos dice que falta muchísimo en el día a día", aseguró
Scagliola.
El lunes se anunció la creación de un Consejo Consultivo de la
Diversidad Sexual, que busca ser un ámbito de intercambio entre el Mides
y las organizaciones sociales vinculadas a la diversidad.
Uruguay se convirtió en abril en el segundo país latinoamericano,
después de Argentina, en legalizar el matrimonio homosexual y las
primeras bodas entre personas del mismo sexo comenzaron a realizarse en
agosto.
Previamente, Uruguay había legalizado la unión civil de homosexuales y
la adopción de niños por parte de parejas del mismo sexo, además de
habilitar el cambio de nombre y sexo y el ingreso de homosexuales a las
Fuerzas Armadas.
En Cuba aún no ha sucedido nada de esto.
Source: "Montevideo y La Habana cooperarán en políticas sobre diversidad
sexual | Diario de Cuba" -
http://www.diariodecuba.com/cuba/1379973913_5211.html
AGENCIAS | Montevideo | 24 Sep 2013 - 12:05 am.
Uruguay fue el segundo país latinoamericano en legalizar el matrimonio
homosexual.
Los gobiernos de Uruguay y Cuba firmarán esta semana un convenio para
cooperar en políticas públicas vinculadas a temas de diversidad sexual,
anunciaron autoridades en Montevideo, según AFP.
El convenio sobre intercambio técnico y asesoramiento recíproco en
materia de diversidad sexual y políticas públicas será firmado el
viernes, poco antes de la ya tradicional marcha por la diversidad,
indicó en conferencia de prensa Andrés Scagliola, director de Políticas
Sociales del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social (Mides).
"Es una apuesta a una cooperación sur-sur también en esta materia",
indicó Scagliola.
En la firma del convenio participará Mariela Castro, directora del
Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (Cenesex).
"Uruguay ha avanzado muchísimo y con claridad" en materia de derechos
para la comunidad LGBT (lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transgénero),
"pero ese avance nos dice que falta muchísimo en el día a día", aseguró
Scagliola.
El lunes se anunció la creación de un Consejo Consultivo de la
Diversidad Sexual, que busca ser un ámbito de intercambio entre el Mides
y las organizaciones sociales vinculadas a la diversidad.
Uruguay se convirtió en abril en el segundo país latinoamericano,
después de Argentina, en legalizar el matrimonio homosexual y las
primeras bodas entre personas del mismo sexo comenzaron a realizarse en
agosto.
Previamente, Uruguay había legalizado la unión civil de homosexuales y
la adopción de niños por parte de parejas del mismo sexo, además de
habilitar el cambio de nombre y sexo y el ingreso de homosexuales a las
Fuerzas Armadas.
En Cuba aún no ha sucedido nada de esto.
Source: "Montevideo y La Habana cooperarán en políticas sobre diversidad
sexual | Diario de Cuba" -
http://www.diariodecuba.com/cuba/1379973913_5211.html
lunes, 23 de septiembre de 2013
Latest Cuban Ministry of Health Statistics for HIV/AIDS
Latest Cuban Ministry of Health Statistics for HIV/AIDS / Wendy Iriepa
and Ignacio Estrada
Posted on September 22, 2013
Total number of people living with HIV/AIDS: 18,261
Total foreigners detected: 675
Havana:
Total Persons with HIV/AIDS: 8,660
Diagnosed 2012: 625
Total AIDS Cases: 3,765
People Living with HIV/AIDS: 6,982
Ambulatory Care System: 5,988
Total deaths: 1,434
Deaths from AIDS: 1,321
Deaths from Other Causes: 113
Children in the Study: 74
HIV-positive children: 16
Average Age of Most Affected: 20 – 24
Infected practicing transactional sex: 641, which is 7.3% of infected
cases .
Province with greatest number of persons engaged in prostitution:
Las Tunas with 116 cases; 27.4 %
Holguin 138 cases; 17.5 %
Camagüey 130 cases;17 %
Cienfuegos 74 cases; 17 %
Isle of Youth 25 cases; 14.4 %
Santa Clara – Figure Unconfirmed
Santiago de Cuba – Figure Unconfirmed
Guantanamo – Figure Unconfirmed
Havana – Population cannot be estimated because of transience.
In 2012 in Cuba 108 HIV-positive women gave birth.
