Sex tourism
Don’t ignore Cuba’s role in human trafficking
Don’t ignore Cuba’s role in human trafficking Report says pressure led to better ranking in State Dept. report. Cuba a popular site for ‘sex tourism,’ critics say. Department says its reporting was thorough and fact-based. BY FRANK CALZON cubacenter.org Continued international trafficking of people and the sexual abuse of minors are two of the world’s […] Continue reading
Committee on the Rights of the Child Queries the Government of Cuba Regarding the Sale of Children and Child Pornography
Committee on the Rights of the Child Queries the Government of Cuba Regarding the Sale of Children and Child Pornography Posted on July 6, 2015 Committee on the Rights of the Child, 70th Session – 2015, Draft Program Review of States Parties’ Reports List of questions relative to the briefing presented by Cuba by virtue […] Continue reading
Otorgan premio al Toronto Star y El Nuevo Herald
Publicado el jueves, 10.17.13 Otorgan premio al Toronto Star y El Nuevo Herald REDACCIÓN DE EL NUEVO HERALD Una investigación conjunta del turismo sexual infantil en Cuba y Canadá por el Toronto Star y El Nuevo Herald ganó el premio de Beyond Borders, una organización canadiense sin afán de lucro que trabaja para proteger a […] Continue reading
Joint El Nuevo Herald-Toronto Star reports on child sex tourism in Cuba and Canada are honored with award
Posted on Thursday, 10.17.13 Joint El Nuevo Herald-Toronto Star reports on child sex tourism in Cuba and Canada are honored with award MIAMI HERALD STAFF A joint investigation by the Toronto Star and El Nuevo Herald of child sex tourism in Cuba and Canada won a prize from Beyond Borders, a Canadian nonprofit that works […] Continue reading
Cuba’s Justice Minister says the government fights prostitution
Posted on Wednesday, 10.16.13 Cuba’s Justice Minister says the government fights prostitution BY JUAN O. TAMAYO JTAMAYO@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM Statements by Cuba’s minister of justice that prostitution is not a social problem on the island and that cases of child prostitution are “minimal” are evidence the government is turning a blind eye on the serious problems, a […] Continue reading
The USCCB, Cuba and the Chong Chon Gang
The USCCB, Cuba and the Chong Chon Gang By Marielena Montesino de Stuart ♦ Bishop Richard E. Pates tries to influence American policy towards Cuba. ♦ The socialist reality of the USCCB is clear, even when they coat it with Cuban sugar. ♦ With Obama in the White House and Francis in the Vatican – […] Continue reading
They Pick up the Prostitutes but Not the Trash on the Streets of Havana
They Pick up the Prostitutes but Not the Trash on the Streets of Havana / Orlando Freire Santana Posted on September 28, 2013 HAVANA, Cuba, September, www.cubanet.org – At almost the same moment that Mariela Castro declared that Cuba only penalizes pandering, but not prostitution, police officers in uniform and in plainclothes conducted an operation […] Continue reading
Cuban hotel guests complain of prostitution
Posted on Tuesday, 07.16.13 Cuban hotel guests complain of prostitution BY JUAN O. TAMAYO JTAMAYO@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM Most online guest reviews of beach resorts mention the quality of the sand, the water, the food and the towels and linens. And the Club Marea del Portillo and adjoining Club Farallón on Cuba’s southeastern coast are no different. But […] Continue reading
Police moved against prostitutes in Havana after Toronto Star and El Nuevo Herald published series on child prostitution in Cuba
Posted on Tuesday, 07.16.13 Police moved against prostitutes in Havana after Toronto Star and El Nuevo Herald published series on child prostitution in Cuba JTAMAYO@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM The Café Paris in downtown Havana, a seedy hangout for prostitutes from Cuba’s provinces, is reported to be nearly empty. So are several other bar-girl joints in the neighborhood, like […] Continue reading
Toronto man convicted of tourist sex crimes in Cuba
Posted on Friday, 06.14.13 CUBA Toronto man convicted of tourist sex crimes in Cuba By Robert Cribb Jennifer Quinn and Julian Sher Toronto Star An elderly Toronto man became the first Canadian convicted of sex crimes committed against children in Cuba after he pleaded guilty Friday to six counts, including little-used child sex tourism charges. […] Continue reading
Prostitution in Cuba: Denied at Home, Enabled from Abroad
Prostitution in Cuba: Denied at Home, Enabled from Abroad March 30, 2013 Graham Sowa HAVANA TIMES — In Cuba the denial of prostitution is a lie of omission: the government doesn't really talk about it. At the same time American politicians promote a travel ban that seriously damages United States efforts to identify and prosecute […] Continue reading
Canada vows to take action against sex tourists who target children
Posted on Monday, 03.18.13 Canada vows to take action against sex tourists who target children By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com The Canadian government has vowed to stop sex offenders from travelling abroad to abuse children in the wake of a series by the Toronto Star and El Nuevo Herald that exposed how easily Canadian sex […] Continue reading
Cuba’s most horrifying episode of child sex tourism resulted in a girl’s death
Cuba's most horrifying episode of child sex tourism resulted in a girl's death In May, 2010, Lilian Ramirez Espinosa, along with three other Cuban adolescents, was part of a sex party involving foreigners. Lilian ended up dying, though it's still not clear how. Cuban lawyer Laritza Diversent says the authorities reacted to the fact children […] Continue reading
U.S. child-sex tourism to Cuba hardly exists
