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| 06/14/2008 08:46 PM |
| Fidel Castro dice libre mercado estimula corrupción en Cuba |
| Fidel Castro dice libre mercado estimula corrupción en Cubajueves 12 de junio de 2008 11:29 GYTLA HABANA (Reuters) - El ex presidente cubano Fidel Castro culpó, en una carta publicada el jueves, al libre mercado de estimular el robo de ... |
| 06/12/2008 09:07 PM |
| Official: Equal pay in Cuba doesn't work |
| 11, 2008By WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press WriterHAVANA --The egalitarian wage system Fidel Castro spent decades building in Cuba is no longer viable, plagued by low pay, corruption and waste that can be eased by paying workers more for ... |
| 03/21/2008 11:42 AM |
| Castro’s Cuba was no place for a socialist like me |
| Castro's Cuba was no place for a socialist like meNeil ClarkWednesday, 20th February 2008Neil Clark says that he went to Havana in search of a left-wing Utopia and discovered instead an island fortress of poverty, corruption and ... |
| 02/07/2008 10:52 PM |
| Let the chips fall where they may |
| ... having been afforded a fair opportunityto confront his accusers.So, notwithstanding the seeming prima facie case of corruption againstParliamentarian Kern Spencer by Contractor General Greg Christie, wereserve our judgement on. |
| 11/26/2007 09:51 PM |
| Corruption rooted in society |
| 17, Fidel Castro delivered a speech at the University of Havana in which he gave detailed information about the rapid rise of corruption in Cuban society.Until that moment, the problem had not been dealt with openly. ... |
| 08/13/2007 09:09 PM |
| GUARDS TELL POLITICAL PRISONERS THEY WILL BE KILLED |
| Cuban political prisoners are confined alongside common prisoners who occasionally threaten and harass them, sometimes at the encouragement of the authorities. The environment of violence, corruption and aggression dominates in the ... |
| 06/21/2007 03:48 PM |
| Anti-Castro broadcasts reach Cuba |
| 20, 2007Anti-Castro broadcasts reach CubaBy LAURA WIDES-MUNOZAssociated Press WriterMIAMI --The US government's anti-Castro radio and TV stations have improved significantly in recent years after allegations of corruption and ... |
| 04/09/2007 05:39 PM |
| Cuba studies property issue in quest for efficiency |
| ... their first meeting this week in search of answers to inefficiency, theft, poor service and quality in the state-run socialist economy, the official media said."Finding new methods to improve economic efficiency and stop corruption. |
| 02/11/2007 10:26 PM |
| Dissident: `Down with corruption, I'm on hunger strike' |
| Dissident: `Down with corruption, I'm on hunger strike'Fariñas uses nonviolence in bid to force change in CubaBy Doreen HemlockHavana BureauPosted February 11 2007SANTA CLARA, Cuba · After a seven-month hunger strike in a bid to seek ... |
| 02/05/2007 02:26 PM |
| Can desire to subsist be called corruption? |
| Can desire to subsist be called corruption?By Ray SánchezSouth Florida Sun-SentinelPosted February 4 2007Havana · Awaiting the birth of his first child, the headwaiter of a popular tourist restaurant figured out a way to secure a $100 ... |
| 12/23/2006 07:20 PM |
| Cuba aids Venezuela's corruption fight |
| 22, 2006VENEZUELACuba aids Venezuela's corruption fightWith both countries calling corruption a major threat, Venezuela received a Cuban delegation that will help set up an anticorruption commission.CARACAS - Cuba will advise Venezuela ... |
| 11/17/2006 10:58 AM |
| Castro still ailing, Cuba begins to see end of era |
| A series on pandemic workplace theft and corruption published last month in the youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde was notable for its candid recognition of systemic problems in an economy where few have the ... |
| 11/09/2006 05:15 PM |
| Cuba: Who's to Blame for Corruption? |
| Havana, Cuba (Photo by Latin Business Chronicle) What if the corruption problem lies not in the moral failings of individuals, but in some aspect of the system itself?BY PHILIP PETERSReporters from the Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde ... |
| 10/02/2006 02:22 PM |
| Cuba businesses cheat clients |
| Last week, acting President Raul Castro said corruption was a serious problem. 'Rampant corruption'. The two-page article in the communist youth newspaper reports what for most people living in Havana will be a familiar story. ... |
| 09/29/2006 06:22 PM |
| Raul Castro Urges Against Labor Union Corruption |
| Sep 28, 2006 4:45 pm US/Eastern Raul Castro Urges Against Labor Union Corruption(AP) HAVANA Raul Castro is urging Cuba's communist labor union to lead the country's battle against corruption.In his speech he said that workers are "the ... |
| 09/26/2006 06:47 PM |
| Cuba fires telecoms, computing chiefs in shake-up |
| ... the heads of two of the country's most influential companies in a bid to bring the computing and telecommunications enterprises back under firm state control amid a national anti-corruption drive, industry sources said on Monday. ... |
| 06/22/2006 06:37 PM |
| Cuba jails top Communist member |
| Cuba jails top Communist memberCuba has sentenced a once high-flying government member to 12 years in prison for corruption, the Cuban Communist Party has announced.Juan Carlos Robinson, expelled from the ruling Politburo in April, ... |
