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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday said his country will stop exporting oil to the United States if there is a military attack stemming from escalating tensions between Venezuela and Colombia.
Speaking at a political rally, Chavez warned of a military attack from Colombia, and accused the United States of being behind such an attack.
"The Yankee empire has no limit to its manipulation," Chavez said.
Colombia and Venezuela are at odds over accusations that Colombian rebels have found refuge in Venezuela. Colombia called an emergency meeting of the Organization of American States last week, in which it provided photos that it said were evidence of camps belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -- known by its Spanish abbreviation, FARC -- in Venezuela.
Venezuela denies the accusations, and in response broke off diplomatic ties with the neighboring country.
If there is an attack from Colombia, Chavez said Sunday, Venezuela would stop supplying oil to the United States, "even if we have to eat rocks" because of the repercussions.
"That would be a response of dignity and high caliber," Chavez said.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Venezuela is the fifth-largest supplier of crude oil to the United States, delivering an average of 894,000 barrels of oil per day.
He also warned there would be "internal measures" in Venezuela against the opposition and media in case of a war. He accused opposition governors of being in contact with the Colombian military.
Chavez said Venezuela rejected the possibility of any foreign guerrilla or paramilitary group to operate in his country.
Colombia has accused Chavez of supporting the rebels, and Chavez has said Colombian officials and right-wing paramilitary units have plotted his assassination.
Security analysts say FARC guerrillas operate mostly in Colombia but have carried out extortion, kidnappings and other activities in Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador.
FARC is said to traffic in cocaine to finance its insurgency.
Colombia has also accused another neighbor, Ecuador, of giving refuge to rebels. In 2008, Colombia carried out a raid in Ecuadorian territory that resulted in the killing of a top FARC leader.
Last week was not the first time Chavez cut off diplomatic ties with Colombia.
A year ago, Chavez "froze" the nations' relationship over Colombian accusations that Venezuelan weapons had made it into the hands of rebels.
Colombia said it had evidence that shoulder-fired anti-tank weapons recovered from FARC guerrillas were of Venezuelan origin. Venezuela denied the allegations and said the rebels may have stolen the weapons from a Venezuelan base.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday said his country will stop exporting oil to... more
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Police in the Northwest are considering a new tool for law enforcement. It's called the "Dazer Laser" and it's been a safe method for neutralizing a suspect by temporarily blinding them, Seattle's King 5 reports.
While guns, tasers and pepper spray--all of which are ushailed as a relativeed by police--can cause physical pain and damage, the Dazer Laser emits a "modulating pool of green light" that "temporarily blind[s] and disorient[s] a suspect." According to King 5, the weapon does not cause damage to the eyes, even at close range.
Those promoting the Dazer Laser claim that it is effective from as close as three feet and as far away as a mile-and-a-half.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/dazer-laserto-replace-pol_n_656297.htmlPolice in the Northwest are considering a new tool for law enforcement. It's... more
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So you’re looking for lady love online. You’ve moved past the rookie bar scene and buying Jäger shots for an attractive woman, only to find yourself broke and holding her hair back while it all comes back up.So you’re looking for lady love online. You’ve moved past the rookie bar... more
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MEXICO CITY — The Cuban government on Wednesday agreed to release 52 political prisoners in the coming months, a dramatic move that may ease international criticism as well as save the life of a prominent dissident who has been on a hunger strike for four months to push for the liberation of inmates.
The announcement, which would reduce the number of prisoners of conscience on the island by about a third, came after a meeting that included President Raúl Castro of Cuba; Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the archbishop of Havana; and the Spanish foreign minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos.
The prisoners to be released, five initially, and then, 47 others, were all detained during a major crackdown on dissent in 2003, when the government of President Fidel Castro rounded up 75 activists and journalists who were accused of acting as “mercenaries” on behalf of the United States.
Of the original 75 detainees, some completed their sentences or were released on health grounds. Those who remained behind bars turned into potent symbols to Cuba’s critics of the government’s heavy-handed approach to dissent.