Posted on Sunday, 03.17.13 CUBA U.S. child-sex tourism to Cuba hardly exists These stories are the result of a joint investigation by Toronto Star reporters Robert Cribb, Jennifer Quinn and Julian Sher, and El Nuevo Herald reporter Juan O. Tamayo. An odd combination of Washington's trade embargo on Cuba and tough U.S. laws on sex […] Continue reading
How Cuba became the newest hotbed for tourists craving sex with minors
Posted on Saturday, 03.16.13 Sex Tourism in Cuba: Second of three parts How Cuba became the newest hotbed for tourists craving sex with minors HAVANA — These stories are the result of a joint investigation by Toronto Star reporters Robert Cribb, Jennifer Quinn and Julian Sher, and El Nuevo Herald reporter Juan O. Tamayo. The […] Continue reading
Toronto sex offender could be first Canadian convicted of child sex tourism in Cuba
Toronto sex offender could be first Canadian convicted of child sex tourism in Cuba Toronto man James McTurk, 78, has been convicted twice on child porn charges, and now faces charges of child sex tourism for abusing children in Cuba. At the Toronto Police Service, a small group of investigators is dedicated to sifting through […] Continue reading
Canadians are major customers in Cuba’s child sex market
Canadians are major customers in Cuba's child sex market Canada is lax when it comes to stopping its sex offenders from going to Cuba and preying on underage prostitutes. Most tourists are drawn to Cuba by the sand, the sunshine, and the culture. But a few tourists – including some Canadians – are drawn by […] Continue reading
James McTurk: Portrait of an alleged sex tourist in Cuba
Posted on Saturday, 03.16.13 Sex tourism in Cuba | First of three parts James McTurk: Portrait of an alleged sex tourist in Cuba These stories are the result of a joint investigation by Toronto Star reporters Robert Cribb, Jennifer Quinn and Julian Sher, and El Nuevo Herald reporter Juan O. Tamayo. James McTurk is 78. […] Continue reading
Sex Tourism: The Largest Free-market in Cuba
Sex Tourism: The Largest Free-market in Cuba October 15, 2012 Yenisel Rodriguez Perez HAVANA TIMES — When the Cuban government began promoting the tourism industry in the 1990s, it was sex tourism that jump-started that initiative. Twelve years into the 21st century, they have managed to transition to other more conventional forms of tourism. Eco […] Continue reading
Shame on Cuba: Blind Eye to Human Trafficking
Shame on Cuba: Blind Eye to Human TraffickingOlivia SnowJuly 6, 2011 at 6:45 pm "If the girls give me trouble I hurt them." These are the words of human trafficker Aktham Zuhair Salem Madanat. Known for trafficking girls from Cuba to the United Kingom, Madanat had no qualms about openly discussing how he lured 10- […] Continue reading
New Trafficking in Persons Report
New Trafficking in Persons Reportat 12:19 AM Wednesday, June 17, 2009 The U.S. State Department has just released its 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report, which lists Cuba as one of 17 nations in the lowest possible category, Tier 3. According to the report: Cuba is principally a source of women and children trafficked within the […] Continue reading
The Isolation of Cuban Youth
The Isolation of Cuban YouthAnd the problem of prostitutionBy Gabriel Aubry GayónSpecial to The Epoch TimesApr 07, 2008 Lucia and her son Mario are sitting in their living room, watching a cultural show on state television in their modest apartment in Vedado, an upscale Havana neighborhood. They have a visitor: Arnold, a retired American professional [...] Continue reading
Two Homelands. Cuba and the Night
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Two Homelands. Cuba and the Night
Dos Patrias. Cuba y la Noche (Documentary — Germany)
By JAY WEISSBERG
A Christian Liffers production. Produced, directed, written by Liffers.
Life for gay men in Cuba is explored via six protags in novice helmer
Christian Liffers' handsome "Two Homelands. Cuba and the Night." Nicely
structured without being rigidly tied down, docu steers… Continue reading
2006 Report: Victims of Trafficking and Violence
2006 Report: Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000:
Trafficking in Persons Report
2006-09-28 http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2006/
[…] CUBA (TIER 3)
Cuba is a source country for women and children trafficked for the
purposes of sexual exploitation and forced child labor. The nature and
extent of trafficking in the country is hard to gauge due to the closed
nature of… Continue reading
Cuban gays find support in Fidel’s niece
Posted on Sat, Jul. 29, 2006
CUBA
Cuban gays find support in Fidel’s niece
Raúl Castro’s daughter is fighting traditional Cuban cultural views and
her own uncle’s apparent scorn of gays as she labors for greater rights
for the island’s sexual minorities.
BY MARY LAMEY
The Gazette
MONTREAL – Mariela Castro preaches revolution, though not the kind her
uncle Fidel… Continue reading
Cuba on smuggling nations list
Posted on Tue, Jun. 06, 2006
STATE DEPARTMENT
Cuba on ‘smuggling’ nations list
From Miami Herald Wire Services
WASHINGTON – An annual State Department report has again listed Cuba and
Venezuela among countries that are not doing enough to crack down on
human trafficking.
The report, issued Monday, also listed Saudi Arabia, Belize, Myanmar,
Iran, Laos, North Korea, Sudan, Syria,… Continue reading
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2005
Cuba
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2005
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
March 8, 2006
Cuba, with a population of 11 million, is a totalitarian state led by a
president, Fidel Castro, whose regime controls all aspects of life
through the Communist Party (CP) and its affiliated mass organizations,
the government bureaucracy, and… Continue reading