CDR

CDR will help explain economic changes

September 16, 2010

The Cuban Communist Party (Partido Comunista Cubano, PCC) has asked the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Comités de Defensa de la Revolución, CDR) to help explain to the populace the economic changes that the Cuban government will undertake in the coming months. [Prensa Latina]

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Strengthening surveillance

September 11, 2010

Carlos Miranda Martínez (Chief, Ideology Department of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution—CDR) called for a strengthening in confronting corruption, social indiscipline and a major incorporation of new generations into the organization in a meeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of the CDR’s founding. Founders of the the spying network also called for the [...]

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Cuban gov’t prepares to avoid conflict caused by anti-crisis measures

November 15, 2009

Army General Raul Castro has taken his time to make “structural changes,” which have arrived, e.g. the rationing booklet (libreta de racionamiento) has its days numbered. It is foreseen that Cubans’ desperation will generate conflicts but also the adoption of other measures such as currency unification. To halt such an impact, the government has asked the Committees [...]

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Ecuador’s govt using CDR to surveil rural areas

October 4, 2009

It looks like Ecuador is adopting Cuba’s CDR model to surveil rural areas of the country, reports El Universal. A force of 15,000 members is being proposed first for Manabi province. Cesar Alvarado, director of PAIS, said: “The CDR (Committee of Citizen Revolution — Comites de Revolucion Ciudadana) will be responsible for monitoring the Citizen [...]

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