The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Yoani Sénchez

Cuban blogger Yoanis Sanchez

Javier Galeano / AP

AGE: 33
OCCUPATION: Blogger
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The founder of Generación Y — an English-language website that keeps tabs on the Cuban government — Sánchez cuts through censorship and media propaganda, providing a voice for millions of readers and constituents.

CON: Her job has attracted unwanted attention from the government, which now keeps round-the-clock surveillance on her house.

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