| 06/22/2006 06:36 PM |
| Corruption Crack-Down Aims High |
| Corruption Crack-Down Aims High Dalia AcostaHAVANA, Jun 21 (IPS) - The "war on corruption" declared by President Fidel Castro late last year has shaken the uppermost reaches of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), with a 12-year prison ... |
| 06/06/2006 11:54 AM |
| Airport officials arrested |
| FROM CUBA Airport officials arrestedHAVANA, Cuba - May 24 (José Antonio Fornaris, Cuba-Verdad / www.cubanet.org) - Two high officials at Havana's international airport were arrested May 12 on charges of corruption and are being held at ... |
| 05/14/2006 05:37 PM |
| Cuba crackdowns are a sign of perceived strength |
| ... 2006In a recent Los Angeles Times article about Fidel Castro's push to preserve his legacy, a group of US scholars analyzed the Castro government's latest crackdowns on corruption and capitalist practices in Cuba. ... |
| 05/04/2006 01:47 PM |
| Castro's last fight may be against Cubans - Part 2 |
| A high-profile campaign against corruption has been under way for at least three years, but Castro disclosed the severity of the problem when he warned last November that the very fate of the revolution was at risk ... |
| 05/03/2006 08:47 PM |
| Cuba second only to China in number of jailed journalists |
| corruption, drug trafficking and the exactions of armed groups." Journalists covering the Andean nation's four-decade-old civil war are pressured by leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and other ... |
| 05/01/2006 01:08 PM |
| Scholars See Castro Push to Preserve His Legacy |
| A high-profile campaign against corruption has been underway for at least three years, but Castro disclosed the severity of the problem when he warned in November that the very fate of the revolution was at risk ... |
| 04/29/2006 03:18 PM |
| Two policemen tried for soliciting and accepting bribes |
| corruption after the police internal affairs department learned they had accepted bribes from someone transporting onions to Havana. Ivan Romero Roque and Pedro Elián could face sentences of between eight and 20 years. ... |
| 04/29/2006 03:15 PM |
| Customs inspectors shake down Cuban visitors |
| In spite of continuing campaigns by the government to erradicate corruption and the number of inspectors fired, extortion of visiting Cubans goes on over their frequent complaints. http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y06/apr06/28e4.htm. |
| 04/29/2006 03:14 PM |
| Two policemen tried for soliciting and accepting bribes |
| corruption after the police internal affairs department learned they had accepted bribes from someone transporting onions to Havana. Ivan Romero Roque and Pedro Elián could face sentences of between eight and 20 years. ... |
| 04/29/2006 02:59 PM |
| Cuba sacks top government member |
| corruption is required as this country emerges from what was labelled its "special period" - more than 15 years of serious economic hardship following the demise of its former benefactor, the Soviet Union. As part of that campaign, ... |
| 04/27/2006 03:42 PM |
| US to end delays scams for Cuba visa seekers |
| corruption in the process, the top US consular official on the Caribbean island said on Tuesday. "Currently, our visitor visa applicants have to go through a torturous process of trying to call in to set up an appointment. It is very ... |
| 04/08/2006 03:32 PM |
| A Short Biography of Fidel Castro |
| corruption – captured the imagination of the students. The Ortodoxo party's charismatic leader, Eduardo Chibas, became their idol. Castro developed into a follower of Chibas, absorbing the latter's somewhat ... |
| 03/28/2006 10:17 PM |
| Ex aide airs Castros dirty laundry |
| has dissolved into this unstoppable, insatiable corruption without limits, a vast lie. The people are in misery. Cuba's people have been enslaved as cheap labour for foreign businessmen." Mr. Fernandez said the Cuban leader always ... |
| 03/27/2006 11:37 PM |
| Squeeze on cancer of graft leaves Cubans hurting |
| “The deadly cancer [corruption] has metastasised from our knees up to here [pointing to his chest],” Raul Castro, defence minister and head of the Communist party’s Commission Against Corruption and Illegalities, ... |
| 03/27/2006 11:13 PM |
| Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2005 |
| system is fraught with corruption. During the wait for permission, which routinely lasts six months or more, the applicant cannot obtain food rations or a local identification card. Police frequently checked the ... |
| 03/25/2006 05:43 PM |
| An Anarchist Commentary about Cuba |
| created corruption and according to Petras’ well founded suspicions, it would be not just a bunch of anonymous bureaucrats at the bottom of the pyramid, but that corruption had found a home in the very Council of ... |
| 03/24/2006 09:36 PM |
| A former aide spills the dirt on Fidel Castro |
| corruption without limits, a vast lie. The people are in misery. Cuba's people have been enslaved as cheap labor for foreign businessmen.'' Fernández said Cuba's leader always travels around Havana in a six- or ... |
| 03/24/2006 09:34 PM |
| Fidel Castro Burns His Underwear |
| What happened was, the course he took with the revolution was wrong. It has dissolved into this unstoppable, insatiable corruption without limits, a vast lie. The people are in misery. Cuba's people have been enslaved as cheap ... |
