Committees for the Defense of the Revolution

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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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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Paramilitary orgs in Post-Castro era

August 7, 2009

Dr. Max G. Manwaring, Professor of Military Strategy in the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of the U.S. Army War College (USAWC), has penned an op-ed titled. “The Role of Cuban Paramilitary Organizations (People’s Militias) in the Post-Castro Era.” For 50 years, Cuba’s popular militias (paramilitary organizations) have been expected to act as “midwifes for new [...]

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