Major Causes of Death :
- Poor Adherence to Therapeutics
- Loss of Observation
- Late Diagnosis
Cuba keeps open a total of 3 Sanitariums from a total of 14 that existed
from the 1980s through 2005.
Cuba today has a total of 6 Prisons for Prisoners with HIV/AIDS compared
to one existing at the end of the 1990s in the city of Santa Clara.
With a varying criminal population, between 400-675 inmates have
HIV/AID; fewer of them are women. One of the routes of infection is
self-inoculation [in regular prisons to escape that prison environment].
Cuba offers Antiretroviral Treatment to about 5,000 people. They have a
CD4 cell count below 350.
Cuba has never been able to reduce nor has it shown a reduction in the
rate of diagnosis since the diagnosis of the first cases. This figure is
constantly growing.
8 July 2013
Source: "Latest Cuban Ministry of Health Statistics for HIV/AIDS / Wendy
Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada | Translating Cuba" -
http://translatingcuba.com/latest-cuban-ministry-of-health-statistics-for-hivaids-wendy-iriepa-and-ignacio-estrada/
and Ignacio Estrada
Posted on September 22, 2013
Total number of people living with HIV/AIDS: 18,261
Total foreigners detected: 675
Havana:
Total Persons with HIV/AIDS: 8,660
Diagnosed 2012: 625
Total AIDS Cases: 3,765
People Living with HIV/AIDS: 6,982
Ambulatory Care System: 5,988
Total deaths: 1,434
Deaths from AIDS: 1,321
Deaths from Other Causes: 113
Children in the Study: 74
HIV-positive children: 16
Average Age of Most Affected: 20 – 24
Infected practicing transactional sex: 641, which is 7.3% of infected
cases .
Province with greatest number of persons engaged in prostitution:
Las Tunas with 116 cases; 27.4 %
Holguin 138 cases; 17.5 %
Camagüey 130 cases;17 %
Cienfuegos 74 cases; 17 %
Isle of Youth 25 cases; 14.4 %
Santa Clara – Figure Unconfirmed
Santiago de Cuba – Figure Unconfirmed
Guantanamo – Figure Unconfirmed
Havana – Population cannot be estimated because of transience.
In 2012 in Cuba 108 HIV-positive women gave birth.
Major Causes of Death :
- Poor Adherence to Therapeutics
- Loss of Observation
- Late Diagnosis
Cuba keeps open a total of 3 Sanitariums from a total of 14 that existed
from the 1980s through 2005.
Cuba today has a total of 6 Prisons for Prisoners with HIV/AIDS compared
to one existing at the end of the 1990s in the city of Santa Clara.
With a varying criminal population, between 400-675 inmates have
HIV/AID; fewer of them are women. One of the routes of infection is
self-inoculation [in regular prisons to escape that prison environment].
Cuba offers Antiretroviral Treatment to about 5,000 people. They have a
CD4 cell count below 350.
Cuba has never been able to reduce nor has it shown a reduction in the
rate of diagnosis since the diagnosis of the first cases. This figure is
constantly growing.
8 July 2013
Source: "Latest Cuban Ministry of Health Statistics for HIV/AIDS / Wendy
Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada | Translating Cuba" -
http://translatingcuba.com/latest-cuban-ministry-of-health-statistics-for-hivaids-wendy-iriepa-and-ignacio-estrada/
Homosexual Prisoners Suffer Abuse and Discrimination
Homosexual Prisoners Suffer Abuse and Discrimination / Frank E. Carranza
Lopez in the blog of Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada
Posted on September 22, 2013
By Frank E. Carranza Lopez, Agencia Decoro
(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net) — The alarming news came to us from Fausto
de la Caridad Urbay, President of the LGBT Liberal Youth of Cuba Front.
He is denied visits to gay prisoners at the HIV/AIDS special prison,
located a mile from the Maraguaco highway to San Jose de las Lajas in
the province Mayabeque. This prison has 5 internal sections, four for
men and one for women.
On 2 August 2013, he went to Section #2, medium security (the most
populous of the prison) to visit for four hours with family and friends
of the inmates. For years inmates have enjoyed this privilege without
hindrance. Most inmates are gay and along with visits from their family
receive visits from their respective partners.
