''Vitral'' was a magazine founded in

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Origins of the name

Old Cuban constructions inherited from the Spaniards have multicolored or

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glass on their windows. In Spanish these are called in "Vitral". They resemble the

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windows of a church but on a smaller scale. The magazine's name was intended to symbolize the need for transparency and a plurality of ideas in Cuba. The ''Vitral'' was intended to act as a window for Cuba and the people of Cuba to see the outside world.

History and profile

''Vitral'' was established the Diocese of Pinar del Río in western Cuba in 1994.

Dagoberto Valdés Hernández Dagoberto Valdés Hernández (born August 4, 1955 in Pinar del Río province, Cuba) is a Catholic intellectual and the editor and founder of ''Vitral'' and “Convivencia” magazines. Biography Early life In 1974, when he graduated from Senior ...

is the founder and Director of the Civic and Religious Education Center (CFCR) since 1993 and was the editor of its magazine, ''Vitral'' from 1994 to 2007 when the center and the magazine were seized. In 1998, Vitral won the Principal

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, along with

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and

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. On April 12, 2007, the magazine announced it would close due to lack of funds. As defined on its website, "VITRAL was a Cuban socio-cultural

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magazine. A space for transparency and reflection in the pluralism and multicolor light the

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and Religious Education Center offers, in the Pinar del Río Diocese". This magazine publishes articles about Cuba by Cubans independent from the government. Some of the articles published are

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of the Cuban government.

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