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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,,What do you think and what problems do you have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.51,0:00:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the coverage you do for Global Voices
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.02,0:00:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the island?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.11,0:00:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I have written for Global Voices since 2010
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.60,0:00:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the regional Spanish editor
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.05,0:00:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked me if I wanted to collaborate with Global Voices
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.08,0:00:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I began to write
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.56,0:00:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about some news that was very sad for us about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.64,0:00:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a plane crash
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 started to try to sort of 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 bloggers on the island, the people who had Internet access,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.67,0:00:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still people with limited means
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.42,0:00:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the connection was quite slow.
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,,with the coverage of Global Voices
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that Global Voices tries to give a voice to the blogosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.39,0:01:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Internet spaces,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.54,0:01:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but often things happen in Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.68,0:01:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a bit of a delay for news to arrive to Internet spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.33,0:01:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially because of this technological limitation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.56,0:01:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this limitation on Internet use.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.67,0:01:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are wondering during the summit
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we should wait for it to arrive... and lose a week
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.76,0:01:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or try to start, move foward with what is happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.17,0:01:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if it were a live coverage of the events,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.56,0:01:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without having a reflection from Social Media yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.11,0:01:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a debate that might not
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.67,0:01:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come up much in 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 forms a considerable part of \Nour day-to-day lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.89,0:01:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also try to make the posts\Nas influential as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.48,0:01:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cuba is quite controversial in terms of politics
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.89,0:01:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are pretty distant spaces\Nin the blogosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.20,0:01:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are opposed to each other and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.93,0:01:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a bit of an everyday challange
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.93,0:02:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to make the coverage of Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.74,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as neutral as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.12,0:02:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although in my personal opinion about our reality
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.27,0:02:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is something that is rather hard to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.80,0:02:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that it is as honest and balanced possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.46,0:02:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of the articles you have written,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.60,0:02:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what reactions have you gathered,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.60,0:02:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you will,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.68,0:02:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through comments
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.36,0:02:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the website or by other means?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.67,0:02:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, almost all the articles that I write for Global Voices receive comments,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.65,0:02:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather controversial comments,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.19,0:02:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we always try to respond to all of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.55,0:02:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these comments about the issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.19,0:02:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most interesting thing that has happened to me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.43,0:02:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that a lot of people who try to contact me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.35,0:02:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by e-mail
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.44,0:02:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn a little more about Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.65,0:02:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what I write for 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, I 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 lots of replies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.21,0:03:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amongst the official media.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.05,0:03:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started to copy the exact same 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,,because I've tried to do a bit of an analysis in three posts
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.05,0:03:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I essentially wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.39,0:03:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see what issues were being talked about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.14,0:03:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though a bit of a quantitative analysis at the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.76,0:03:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, briefly explaining what the issues were,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.33,0:03:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the postures on those 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 a lot of other media organizations started to publish it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.06,0:03:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another interesting thing is the translations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.24,0:03:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not as exciting or new for 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 go in 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 in languages that are not very known in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.94,0:03:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is incredibly positive because you know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.31,0:03:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people in the places where these languages are spoke are reading about Cuba
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.95,0:03:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at least they have the possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.47,0:04:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of receiving these stories from Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.97,0:04:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you take part in the Cuban blogosphere yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.89,0:04:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your relationship with your parents like?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.92,0:04:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being part of the Cuban blogosphere is complicated,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.47,0:04:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a complex matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.69,0:04:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's a blogosphere, as I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.30,0:04:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's growing constantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.11,0:04:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, Cuba has almost 600 Cuban-based blogs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.99,0:04:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might not seem like much,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.23,0:04:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for a country with only 14%
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.70,0:04:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Internet penetration, it's considerable,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.80,0:04:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there are people who are \Ndedicating their free time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.88,0:04:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are using their Internet connection at work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.95,0:04:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they hardly ever have connections at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.31,0:04:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reveal a bit about the reality in Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.82,0:04:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, to suddenly be immersed in these dynamics
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.17,0:04:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the time in 2008 when I had recently created my blog,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.78,0:04:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something very solitary, I mean, 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 were just starting to talk to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.99,0:04:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in 2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.08,0:05:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,face-to-face meetings have been held for bloggers in Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.48,0:05:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There has already been citizen action,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.68,0:05:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such us the cleaning of the Almendares river
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.83,0:05:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was organized completely from social networks,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.11,0:05:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gathered people from both inside and outside of Cuba.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.14,0:05:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Citizen computer literacy programs dealing with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.69,0:05:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technological issues have been carried out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.57,0:05:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people who have a bit less knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.30,0:05:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, it has started to be to be a big community
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.39,0:05:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it's still difficult to reach a consensus,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.35,0:05:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but where extremely interesting debates are created,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.93,0:05:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where very productive dialogues are generated,
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 influential,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.28,0:05:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to respect others' voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.24,0:05:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand that every blog is an individual experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.17,0:05:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a unique experience
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.69,0:05:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that does not have to be like others.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.93,0:05:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a way , we teach each other respect for others,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.41,0:05:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand terms such as freedom of expression,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.15,0:05:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially, such as respect for differences,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.72,0:06:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the media. In Cuba, I don't think there are media organizations, there is only the government media.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.46,0:06:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Correct me if I'm wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there are the official media organizations, which are all state-owned.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.51,0:06:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Official Cuban media organizations belong to state institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.17,0:06:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Central Workers Union of Cuba,\Nfor example, has its media organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.14,0:06:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Communist Party of Cuba has its media organzation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.61,0:06:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Young Communist Union also has \Nits own media press...
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 on top of that, almost every sector\Nis represented
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.04,0:06:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some kind of press media,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.38,0:06:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if... all the recognized press media organizations are state-owned
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blogosphere's relationship with 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 in the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.18,0:06:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they weren't very heard or read
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.87,0:06:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there were very few.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.31,0:06:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nowadays, we are, indeed, quite read and even quoted.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.54,0:06:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cuban bloggers are interviewed by the press,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.00,0:06:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are even many issues
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.17,0:06:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that form part of citizens' concern
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.77,0:07:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were first born in the blogosphere,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.60,0:07:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, the press or traditional journalism makes them theirs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.18,0:07:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do research, deeper searches,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.39,0:07:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then a dialogue begins
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.20,0:07:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between bloggers and the traditional press.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.94,0:07:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think the relationship is distasteful
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.60,0:07:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it doesn't discredit bloggers either,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.98,0:07:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, by the act of being bloggers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.83,0:07:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bloggers are discredited
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.85,0:07:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by certain political trends,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.38,0:07:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but these political arguments are not the basis
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.40,0:07:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being a blogger
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.17,0:07:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for using new technologies to tell others about your reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.55,0:07:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it may happen in other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.30,0:07:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where not having a journalism degree
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.69,0:07:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can invalidate a citizen, or something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.81,0:07:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think this is the case in Cuba, yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.49,0:07:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least not this year, for the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.61,0:07:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, Elaine.