> >My friends, > >Here is a new page on my website on this very important topic. As the >heading indicates, these are some preliminary notes. I hope to put it into a >question & answer format in the near future. Your comments would be >appreciated. > >Dan >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Human Rights: Preliminary Notes & Links > > >Cuba is a representative democracy. The Communist Party of Cuba, plays no >role in the electoral process. Candidates are nominated not by political >parties or well-heeled politicos, but by the people themselves in open, >public meetings or by their elected representatives who were themselves >nominated at such public meetings. To prevent abuses of power (intimidation, >etc.), secret ballot votes are conducted at each level (municipal, >provincial and national). Voters even have the right to reject all >candidates and to call for a whole new slate of candidates at the provincial >and national levels. Also, it costs nothing to be elected even to the >highest political office in the land. > >Political repression in Cuba, though not without some justification, appears >to be quite limited in scope. According to a recent NBC News report, "CIA: >Most Cubans loyal to homeland", there are only about 100 dissident activists >with perhaps a support group of 1000 more (out of a population of about >11,000,000), and they have almost NO PUBLIC SUPPORT. Incredibly, they often >meet with foreign delegations visiting Cuba as though they were somehow >representative of the Cuban people! Some even travel abroad and appear in >the commercial media there. They also receive funding from the US government >(e.g. USAID) -- the same government that has invaded Cuba, and sponsored >terrorism and sabotage there, as well as the almost universally condemned >embargo. > >[See entire text, with references, at >www.netcom.ca/~dchris/CubaFAQ200.html ] > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. >Remember the good 'ol days >http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/0/_/30563/_/959141302/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Cuba SI - Imperialism NO! >Information and discussion about Cuba. >Socialism or death! Patria o muerte! Venceremos! >http://www.egroups.com/group/cubasi > >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Change Delivery Options: http://www.egroups.com/mygroups > > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
