Juventud Rebelde
| Juventud Rebelde | |
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| description | Cuban newspaper |
| First edition | October 22, 1965 |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Sold edition | 250,000 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Yoerky Sánchez Cuéllar |
| editor | Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas |
| Web link | www.juventudrebelde.cu |
| ISSN |
1563-8340 |
Juventud Rebelde ( Spanish for rebel youth ) is a Cuban daily newspaper published by the Communist Youth Association of Cuba (UJC - Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas ). It has a circulation of 250,000 copies (weekend edition: 500,000).
history
Beginnings
"[...] a newspaper that is primarily intended for young people, with content that interests young people, but which should also be a quality newspaper and which should also contain things that are of interest to everyone."
On October 21, 1965, on the fifth anniversary of the integration of Cuban youth into the revolutionary process , Fidel Castro announced the appearance of a new daily newspaper especially for young people. On this occasion, Fidel Castro spoke with representatives of the UJC from the various provinces, after which it was decided to found the Juventud Rebelde.
The first 16-page edition with a colored cover picture was published on October 22nd. The newspaper appeared in this format until January 1966, when the circulation increased to 80,000 with 8, 10 and 12 pages. Juventud Rebelde appeared in two editions: in Havana as an evening newspaper and in the morning in the rest of the country.
Further development
On June 1, 1969, the Saturday edition was abandoned in favor of a nationwide Sunday edition. In 1969 the Juventud Rebelde National Correspondents School was also established to enable local coverage from every province on the island.
From March 1, 1970, the Juventud Rebelde appeared in three editions: one for Havana, one for the provinces of Camagüey and Oriente and one for the rest of the country.
The newspaper also used four-color printing on various occasions : in December 1975 in the run-up to the First PCC Congress , in 1976 at the First National Assembly , in 1977 during the Third Congress of the UJC and in 1978 during the XI. World Youth Festival .
In October 2013, the current editor-in-chief Pelayo Terry was appointed editor-in-chief of the party newspaper Granma . According to the official will of the Cuban government, a new, freer wind should blow in the Cuban media landscape with him. The comment function of the Internet edition of Juventud Rebelde , which is also used for criticism, was cited as an example . But experts believed that this was little more than lip service from the Cuban government. It "[was] a recurring ritual that Fidel or Raúl Castro criticized the media without anything changing."
Terry's successor was his previous deputy editor-in-chief Marina Menéndez Quintero .
Yoerky Sánchez Cuéllar has been editor-in-chief since December 2017 .
Web links
- Juventud Rebelde on the Internet (Spanish)
- the English edition of Juventud Rebelde
- Juventud Rebelde at EcuRed
Individual evidence
- ^ Media in Cuba
- ↑ Juventud Rebelde on EcuRed , accessed March 2012
- ↑ Philipp Lichterbeck: Party sheet "Granma" wants to reform , Der Tagesspiegel of October 17, 2013
- ^ Knut Henkel: Again Revolution in Cuba , taz of October 17, 2013
- ↑ "Granma" has a new editor-in-chief