Juventud Rebelde

Juventud Rebelde (Spanish for rebellious youth ) is a Cuban newspaper that the Young Communist League of Cuba ( UJC - Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas ) is issued. It has a circulation of 250,000 copies ( Weekend Edition: 500,000 ).

History

" [ ... ] A newspaper, which is intended primarily for young people, with content that interest young people, but will also be a quality newspaper and the things also to be developed which are of interest to all. "

On October 21, 1965 Fidel Castro announced at the Fifth Anniversary of the integration of the Cuban youth in the revolutionary process, the appearance of a new daily newspaper specifically for the youth. For this occasion Fidel Castro spoke with representatives of the UJC from the various provinces, after the founding of the Juventud Rebelde was decided.

On 22 October, already the 16- page first edition appeared with colored title screen. In this format, the newspaper was published until January 1966. Thereupon the circulation increased to 80,000 with 8, 10 and 12 pages. Juventud Rebelde published in two editions: In Havana as an evening newspaper in the morning and in the rest of the country.

Further development

On June 1, 1969, the Saturday edition was abandoned in favor of a national Sunday edition. 1969, the national correspondent of the school Juventud Rebelde was established to allow the local coverage of each province on the island.

As of 1 March 1970, the Juventud Rebelde published in three editions: one for Havana, one for the former provinces of Camagüey and Oriente and one for the rest of the country.

On several occasions, the newspaper also used the four- color printing: In December 1975 in advance of the First Congress of the PCC, 1976 at the meeting of the First National Assembly in 1977 during the third Congress of the UJC and 1978 during the XI. World Festival of Youth.

In October 2013, the current editor in chief Pelayo Terry was appointed chief editor of the party newspaper Granma. With it should according to official geäußertem will of the Cuban government, a new, freer wind blow in the Cuban media landscape. As an example, used also for critique Comments are the online edition Juventud Rebelde is the led. But experts believe that this is not much more than lip service to the Cuban government handele.Es " [ was ] a recurring ritual that Fidel or Raul Castro criticized the media without something was changing. "

Terry's successor was his former deputy chief editor Marina Menéndez Quintero.