Imagine the astonishment of the visitors when, after waiting some hours
for official entry, they were told that by superior orders only family
members could visit and no one else. The discontent caused quite a
commotion, followed by crude threats from the officials of internal
order (FOI), to which the families responded by asking to see the
director of the penitentiary, Jorge Luis Castillo. He did not show his
face and instead sent his second in command, who called himself Álvaro,
and who, upset and disrespectful to the gay community, told them, and I
quote, "Castillo is Castillo and I'm me and I don't care to allow gay
partners to visit here and if you don't like it you can complain as much
as or wherever you want and it won't do you any good, I'm in charge here."
After several minutes of protest, he decided to pass on the food the
visitors had brought, warning that this would be the last time and not
to take the trouble of returning.
Many of those prisoners are of the type called charity cases (with no
family), and only receive visits from their homosexual partners.
Currently the discontent within the facility is growing, daily
irritation increases, after the surprise inspection of high officials
from the Cuban Interior Ministry (MININT) triggered by a complaint
issued on June 27 by CUBANET, any return of the previous visitors makes
things worse.
The repression increased, the food returned to its original inedible and
indescribable state, vitamin K disappeared again along with injectable
Dipirona, and as if that weren't enough it seems the deputy director of
the prison, Señor Álvaro, carried out a coup d'etat against his superior
and won, playing the part of the Grim Reaper with the threads of the
lives of the inmates who require specialized care given their state as
patients with HIV/AIDS.
10 August 2013
Source: "Homosexual Prisoners Suffer Abuse and Discrimination / Frank E.
Carranza Lopez in the blog of Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada |
Translating Cuba" -
http://translatingcuba.com/homosexual-prisoners-suffer-abuse-and-discrimination-frank-e-carranza-lopez-in-blog-of-wendy-iriepa-and-ignacio-estrada/
Lopez in the blog of Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada
Posted on September 22, 2013
By Frank E. Carranza Lopez, Agencia Decoro
(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net) — The alarming news came to us from Fausto
de la Caridad Urbay, President of the LGBT Liberal Youth of Cuba Front.
He is denied visits to gay prisoners at the HIV/AIDS special prison,
located a mile from the Maraguaco highway to San Jose de las Lajas in
the province Mayabeque. This prison has 5 internal sections, four for
men and one for women.
On 2 August 2013, he went to Section #2, medium security (the most
populous of the prison) to visit for four hours with family and friends
of the inmates. For years inmates have enjoyed this privilege without
hindrance. Most inmates are gay and along with visits from their family
receive visits from their respective partners.
Imagine the astonishment of the visitors when, after waiting some hours
for official entry, they were told that by superior orders only family
members could visit and no one else. The discontent caused quite a
commotion, followed by crude threats from the officials of internal
order (FOI), to which the families responded by asking to see the
director of the penitentiary, Jorge Luis Castillo. He did not show his
face and instead sent his second in command, who called himself Álvaro,
and who, upset and disrespectful to the gay community, told them, and I
quote, "Castillo is Castillo and I'm me and I don't care to allow gay
partners to visit here and if you don't like it you can complain as much
as or wherever you want and it won't do you any good, I'm in charge here."
After several minutes of protest, he decided to pass on the food the
visitors had brought, warning that this would be the last time and not
to take the trouble of returning.
Many of those prisoners are of the type called charity cases (with no
family), and only receive visits from their homosexual partners.
Currently the discontent within the facility is growing, daily
irritation increases, after the surprise inspection of high officials
from the Cuban Interior Ministry (MININT) triggered by a complaint
issued on June 27 by CUBANET, any return of the previous visitors makes
things worse.
The repression increased, the food returned to its original inedible and
indescribable state, vitamin K disappeared again along with injectable
Dipirona, and as if that weren't enough it seems the deputy director of
the prison, Señor Álvaro, carried out a coup d'etat against his superior
and won, playing the part of the Grim Reaper with the threads of the
lives of the inmates who require specialized care given their state as
patients with HIV/AIDS.
10 August 2013
Source: "Homosexual Prisoners Suffer Abuse and Discrimination / Frank E.
Carranza Lopez in the blog of Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada |
Translating Cuba" -
http://translatingcuba.com/homosexual-prisoners-suffer-abuse-and-discrimination-frank-e-carranza-lopez-in-blog-of-wendy-iriepa-and-ignacio-estrada/
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