The announcement of the decision to release the prisoners came in a statement from Orlando Marquez, the spokesman for Cardinal Ortega.
The five prisoners to be released first, whose identities were not made public, were to be flown to Spain with their families. The others to be set free will be repatriated, church officials said. “This process will be concluded in three to four months from now,” the church statement said.
Although the United States did not play a role in the negotiations over the release, some analysts said the accord might help improve relations between Cuba and the United States.
Wayne S. Smith, a former American diplomat in Havana who favors an end to the American embargo of Cuba, said the prisoner release should prompt the Obama administration to “do something to encourage the trend.”
Mr. Moratinos, the Spanish foreign minister, had arrived in Havana this week in a bid to save the life of Guillermo Fariñas, 48, a psychologist and journalist who has been on a hunger strike since Feb. 24.
A previous hunger striker, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, died earlier in February, delivering an embarrassing blow to the Cuban government. He had been a political prisoner and had stopped eating for 85 days to protest prison conditions.
Mr. Fariñas, who began his hunger strike to protest Mr. Zapata’s death and to call for the release of inmates who are ill, was too weak to talk to reporters on Wednesday, his sister told Reuters. He told The Associated Press though that he might continue forgoing food and water.
His mother, Alicia Fernandez, was clearly hopeful that he would start eating again. “I feel like I’m born again,” Reuters reported that she had said.
Mr. Fariñas left little doubt before the announcement on Wednesday that he was ready to die.
“I want to die in my country right under the noses of the dictators who have the guns, rifles, cannons and bombs,” he wrote on an opposition blog. “I have the moral weight of the people from below, who have been deceived and repressed for 51 years by those who have the weapons, the violence and totalitarian laws they use to govern poorly from above.”
It was clear that the government was closely following Mr. Fariñas’s protest. Granma, the Communist Party newspaper, published an article that quoted his doctor as saying that he was “in danger of potential death.” The paper, however, failed to describe the subject of Mr. Fariñas’s protest.
The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba has played an increasing role in recent months in trying to moderate the government. Cardinal Ortega recently helped prod the authorities to lift a ban on marches staged by the Ladies in White, a group of wives and mothers of political prisoners. Church leaders also helped persuade the government to move some prisoners to jails closer to their families.
“Ortega is slowly widening the political space for the church,” said Robert Pastor, a professor at American University who met the cardinal while helping to arrange a trip to Havana by former President Jimmy Carter in 2002.
Even as the Cuban authorities were reducing their prison population on Wednesday, a new inmate was flown into the country. Venezuela extradited to Havana a man accused of participating in the bombing of a hotel disco in Havana in 1997.
Cuban officials say that the suspect, Francisco Chávez Abarca, who was arrested at the airport outside Caracas last week, was a close associate of Luis Posada Carriles, a former C.I.A. operative who lives in South Florida and is wanted in connection with the bombing of a Cuban plane in 1976 that killed 73 people.MEXICO CITY — The Cuban government on Wednesday agreed to release 52 political... more
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This could well be the most exciting Michael Jackson tribute there is out there..? At a North London Krispy Kreme's donut parlor, unsuspecting visitors are treated to an impromptu MJ tribute performance!
My favorite part is the slow motion action replay.. What do you think??This could well be the most exciting Michael Jackson tribute there is out there..? At... more
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[Translated from Spanish from the Blog Generacion Y by Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez]
They are there to watch and record us. Dozens, hundreds of cameras scattered throughout the city, as if it were not enough that there are vans filled with police, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs) on every block, and the security forces in their checked shirts. They have been installed with an efficiency rarely seen in the execution of any project of public benefit. Their sophisticated structure is the same on streets where half the houses are on the verge of falling down, as in the modern tourist enclaves and on the sumptuous Fifth Avenue. They capture those who traffic in beef, sell drugs, or steal a gold chain; but they also monitor those who don’t keep guns under their beds, but rather opinions in their heads.
