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Movement of the opposition denounces the Cuban
regime.
BARACOA, CUBA, January 21 (Keider Rodríguez Fernández/www.plantados.org)- The
opposition Movement: John Paul II, whose headquarters is in Baracoa, in the
Guantanamo province denounced repressive measures against opponents and
students, as well as the total indifference of the Cuban authorities to the
general problems of the population.
Cuban police official Rudel Duran Rodriguez confiscated several books and
bracelets with the name of Change “Cambio” from activist Raul Duran Montero.
Similarly, arbitrary arrests, threats by the police chiefs of sectors to
implement the law on Dangerous to Society and "Pre-criminal measures," are
methods used by the police to intimidate Castro’s political opponents who
are fighting for democratic changes in the island.
Likewise, Pre University students are victims of a subtle repression by laws
or decree, as Resolution 17707, or evaluation of students to carry on with
university studies, a law that assesses the integrity of the students with
the guidelines of the revolution. A method that favors students who have a
greater participation in the regime’s political activities or work in the
field of volunteers, they are given preferential access to graduate studies
even if their academic average is lower that other aspirant who are not
involved in the organization of the masses.
Also, the operators of the telephone company (ETECSA) of Baracoa have been
complaining that a toxic gas was giving them nausea, high blood pressure,
dilated pupils, metallic taste and loss of voice; however, their complaints
were not addressed until 12 workers had to be hospitalized urgently with the
above mentioned symptoms. They were diagnosed with suffering from a gradual
lead poisoning.
Finally, these activists express that hundredth of children and teenagers
have to receive classes in open spaces at the expense of serious mosquitoes
infestations in the area, or in school buildings whose roofs and walls have
collapsed due to deterioration and neglect. Examples of the above mentioned
deteriorated schools in the Baracoa area are the "Arturo Perez and Regino
"Julio Antonio Mella" schools.
Information received over the telephone at the Office of Plantados hasta la
Libertad y la Democracia en Cuba on January 17th, 2008, from Baracoa in the
voices of Keider
Rodríguez Fernández, Emilio Almaguer, Roberto González y
Francisco Luis Manzanero, members of the Movement John Paul II,and sent to
the Information Bridge Cuba Miami, (www.puenteinfocubamiami.org for
distribution. Translation: Puente Informativo Cuba Miami.Movement of the
opposition denounces the Cuban regime.
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