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Generacion Y in Cuba
Generacion Y is an expression to describe the generation after Generation X. Generation Y are persons born in the seventies and eighties (1970-1990)
In Cuba this was the era of the abundant aid from the former Soviet Union. A period prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the start of the
Special Period in Cuba.
During the Generation Y era many new born babies in Cuba were bearing names with a Y. Names like Yoandi, Yanisleidi, Yusimi,
Yordanis, Yadier, Yasmanis, Yanet, Yaritza, Yoelvis, Yosvani...
and Yoani.
The well known Cuba blogger Yoani Sanchez, herself a Generación Y member started a busy
blog named
Generacion Y - Desde Cuba, where she writes about the life in Havana and dares to criticize the Cuban government.
Read more about Yoani Sanchez
Yoani Sanchez, the dissident blogger behind
Generación Y
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