When these “fish eyes” began to be installed everywhere, they generated a sense of paralysis among Havanans. I remember looking for blind spots where the crystal globes couldn’t see me. Then I relaxed a little and learned to live with them, though I still felt the itch on the back of my neck of a person who knows they are being observed. Among the speculations about these filming devices is one that they have face-detection programs – including a data base – that read anthropometric measurements. But comments of this kind may well belong to the fantasy catalog generated by everything new.
These public cameras – the embodiment of the Orwellian “telescreen” – have ushered in a new cinematography. Although they basically operate automatically, some hands have leaked their contents to the alternative information networks. Dozens of images are emerging from the police archives and circulating right now, by flash memory. Videos where we see ourselves committing crimes, surviving, stealing and rebelling. Minutes of police beatings, car crashes and images of prostitution between young boys and tourists twice their age. One is a complete and shocking snuff movie, which for weeks jumped from one screen to another, from cell phones to DVD players.
Without intending it, the police have given us the crudest testimony they could about our present reality. A succession of scenes that, no doubt, will be stored in the visual memory of this country.[Translated from Spanish from the Blog Generacion Y by Cuban dissident blogger Yoani... more
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Hershey first visited Cuba in January 1916. It is said that he fell in love with the country at first sight. It was a country of eternal spring, where the inhabitants found it hot if the temperature went up over eighty degrees and cold if it dropped to seventy. Hershey was excited by the immense sugar plantations in Cuba. In 1916 the world was embroiled in the first great war and sugar, essential to milk chocolate production, was in short supply. During his first visit to Cuba, Milton Hershey decided to purchase sugar plantations and mills so that he could mill and refine his own sugar for use in his Hershey chocolate factory.
True to style, once he had made the decision, Milton Hershey moved rapidly to carry it out. Within a few weeks of his arrival in Cuba, he had explored the country for sixty miles east of Havana, bought a small sugar mill, Central San Juan Bautista, (central is the Cuban term for a sugar mill and its surrounding town) selected the site on which to build a larger mill, and started to build a railroad to service it. When he returned home to Hershey, Pennsylvania in early April, the Cuban enterprise was already well under way.
The flagship of Hershey's Cuban holdings would be a new mill and town, Central Hershey, located near Santa Cruz. To provide for his workers at Central Hershey, Mr. Hershey constructed a town or "batey." In addition to comfortable homes for rent, there was good health care, a free public school, recreational facilities including a baseball diamond, golf course and sport club, and a general store. As in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the railroad permitted employees to choose where they would live.
Hershey's presence and manner of doing business in Cuba were in sharp contrast to most foreign businessmen who exploited the country and its people and took their profits home with them. Cuba praised and honored Milton Hershey with many awards including the highest honor that the country could bestow: The Grand Cross of the National Order of the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.
Hershey's Cuban holdings were sold in 1946 to the Cuban Atlantic Sugar Company. At the time of the sale the operations included 60,000 acres of land, 5 raw sugar mills, a peanut oil plant, a henequen plant, 4 electric plants, and 251 miles of railroad track with sufficient locomotives and cars.
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Fast forward to 2002:
Why are you taking pictures?” a local woman asks me in Spanish. “There’s no history here.”
Five minutes later, a young man walks up and says: “Cuba is a museum.”
Such are the ironies of this small town near Havana, officially known as Camilo Cienfuegos, unofficially referred to by its original name, Hershey.
In 1917 Milton Hershey built a mill here to process sugar cane for his chocolate factory in Pennsylvania. Around the mill, he built a town featuring American-style bungalows and sprawling fieldstone mansions.
There was a golf course, a cinema and a hotel. Six years later, the Hershey Electric Train journeyed from Havana to Matanzas, stopping in the town of Hershey.
Fast forward to the present: I wait, with a growing crowd of Cubans at the train stop outside Guanabo, in the countryside just east of Havana. We’re surrounded by towering royal palms and a distant ridge of hills. Every few minutes a beat-up car putts past, or a horse and buggy, or a clunker bicycle.
