Pres. Obama Responds to Yoani Sanchez

Internationally known and award winning Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez continues recuperating from the recent beating she received by Cuban officials.

Here is an excerpt of President Obama's response to seven questions she posed to him on her blog. To read the seven questions and President Obama's full response visit Yoani's blog at http://www.desdecuba.com/generationy/

clipped from www.desdecuba.com President Obama’s Responses to Yoani Sanchez’s Questions Your blog provides the world a unique window into the realities of daily life in Cuba. It is telling that the Internet has provided you and other courageous Cuban bloggers with an outlet to express yourself so freely, and I applaud your collective efforts to empower fellow Cubans to express themselves through the use of technology. The government and people of the United States join all of you in looking forward to the day all Cubans can freely express themselves in public without fear and without reprisals.