“The Prosecutor and Municipal Tribunal, as well as the offices of the Department of Justice, continue to perform in peacetime. Except in a case where an exceptional situation is declared, tribunals and sector prosecutors will be activated, and special legislation will be applied under the principle of unique military jurisdiction.”
Lt. Coronel Adolfo Sánchez (Chief, Cotorro Municipality Judicial Group)
The above referenced quote comes from an informative article published last month by CubaNet entitled “Legislación especial,” which was written by independent journalist Odelín Alfonso Torna.
Torna alerts to the ramifications of information technology and high tech devices that Cubans now have access to (e.g. USB flash drives, mobile phones, iPods) whereby the Cuban government is loosing control of information. Even government employees are violating security regulations exposing confidential information that is being leaked and disseminated to the populace.
He warns of an unexpected special legislation for exceptional situations (e.g. foreign invasion and popular revolt) as Cubans are presently facing repression at its “highest magnitude.”
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Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces in Cuba
20100303 at 1853 in Armed Forces, Commentary, International Relations, Military, Military & Defense, US by AFM3
The U.S. Congressional Research Service (a research and analyses arm of the United States Congress) published a report in early January entitled “Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2009″ where it “lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its armed forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes.”
The following are historical instances where the United States armed forces were used in Cuba.
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