The Electric Train pulls up only half an hour late. Rust has turned its roof reddish brown. On top is a transformer that looks older than electricity. Four bent poles reach for the sagging cables that miraculously manage to deliver power to the engine.
Slowly, we sway through miles of overgrown fields, some seats swaying considerably more than others. I feel like I’m inside the skeleton of a double-jointed contortionist. We stop in one-shack hamlets to pick up peasants dressed in their business best for a trip to the city of Matanzas. Several riders get off with me at the clay-roof Hershey station.
The first thing I notice is the mill, now a jumble of twisted frames and patchy sheet metal. Fidel Castro’s government took it over after the 1959 revolution and sold sugar to the Soviet Union. In the 1990s, when the Cuba’s Russian lifeline fell away, there were few markets and fewer spare parts to keep the industry afloat. Efficiency went down and sugar prices dropped.
In 2002 Cuba shut down half its sugar mills, including this one. Hershey became a one-industry town without an industry, hollow at the core. Today, the mill is still being dismantled. Ancient Russian trucks rumble around the un-building site, preparing to ship any useable parts to other functioning mills. Behind many homes I see storage sheds made of scrap metal.
Cheerful billboards pop up all over town, with messages like, “The Electric Railway will be rejuvenated,” “Sports are the right of the people” and “This revolution was made with the humble, for the humble, and by the humble,” a quote from Camilo Cienfuegos, a comandante who played a major role in the overthrow of Batista.
The paint is peeling on the tiny bungalows surrounding the mill, but they still look like they were transplanted directly from the post-war suburbs of America. Each has its own porch and wee lawn outlined in pebbles. I feel like I’m in a Communist Pleasantville, twice-frozen in time, evoking two opposing dreams.
I meet one believer, the man who described Cuba as a museum. He’s a mechanic in one of the post-mill industries, fixing ailing trains dragged here at all hours from all over Havana Province. His workshop could pass for a museum, crammed with turn-of-the-century trains from Russia, Romania, the U.S., France and Spain.
He poses for a photo beside a massive cast-iron funnel spray-painted green. The letters embossed on its surface read, “New Doty Mfg Co, Janesville, Wis.”
“I love my job!” he exclaims. “I love trains! I love Che!” I believe him, even though his boss is standing right there.
I keep believing when I see what the other laid-off mill workers are doing. Many have gone back to school, continuing to receive their government salaries. One man repairs umbrellas on the front porch of a house. Others work on an organic farm in the middle of town, where I buy two shining eggplants for one Cuban Peso.
My optimism deflates in a dingy snack bar near the train station, when I bite into my long-awaited sandwich. A closer examination reveals a mystery meat like bologna decorated with large chunks of fat. Poor fuel for a revolution.
I can’t wait to get back to Guanabo and cook my eggplants. As the vegetables sizzle on the frying pan, my host asks me why I spent the whole afternoon in such an obscure place with no tourist attractions.
My answer comes in pieces. It was the surrealism, the wild juxtapositions, the way the town made me believe, if only for a moment, against all odds.
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In the video, see the old timers of Hershey, Cuba reminisce about the past. Not everywhere does the future signal progress. In some places it means regression. Welcome to Hershey, Cuba and to the story of hundreds of towns across Cuba.
[See pictures of the town of Hershey I added on the comments section, as it was before the Revolution]
Check it out folks. The film is called "Model Town"...Hershey first visited Cuba in January 1916. It is said that he fell in love with the... more
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It was a free-for-all on a Dallas freeway: People flocked to a busy intersection Friday morning to scoop up boxes of graham crackers spilled in an accident Thursday night.
Dallas County Sheriff's Department is trying to determine what caused an 18-wheeler to overturn in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35E at Colorado Boulevard. The wreck snarled traffic for hours overnight. last night.
After the sun came up Friday, rubberneckers turned into cracker collectors.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Graham-cracker-bonanza-on-Dallas-freeway-95628109.htmlIt was a free-for-all on a Dallas freeway: People flocked to a busy intersection... more
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Its critics have suggested it amounts to little more than sitting inside a giant tin can in a Moscow hangar with no sun, no fresh water, no alcohol and (one assumes) no sex for 520 interminable days.
