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Cuba: Tracey Eaton Highlights Recent Reporting
Published February 29, 2012
A former state security agent, two journalists and a Cuba expert in Miami are featured in the latest videos posted to the Cuba Money Project's Vimeo channel.
I am posting the same videos to the Cuba Money Project's new YouTube channel.
The last video posted is a two-part interview with Karina Gálvez, a Cuban economist and independent journalist who lives in Pinar del Rio. With the Gálvez interview online, there are now 100 videos posted. They feature 72 people, ranging from dissidents and members of Damas de Blanco to pro-government bloggers and former Cuban state security agents.
The videos just posted also include interviews with Percy Alvarado Godoy, a former Cuban state security agent; Eugenio Yáñez, editor of the website Cubanálisis; and Cuban journalist Luis Chirino.
In the coming months, I plan to continue doing interviews in Cuba, South Florida and Washington, D.C.
Laura Pollán, an outspoken Cuban opposition leader, died Oct. 14. Pulitzer Center grantee Tracey Eaton was among the last to interview the activist.
Pulitzer Grantee Tracey Eaton interviewed Las Damas de Blanco leader Laura Pollán about her commitment to fighting for democratic reform in Cuba.
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Tracey Eaton is a freelance writer and photographer based in Florida. He was the Havana bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News from 2000 to early 2005. He is one of only a few Americans...