Populace

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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Stark contrast between military/security personnel and populace

August 22, 2010

Havana Times on luxurious apartments in Havana built for high-ranking officers of the Cuban Army (Ejército Revolucionario) and the MININT (Ministry of the Interior—State Security) in stark contrast with housing units constructed a few miles away in the capital’s community of San Agustin.

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Interlinkage between food and security

February 20, 2009

A permanent concern for Raul Castro’s government is how will it sustain feeding the populace as aliments continue to diminish due to shortages and the costly purchases of increasing imports, which poses a security dilemma for the regime. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Global Analysis published a report last year titled: “Cuba

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Apathetic expectations

August 10, 2008

Houston Chronicle reports on the Cubans’ apathetic feeling and prices spiraling upward even for a mango yet the Cuban government has a difference view: Cubans face economic difficulties, but “there are no tanks on the street corners,” said Miguel Alvarez, chief adviser to Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba’s National Assembly. Cuba, Alvarez said, is a [...]

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