National Revolutionary Police

Extreme violence perpetrated by retired police

August 22, 2011

Two articles written by Cuban independent journalists about the violence perpetrated by retired police was recently published by CUBANET. The first reports on a 14-year-old black adolescent shot and killed by a retired major from the police force in Havana and the second on a retired police captain shooting his victim four times in the chest and one [...]

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Police force ranks grow

August 11, 2011

Cuba’s National Revolutionary Police (Policía Nacional Revolucionaria—PNR) force is increasing its ranks. Since 2009, the national police force has seen an increase of 3,000 officers, having graduated from Havana-based Mártires de Tarara Police Officers Training Academy,  notes Cuban state media. This academy is undergoing renovations to house the influx of 2,000 new students. Recruits are taught three main courses: (1) Police Officers Basic Training Course [...]

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Defense expenditures continue to increase

July 24, 2011

In 2010, the Cuban government increased its defense and internal order expenditures by 2%. According to the recently released 2010 Statistical Annual of Cuba (Anuario Estadístico de Cuba 2010) by the Cuban Office of National Statistics (Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas (ONE), expenditures in the area of defense and internal order were $2.14B CUP compared to 2009′s [...]

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Guaranteeing social order

January 6, 2011

The General Direction of Cuba’s National Revolutionary Police (PNR) announced it will take “concrete actions” (in other words, whatever means necessary) to “guarantee security for families and social order” in light of changes marching forward in Cuba. [ANSA]

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Police force expands

December 13, 2010

More than 3,000 young Cubans, in the last five years, have graduated from the National Revolutionary Police’s Basic School (named Mártires de Tarará) in Havana. Thirty-five percent of graduates are women, whom have taken specialized positions such as public order agents, motorized units, patrol drivers and mobile administrative units. [Granma]

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Cuban intelligence freely operates in Venezuela

November 30, 2010

The deployment of the Cuban Intelligence Services (CuIS) in Venezuela is so deep that they enjoy “direct access” to President Hugo Chávez and often provide information not shared with the local intelligence services, as indicated by cables sent from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas to the State Department, reports El País, in its review of Sunday’s Wikileaks [...]

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