Bastion 2009

National Defense Council meets

May 29, 2010

Via Cadena Agramonte: Army General Raul Castro presided over a meeting of the National Defense Council to analyze the results of the Bastion 2009 Strategic Exercise and other actions carried out last year to improve the country’s defense readiness. Participants, during the meeting, discussed topics related to the improvement of the national defensive capacity including [...]

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Cuban media coverage of the military

March 19, 2010

The Federation of American Scientists has obtained a copy of an Open Source Center six-page report from late February 2010 on Cuban media coverage of the military, which has been positive. OSC assesses: President Raul Castro was atypically visible and engaged during a Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) exercise in late 2009, but more commonly he presents [...]

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Special legislation for exceptional situations

February 15, 2010

“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 [...]

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Conclusion of Bastion 2009

November 29, 2009

Army General Raúl Castro congratulated participants of Bastion 2009 Strategic Military Exercises, confirming they had accomplished previous goals. A video conference with principal organs of direction, commands of the Western, Central and Eastern Armies and presidents of provincial defense councils, served as the finale of activities developed during the strategic exercises. The presidents of the [...]

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Military mission now includes internal warfare (Updated)

November 26, 2009

The War of All the People (Guerra de todo el pueblo) has been the fundamental underpinning of the Cuban armed forces’ military doctrine where the social masses are responsible for the national defense of the country against potential U.S. agression. However, with Bastion 2009, that fundamental is evolving for the first time to include for [...]

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Bastion 2009 begins today

November 26, 2009

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba began today at dawn their three-day military exercises in efforts to dissuade an aggression from the United States and prepare for a rapid response in the event of an explosive social conflict on the island. Granma, the Cuban Communist Party daily, announced in its front page that this is [...]

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