But as the six fearless volunteers this afternoon sealed themselves inside a simulated mission to Mars, grinning and waving goodbye to their families before "blast-off", scientists insisted they were embarking on an unprecedented experiment that was no laughing matter.
The crewmen – three are Russian, one French, one Chinese and one a Colombian-born Italian – won't emerge from their isolation until November 2011.
Their goal is to recreate a return journey to the red planet, spanning a year and a half, complete with simulated emergency situations and realistic psychological pressures.
The astronauts would be free to leave the experiment at any point, Fuglesang said, adding that he was confident none of them would.
Mars 500 is designed to recreate as closely as possible the conditions of a spacecraft hurtling through the solar system. A return flight to Mars – 34 million miles from Earth – would take between 18 months and three years.
The six crew will spend 250 days performing flight tasks and experiments along the way – with half of them spending 30 days "on the planet" and the others remaining "in orbit". Getting home will take a further 240 days.
The 550 sq metre complex that will be their home includes four windowless modules for sleeping, working, storage and for medical and psychological experiments. Each man has a tiny 6 sq metre room. TV is banned but the crew can send emails and communicate with "ground control" via an authentically Martian time delay of 20 minutes. They can also take books, DVDs and video games.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/03/mock-mission-mars-moscow-hangarIts critics have suggested it amounts to little more than sitting inside a giant tin... more
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The title of this YouTube clip proclaims, "Worst Wedding DJ EVER!"
I disagree.The title of this YouTube clip proclaims, "Worst Wedding DJ EVER!"
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Over 2,500 Glossary Links-( LOTS O' STUFF; This can amuse for QUITE some time )
The WWW is a wonderful place. Here are hundreds of the glossaries and dictionaries I have found during my web wanderings.
http://www.frankdietz.com/glossary.htmOver 2,500 Glossary Links-( LOTS O' STUFF; This can amuse for QUITE some time )... more
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Who said all black guys can dance... You may think twice about that statement after watching this!Who said all black guys can dance... You may think twice about that statement after... more
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- Cuba was the first Latin country (including Spain and Portugal) to have a cemetery outside of a church in 1806.
- 1st Latin American country (including Portugal and Spain) in which a Steamship was used, in 1829.
- 3rd country in the world to have a railroad (behind UK and US), in 1837.
- 1st use of Anesthesia in Latin America, in 1847.
- 1st Global display of machinery powered by electricity was in Havana in 1877.
- In 1881, Cuban doctor Carlos J. Finlay discovers the cause and agent of Yellow Fever.
- 1st Public Electric lighting system in Latin America (including Spain) is installed in Cuba in 1889.
- 1st Tram system in Latin America opens in Havana in 1900.
- 1st Latin American country to have automobile in 1900.
- 1st Latin American Olympic Champion is Ramon Fonts in 1900 in Fencing.
- 1st city in the WORLD to have a telephone system without operators was Havana in 1906.
- 1st use of X-Ray in Latin America is in Cuba in 1907.
- 1st use of plane flight in Latin America is undertaken by Cubans Agustin Parla and Domingo Rosillo from Havana to Key West in 1913. The flight lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes.
- 1st country in Latin America in which divorce is legalized, in 1918.
- 1st Latin American World Chess Champion, Jose Raul Capablanca from 1921-1927.
- 2nd country in the world to have Radio Stations in 1922.
- 1st country in the world to play Musical Concert over the Radio, in 1922.
- 1st country in the world to have News over the Radio in 1922.
- In 1928 Cuba is the 4th country in the world in number of Radio Stations, behind the US, Canada, and the USSR.
- 1st in the world, in number of Radio stations per habitants in 1928.
- 1st in Latin America in Music record productions in 1935.
- In 1935 Felix B. Caignet writes the first Latin Soap Opera, it is transmitted over the Radio.
