Yoani Sanchez

Yoani Sánchez

 (born September 4, 1975 in Havana)

Yoani Sanchez is a Cuban philologist and blogger. She has achieved international fame along with an array of awards for her portrayals of a decrepit and venal socialist system that has failed young Cubans.Sánchez is best known for her blog, Generación Y  , which she is able to publish despite censorship in Cuba by e-mailing entries to friends outside the country, who then post them online.Time Magazine listed her as one of the world's 100 most influential persons in 2008, stating that "as one of the under the nose of a regime that has never tolerated dissent, Sánchez has practiced what paper-bound journalists in her country cannot: freedom of speech".

http://www.desdecuba.com/generationy/