2007
Cuba remains the one
country in Latin America that represses nearly all forms of political
dissent. President Fidel Castro, during his 47 years in power, has shown
no willingness to consider even minor reforms. Instead, the Cuban
government continues to enforce political conformity using criminal
prosecutions, long- and short-term detentions, mob harassment, police
warnings, surveillance, house arrests....
2001
Despite a few positive developments over the
course of the year, the Cuban government's human rights practices were
generally arbitrary and repressive. Hundreds of peaceful opponents of the
government remained behind bars, and many more were subject to short-term
detentions, house arrest, surveillance, arbitrary searches, evictions,
travel restrictions, politically-motivated dismissals from employment,
threats, and other forms of harassment...
1994
Popular dissatisfaction with
the Castro regime deepened in 1994 in the face of continuing political
repression and an ever-worsening economic crisis. Increasing numbers of
people fled the island by raft and boat, and a spontaneous demonstration
by the Havana harbor on August 5 was the largest expression of
anti-government sentiment since the 1959 revolution brought Castro to
power. During the ensuing weeks more than 30,000 people left the country,
taking advantage of Castro's decision ...
1991
The Cuban government
intensified its campaign of repression against human rights advocates and
political dissidents in 1991, as rights-monitoring and pro-democracy
associations strove to maintain a small political space for their peaceful
activities.
Cuban authorities continued to detain dissidents and imprison human rights
activists; to organize mobs for staged demonstrations against government
critics in so-called acts of repudiation; and to dismiss writers, artists
and union leaders from their jobs and unions for voicing dissent. "Rapid
response brigades" _ government-organized bands of civilian recruits _
were a new development in 1991, used to intimidate "individuals with
political and ideological problems."38
Plainclothes state-security police, better known for their subtler forms
of repression, brutally assaulted political dissidents....
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them time to
evacuate safely. Cuba is the coal mine, the Cuban citizens are the
canaries and the methane gas is "Freedom". This freedom is a deadly gas for the
Castro regime because it would lead to the end of their reign, the end of
an oppressive slave driven system. This is the example I am going to use
in this analogy, for those who support not just the Police performing in
Cuba but for any freedom loving band that travels to this prison island to
perform. When
the Police arrive for the scheduled Christmas concert in Havana, the Cuban citizens
will be allowed to enter the concert so they could monitor the freedom in
the air and provide the Castro regime with an accurate reading and in
exchange help the regime take the necessary measures to gain a better grip of the
country.
Besides having total control of the citizens that will attend, they will use this concert
in a cagy way to seek out anyone they need to question and also to see if
there are any uniform groups under development with plans against the system. If you are one
of the naive ones who feel its a good thing for the rock band The Police to
perform in Havana, think very well and answer this question. Do you feel the
Castro regime is ever going to change their terrorizing format of government to a democratic
one? No way my friend, they will never relinquish power,
unless they are eliminated by force, either from freedom loving Cubans in
Cuba or by the outside aid from a free loving country.
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similarities could not be more exact than the cause they were fighting for
and that was freedom and both from brutal royalty type governments. In
America it was the bully, tax-crazed English rule and in Cuba it was the
terror-based leadership of the Spanish. Purpose and hope are the most
important and most influential components needed to be successful in
achieving "freedom" and which is what, I consider to be, the "ultimate"
goal in any war. The purpose of freedom was very evident, so that was not
so much of an obstacle in the minds of the oppressed, these were thoughts
and dreams they had on a daily basis. Now determination, this could be a
big discouraging factor when taking the next step towards freedom because
with determination, blood and death is inevitable.
This
is when real leaders need to emerge,
they must be battle ready and they must be fearlessly smart. Maceo and Washington
surely met the criteria needed. These two brave men
were involved in the initial fighting, so they were right there in the
trenches, literally leading their men by example, it was leadership at its
rawness. To be a leader in this type of warfare where you are enormously
outnumbered, you have to be very cunning also, for you have to be on the
run at all times and your loses must be minimal. That's where the true
characters of these two men really showed as they had to be very efficient
in their attacks and most importantly, they had to continually be feeding
hope to the their battle drenched soldiers, not a very easy task to
achieve. Maceo and Washington were "marked " men all the time, they had
thousands of enemy troops with the one objective of capturing them , dead
or alive. Of course, there were other important leaders in their campaigns
but without these two true warriors, freedom would never have been
achieved. Read more about
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