Roberto Baudrand

Castroism prepares against the masses

July 22, 2010

La Verdad Obrera (LVO), a publication of the Argentine Socialist Workers Party, has an interesting critical piece on the recent political developments in Cuba from a Trotskyist perspective. The following incisive paragraphs were transcribed from the story: Bureaucracy and corruption Accompanying the announcement of prisoners being released and an economic adjustment is the corruption scandal at [...]

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Chilean businessman’s death in Havana is a deeper morass (Updated)

April 15, 2010

15APR2010 @ 1128: Roberto Baudrand was sitting beside a bed with his head on the nightstand and at his side were several open remedies boxes when his body was found by a company official, Chilean consul and Cuban police, La Tercera reported this morning. His family rejected the suicide theory, claiming he had a heart attack [...]

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Chile requests investigation into businessman’s death in Havana

April 14, 2010

The Chilean government has asked Cuba for an exhaustive investigation into the death of a Chilean businessman under strange circumstances, informed Chile’s Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno, EFE is reporting. Cuban authorities had prevented  businessman Roberto Baudrand from leaving the island, who was found dead in his apartment yesterday in Havana (a possible suicide per La Tercera). Baudrand managed a [...]

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