Security

Dissident dies, tanks roll

January 20, 2012

Orlando Luis Pardo tweeted there was movement of tanks via rail from Via Blanca (Paso Superior) on the outskirts of Havana. Is this movement in response to yesterday’s death of dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza after his hunger strike? The same occurred when dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo death was announced in 2010.

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Preconditions for political violence in Cuba

November 17, 2011

Three months ago, the Canadian government’s Economic & Political Intelligence Centre at Export Development Canada—EDC (Canada’s export credit agency, which helps Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business) issued its political outlook on Cuba: Raúl Castro’s pragmatism has resulted in investment and cooperation agreements with a variety of countries. Companies from several countries are also building [...]

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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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Resurgence of the coup d’état

October 13, 2011

Joshua Kurlantzick, a Fellow for South-East Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, has an piece in The National on the rise of the coup d’état: Across the developing world, from Thailand to Pakistan, militaries have become more politically powerful in recent years. Indeed, in many Middle Eastern nations, armies will be determining the future [...]

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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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Cuban autumn?

September 15, 2011

Via Global Post: But while the Arab Spring is still in full effect in many countries, opponents of the Castro government have gained little momentum for a “Cuban Autumn.”…Now activists are once more testing Raul Castro’s tolerance for public protest — and whether the tactics used by tweeting insurgents in the Middle East could spread [...]

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