cuba november posted query whether anyone list particularly usa experience problems communicating cuban academics four people replied may significant anyway thanks four communications summarise 1 two people know asked offprints linguists havana university 2 exhibition third world americans biennial contemporary art exhibition held cuba reported november issue new art examiner 3 academics received last year call papers international conference cuba including areas speech processing computational linguistics etc contact dr eloina miyares bermudez cmstg ceniai cu 4 one respondent list told possible email cuba us another source information form email list spanish espana l albnyvm1 bitnet primarily social list people speak spanish spanish language list spanish interested spain cubal list read contributed worldwide several occasions member forwarded something cuba list including recently cri de coeur quoting passages cuban constitution demonstrating actually travesty original writer cuban openly decrying cuban constitution poster quoted por tions constitution gave examples regime flouts harm cuban people selfaggrandizement castro local police captain system general writer seemed fear retribution cuban list safe place speak indeed safe unlike whispers corner bar correspondent finishes castro cant keep cubans speaking freely us government cant keep americans listening talking cubans anyone else wishes comment please forward communications produce another summary paul foulkes uk ac newcastle