Rosa Elizalde, Contributor

Rosa Miriam Elizalde was born in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba in 1966.  She is a columnist for the Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde and author of several books including Jineteros en la Habana (1997), Flores Desechables: Prostitución en Cuba (1998), and Chavez Nuestro (2004).  She has twice been awarded the Premio Nacional de Periodismo “Juan Gualberto Gómez”, the country’s most important award given annually to a professional journalist.