- In 1937, Cuba is the first Latin American to have a 8-hour workday, Minimum Salary, and University Autonomy.
- In 1942, Ernesto Lecuona becomes first Latin American to receive an Oscar Nomination.
- 1st Hotel with Central Air Conditioning in the world is built in Havana, the Hotel Riviera, 1951.
- 2nd Concrete apartment building in the world is built in Havana, FOCSA Building in 1956.
- In 1956, the UN lists Cuba as having the 2nd lowest illiteracy rate in Latin America (23.6%).
- 2nd country in the world to have a 3D Cinema (After the US) in 1957.
- In 1957, Cuba ranks 13th in the world in Infant Mortality according to the UN, ahead of France, Belgium, West Germany, Israel, Japan, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
- Ranked 5th in the world in television sets in 1957.
- Ranked 8th in the world in number of radio stations in 1957.
- 2nd country in the world to transmit Color Television in 1958.
- In 1958, Cuba has more railroad lines in kilometers than any other Latin American country.
- In 1959, Havana has more Cinemas and Theaters than any other city in the world, followed by New York and Paris, second and third respectively.
Contrary to contemporary popular opinion, by Latin American standards, Cuba was a relatively advanced country by the 1950s.- Cuba was the first Latin country (including Spain and Portugal) to have a cemetery... more
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The US treasury department has eased sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help further the use of web services and support opposition groups.
US technology firms will now be allowed to export online services such as instant messaging and social networks.
Companies had not offered such services for fear of violating sanctions.
Opposition supporters in Iran used social networking sites and services to organise protests after the country's disputed presidential poll last year.
The US Treasury said exports would be allowed of services related to web browsing, blogging, e-mail, instant messaging, chat, social networking and photo- and movie-sharing.
But what i thought was most interesting about this article was this part:
"Last year, software giant Microsoft barred users in five countries, including Iran, Cuba and Sudan, from using instant messaging services. People trying to use the service received an error message."
The article doesn't go on to explain why microsoft felt the need to bar sections of the internet for 5 whole countries!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8556341.stmThe US treasury department has eased sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help further... more
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As of this afternoon, seven political prisoners in jails in Piñar del Rio were on hunger strikes, protests they started last week after the death of prisoner of conscience Orlando Zapata Tamayo.
The protesters are:
Eduardo Díaz
Diosdado González
Nelson Molinet
Fidel Suarez
Orestes Paino
Pavel Hernández
Rafael Suárez
Also,political prisoners Adolfo Fernández Saínz and Pedro Argüelles have completed 48-hour hunger strikes they started as a tribute to Zapata. A third prisoner who had started a similar fast, Antonio Díaz Sánchez, still had not eaten as of Saturday, according to human rights activist Elizardo Sánchez.
Finally, former political prisoner Guillermo Fariñas is suffering from severe joint pain, dehydration and other effects of a hunger strike now in its fifth day. He has vowed to continue his protest until death, unless the Castro dictatorship releases from its jails political prisoners who are seriously ill.
http://marcmasferrer.typepad.com/uncommon_sense/2010/02/cuban-hunger-strike-update.htmlAs of this afternoon, seven political prisoners in jails in Piñar del Rio were... more
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The impressive image of Cuban Cesar Alexander Goza Rivera, have been seen around the world. Gagged, bounded and wearing nothing but a small Cuban flag. Cesar is a member of Cuba Democracia Ya. He stood in front of European Union Headquarters, where the group displayed a large banner demanding democracy for the Island.
Among the assistants were ex political prisoner Omar Pernet Hernandez, whom the Spanish government has withdrawn all economic aid, in spite of his deteriorating health.
Cesar's action was in response to the exclusion by the Spanish government of Cuban exiles, from a meeting with representatives from the Castro Dictatorship.
Cuba Democracia Ya, explains that, "by this method we have protested before the European Union in Madrid, for being ignored by the current Spanish administration. As dissidents, lovers of freedom and Democracy for Cuba. They ignore us, we denounce"
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