DATA OF INTEREST
GUEST:
Boris González Arenas
Synopsis:
An analysis of the context in which Decree 370 is applied and the widely-rejected Decree 349 is born. The similarities between Cuba and China, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, are some of the topics explored by Hamlet in this live.
Bio:
Political activist, human rights defender and independent journalist. A graduate of history from the Facultad de Educación a Distancia de la Universidad de La Habana (2003) and of film directing from the Escuela Internacional de Cine de San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV, 2005). For a decade he has developed his work in the opposition linked to different organizations and political initiatives. He participated in the citizen campaigns Por otra Cuba, for the ratification of international human rights pacts; #Otro18, in favor of citizen participation in political organizations and electoral transparency; and is a member of the Mesa de Unidad de Acción Democrática (MUAD) made up of organizations on the island and in exile. His work as a journalist has centered on the defense of human rights, the analysis of official press, and the divulgation of the institutional and legal deficits of Castroism. He is a regular collaborator for Diario de Cuba, and has also collaborated for national newspapers and magazines such as Voces cubanas, Identidades, 14ymedio and Tremenda Nota. His articles have also appeared in the Brazilian magazines Época and Veja. He lives in Havana with his wife and two children.
