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Russian, Cuban military prosecutors meet

November 25, 2011

The Cuban Military Prosecuting Office (Fiscalía Militar de Cuba) and Office of Attorney General of the Russian Federation met in Havana and exchanged experiences in applying the law, announced Russian Attorney General Sergei Fridinski as reported in RIA Novosti. According to Fridinski, the Russian and Cuban sides exchanged experiences about issues concerning criminal and civil [...]

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Cuba’s military high command

November 10, 2011

Army General Raul Castro Ruz (Commander-in-Chief) Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias (Defense Minister) Army Corps General Alvaro Lopez Miera (Deputy Defense Minister & Chief, General Staff) Army Corps General Joaquin Quinta Sola (Assistant Deputy Defense Minister) Army Corps General Ramon Espinosa Martin (Assistant Deputy Defense Minister) Division General Lucio Juan Morales Abad (Chief, Western [...]

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Escalation of repression

October 3, 2011

The Wall Street Journal‘s Mary A. O’Grady on the Cuban government’s increased repression against dissidents and Havana’s view of the United States’ recent loosening of policies as a sign of  weakness: The nongovernmental organization Capitol Hill Cubans has reported that in the first 12 days of September, authorities detained 168 peaceful activists. These “express detentions” are [...]

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Worst of the worst, cont.

September 10, 2011

Foreign Policy magazine revisits its list of “Worst of the Worst” dictators. Raúl Castro moved up to 4th place from last year’s ranking of 21st: Cuba After 52 years under the rule of the Castro brothers, Cubans are stirring. On Aug. 23, a group of four women took to the steps of the capitol building [...]

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Raul’s son as next defense minister?

September 5, 2011

Yoani Sanchez tweeted today: A friend fears that the next Cuban defense minister will be Alejandro Castro Espin; in January he’ll go to the Politburo and the dynastic succession guaranteed. Alejandro Castro Espín is a colonel in the Interior Ministry and along with Senen ‘Senénsito’ Casas Regueiro (son of the late Division General Senén Casas [...]

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Goons vs. ladies

August 28, 2011

Mary Anastasia O’Grady in tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal on the Cuban government’s attacks on peaceful women dissidents (Ladies in White): This is not without risk to the regime, should the international community decide to pay attention and apply pressure on the white-elite regime the way it did in opposition to apartheid in South Africa. But [...]

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