CASA DE LAS AMERICAS AWARD

Statement by Casa de las Americas: Cuba belongs only to Cuba

The Havana-based Casa de las Américas

A young man of migrant descent is killed by police. Thousands of people, outraged, take to the streets. Police repression is unleashed. Buildings and cars are set on fire, and dozens are injured. The number of arrests grows by the hour. France burns.»

Renowned Uruguayan Writer Eduardo Galeano Dies

Internationally awarded Uruguayan author and journalist Eduardo Galeano died Monday of lung cancer at age 75 in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, according to local newspaper Subrayado.»