April Peavey

April Peavey

April Peavey produces the Global Hit. She is based in the Boston newsroom of The World.

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Cuban Dissident Blogger Yoani Sanchez Begins World Tour

February 18, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment
Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, stands at the emigration control at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport (Photo Credit: REUTERS/Desmond Boylan)

Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, stands at the emigration control at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport (Photo Credit: REUTERS/Desmond Boylan)

Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez had been denied an exit permit by the Cuban government over 20 times in recent years.

Cuban law has now changed and exit permits are no longer required.

But, the government can still deny permission to travel by refusing to issue a passport.

That didn’t happen in Sanchez’s case as she has started an 80-day trip around the globe, including stops in the United States.

Ted Henken is involved in planning the Cuban blogger’s American itinerary.

Henken is a professor at Baruch College in New York. He says “this is something to celebrate and is a hard won citizen victory not only for Yoani, but for all Cuban citizens.”

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One comment for “Cuban Dissident Blogger Yoani Sanchez Begins World Tour”

  • http://twitter.com/DigitalAira T. Mitchell

    San José State University Journalism students interviewed Yoani last year in a visit to Cuba. The report is at http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/364880