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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly the same
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom of expression
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken place.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people were talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.65,0:00:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello Eliane, tell me about...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.44,0:00:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, besides your life in Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.01,0:00:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.68,0:00:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you see\Nand what problems do you have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.51,0:00:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the coverage you do\Nfor Global Voices
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.02,0:00:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the island?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.11,0:00:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I write for Global Voices since 2010
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.60,0:00:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the regional editor in Spanish
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.05,0:00:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked me if i wanted to collaborate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.08,0:00:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i started to write
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.56,0:00:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very sad news for us:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.64,0:00:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fall of a plane
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.35,0:00:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a province called Sacti Spiritus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.72,0:00:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From that moment on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.02,0:00:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i tried to reconstruct
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.39,0:00:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the voices of what was being said
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.54,0:00:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the bloggers in the island\Nthe people who had internet
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.67,0:00:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people still with limited means
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.42,0:00:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and slow conection.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.08,0:00:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, the main problem i have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.07,0:00:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the coverage with Global Voices
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is trying to give voice to the blogosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.39,0:01:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spaces in the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.54,0:01:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but many times things happen in Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.68,0:01:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it takes time to get to the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.33,0:01:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially because of\Nthis limitation with technology
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.56,0:01:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or with the usage of Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.67,0:01:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we asked ourselves during the summit
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we waited and lost a week
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.76,0:01:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we tried to go on with the events
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.17,0:01:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if it was a live coverage,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.56,0:01:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without having yet\Na reflection of the Social Media.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.11,0:01:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a debate that maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.67,0:01:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't affect much to other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.11,0:01:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for us in Cuba,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.23,0:01:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it belongs to our day-to-day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.89,0:01:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also try to make the posts\Nas comprehensive as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.48,0:01:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cuba is politically controversial
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.89,0:01:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are distant spaces\Nin the blogosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.20,0:01:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opposed to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.93,0:01:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an everyday challange
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.93,0:02:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying that the coverage in Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.74,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is as neutral as possible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.12,0:02:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although i personally think
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.27,0:02:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is something difficult to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.80,0:02:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least we try\Nit is as balanced and honest as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.46,0:02:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From all the articles you have written
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.60,0:02:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which reactions have you harvested
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.60,0:02:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say it somehow
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.68,0:02:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to comments
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.36,0:02:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the website or other means?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.67,0:02:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, almost all the articles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.65,0:02:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get very polemic comments
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.19,0:02:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we always try to answer them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.19,0:02:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most interesting thing it's happened
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.43,0:02:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is all the people who try to contact me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.35,0:02:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by email
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.44,0:02:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn more about Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.65,0:02:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what i write in Global Voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.65,0:02:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also from the series i wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.50,0:02:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Wikileaks cables,\Ni mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.50,0:03:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the cables said about Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.54,0:03:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It generated many comments and replicas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.21,0:03:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the official media.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.05,0:03:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started to copy the post
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.68,0:03:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the mainstream media
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.27,0:03:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for trying an analysis in 3 posts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.05,0:03:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that i wrote essentially
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.39,0:03:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the topics
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.14,0:03:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A quantitative analysys at the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.76,0:03:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then explaining the topics, the postures
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.33,0:03:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the topics
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.86,0:03:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was very interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.76,0:03:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was published
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.07,0:03:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exclusively for Global Voices
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.28,0:03:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and suddenly other media started to publish it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.06,0:03:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Translations are also interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.24,0:03:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not as exciting and new to me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.49,0:03:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the posts translated into English.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.48,0:03:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to enter one day and see the posts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.54,0:03:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Magyar or Aymara
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.38,0:03:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or languages not very known in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.94,0:03:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exremely good because you know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.31,0:03:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people there can read about Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.95,0:03:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at least have the possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.47,0:04:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of having those stories about Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.97,0:04:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You take part in the Cuban blogosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.89,0:04:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is the relationship with your parents?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.92,0:04:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To take part in the cuban blogosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.47,0:04:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something complicated and complex.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.69,0:04:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A blogosphere is in constant growth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.11,0:04:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cuba has almost 600 blogs nowadays.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.99,0:04:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can seem not much,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.23,0:04:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for a country with just a 14%
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.70,0:04:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Internet penetration, it's a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.80,0:04:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because some people are dedicating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.88,0:04:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their free time\Nand the connection from their jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.95,0:04:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they hardly ever have at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.31,0:04:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell something about reality in Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.82,0:04:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly being immersed in this dynamics
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.17,0:04:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2009 when i created my blog\Nit was something
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.78,0:04:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very solitary, there were not many people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.13,0:04:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not many bloggers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.15,0:04:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we barely talked to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.99,0:04:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in 2012\Nsome national in-person meetings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.08,0:05:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of bloggers in Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.48,0:05:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been citizen actions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.68,0:05:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such us the cleaning \Nof the river Almendares
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.83,0:05:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely announced by the social network
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.11,0:05:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gathered people from inside \Nand outside Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.14,0:05:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been computer teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.69,0:05:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,programs related to technology
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.57,0:05:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for citizens with less knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.30,0:05:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It starts to be a big community
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.39,0:05:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it is still difficult \Nto reach a consensus
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.35,0:05:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but where one can create \Ninteresting debate areas,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.93,0:05:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generate productive dialogues
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.06,0:05:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are learning a little
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.42,0:05:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be more comprehensive,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.28,0:05:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to respect the voice of others,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.24,0:05:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand every blog is\Nan unique individual experience
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.69,0:05:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't have to fit \Nwith everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.93,0:05:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That teaches us to respect others,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.41,0:05:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand the terms
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.15,0:05:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the respect to differences\Nthanks to the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.72,0:06:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Cuba, i think there is only \Nthe media of the government,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.46,0:06:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,correct me if i am wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the official media, \Nwhich are state-owned.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.51,0:06:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cuban official media belong to the State.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.17,0:06:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Workers Central Union of Cuba,\Nfor example,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.14,0:06:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has its own media; the Communist Party,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.61,0:06:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cuba's Young Communist Union also has \Nits own media...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.64,0:06:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As for university students,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.05,0:06:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have the Alma Mater magazine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.79,0:06:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and almost every sector\Nis represented,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.04,0:06:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the most recognised media\Nare state-owned
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the relationship with the blogosphere\Nwith the state-owned media
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.37,0:06:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.11,0:06:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if at the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.18,0:06:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were not very listened or read
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.87,0:06:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we were very few.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.31,0:06:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nowadays we are fairly read and quoted,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.54,0:06:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cuban bloggers are interwied\Nin press
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.00,0:06:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are also many topics
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.17,0:06:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that concern the citizens
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.60,0:07:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then are taken by the\Ntraditional journalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.18,0:07:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fulfil deeper researches,\Ninvestigations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.39,0:07:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it starts to exist a dialogue
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.20,0:07:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between bloggers and \Ntraditional journalists.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.94,0:07:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it is a relationship \Nof deep aversion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.60,0:07:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or discredit to bloggers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.98,0:07:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the fact of being bloggers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.83,0:07:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is a discredit to bloggers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.85,0:07:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is for certain political tendencies
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.38,0:07:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on the basis of political documents,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.40,0:07:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not for being a blogger
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.17,0:07:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or using new technologies\Nto tell your reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.55,0:07:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it can happen in other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.30,0:07:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where not having\Na journalism degree
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.69,0:07:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can invalidate a citizen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.81,0:07:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it is the case of Cuba,\Nyet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.49,0:07:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least not for the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.61,0:07:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, Elaine.