Human Rights in Cuba and Honduras, 2010: The Spring of Discontent
John M. Kirk, Dalhousie University, Emily J. Kirk, Cambridge University
The spring of 2010 has witnessed a plethora of articles in mainstream US media on the human rights situation in Cuba, largely surrounding three issues-the hunger strike (and eventual death) of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, that of Guillermo Fariñas (still alive at the time of writing), and a series of demonstrations by opponents of the government (and family members of prisoners) known as the Ladies in White.