Books & Reading in Cuba

11 million Cubans cannot freely enter or leave their country, openly express their opinions, start a labor union or enjoy their own country's tourist areas.

In Cuba , control over mass media is complete, and independent journalists do not have the right to inform. Many books are restricted and the information received by the population is distorted and partial.

This year two million tourists will visit the island. If half of them bring one book, by the end of the year more than one million books will have come to Cuba and will help foster freedom

Give a book to a young Cuban, or deliver it to an independent library

In Habana:
Biblioteca Dulce María Loynaz
Calle 25 # 866, Apt 3, Vedado Ciudad Habana

Biblioteca Emilio Máspero
Carlos III – 809 Apt 10
Entre Retiro y Placencia, Centro Habana

En Santiago:
Biblioteca Pedro Luis Boitel
Calle de los Maceos esquina A Cuartel

Cuba is a country whose citizens have lived for over four decades under a government which constantly violates their fundamental rights, thwarts freedom of expression and intends through violence to silence the opposition.

In an unprecedented crackdown in March 2003, Cuban authorities arrested over 75 dissidents for their legitimate exercise of freedom of association and expression.
More about political prisoners

Tourism in Cuba has several problems: There is apartheid and sexual exploitation, and foreign investment in the sector does not respect international labor standards.

More about tourism
We don't ask you not to go to Cuba . We ask you to go, have a good time, share with Cubans, get to know Cuban reality, and we also ask you to take them a book.