| 03/17/2006 10:32 PM |
| Cuba sharpens dissident crackdown |
| and corruption, while holding pro-government rallies and taking other measures aimed at recapturing disaffected Cubans and discouraging would-be reformers in the government. "Fidel Castro is seeking to radicalize Cuban society," De ... |
| 03/12/2006 06:23 PM |
| China Cuba two African nations are top jailers of journalists |
| "Journalists covering conflict, unrest, corruption, and human rights abuses face a growing risk of incarceration in many countries, where governments seek to disguise their repressive acts as legitimate legal processes." ... |
| 03/12/2006 06:17 PM |
| Castros Comeback |
| November yet another crackdown on rampant corruption and a thriving black market fueled by chronic scarcities of consumer goods. And as if he didn't have enough on his septuagenarian mind, the Cuban leader is ... |
| 02/21/2006 10:30 PM |
| Cuban church reflects on internal life, pastoral goals |
| ones to eliminate corruption and poor governance. Another major goal is peace, which he said can be won with justice, reconciliation, dialogue, an end to the arms race and increased cooperation in assistance. ... |
| 02/15/2006 06:30 PM |
| US Press Group Says Fear, Intimidation Silencing Some Latin ... |
| trafficking, organized crime and corruption. CPJ Americas Coordinator, Carlos Lauría, says in Columbia, reporters censor themselves because of fear of reprisal from all sides in the civil war - rebels, the army and pro-government ... |
| 02/06/2006 11:33 PM |
| Cuba's Economy: Mistaken Blame |
| What is clear is that corruption, theft of state resources, and the excessive use of "capitalist methods" have all been placed in the ideological context of threats to the revolution's survival, and their treatment can now be viewed as ... |
| 02/06/2006 11:02 PM |
| Cuba's Future Economic Model |
| corruption and political instability. In the case of Russia, for example, the temporary withering away of the state during much of the 1990s contributed significantly to the country’s poor economic performance. ... |
| 02/06/2006 07:32 PM |
| Government drive against Cuba's reviled 'new rich' mainly hits ... |
| Castro has been frank about the pervasiveness of corruption. He has lashed out at state workers and the self-employed, and accuses private restaurant owners of encouraging illegal activity by buying lobster - ... |
| 01/24/2006 05:58 PM |
| No hotel for Cubans in provincial capital |
| ... has been taken over by "social workers," in reality young people from outside the province who are auditing government enterprises for fiscal irregularities, as part of the government's effort to eradicate administrative corruption. ... |
| 01/22/2006 06:37 PM |
| Mob attacks on Castro's critics are increasing |
The flood of incidents against dissidents underscores a tenuous time in Cuba, as the government openly struggles to combat corruption and grapples with a fragile economy and a rising number of migrants headed to sea. ... |
| 01/20/2006 12:24 PM |
| Populist delusions block Latin America’s progress |
| States must be efficient and curb corruption to promote growth and combat poverty. Chile is Latin America’s success story. Since 1990, its vigorous economic growth and good social policies have cut the poverty rate in half. ... |
| 01/19/2006 11:21 PM |
| Cuba begins to prepare for post-Castro era |
Castro, who will be 80 this year, opened the debate on Cuba's future himself in a November 17 speech at Havana University, where he lashed out at profiteering, corruption and waste threatening the "revolution" he began 47 years ago. ... |
| 01/15/2006 04:30 PM |
| Crime (stories) growing in Cuba |
| Thus, the plot of a neopoliciaco uncovers official corruption, crime-based economies, underground lifestyles -- subjects difficult to explore without fear of censorship in other kinds of fiction. These traits are certainly true of the ... |
| 01/12/2006 03:19 PM |
| In Cuba, waiting and hoping |
| He blasted corruption and profiteering off stolen government goods, such as gasoline. In the following weeks, he announced economic changes, including salary increases and electricity-rate increases aimed at the "new rich" who damage ... |
| 01/09/2006 06:59 PM |
| Socialist party recognizes fragile grip |
| Castro's comments came as he announced a new push against corruption. He blasted thieves who live off stolen government goods, such as gasoline, and said that since the crackdown, gas stations have begun to collect twice the normal ... |
| 01/08/2006 06:12 PM |
| Rare unease in Cuba on survival of revolution |
| Castro's comments came as he announced a new push against corruption. He blasted thieves who live off stolen government goods, like gasoline, and said that since the crackdown, gas stations have begun to collect twice the normal revenue ... |
| 01/05/2006 05:56 PM |
| Cuba begins to think about life after Castro |
| Cuba's leaders have seized the opportunity to talk openly about and prepare for the future by shoring up military defences, increasing control over the economy and launching a drive against corruption, pilfering, waste and "ideological ... |
| 01/04/2006 07:07 PM |
| Santeria priests see bad omens in coming year |
| HAVANA - Priests of the Afro-Cuban religion Santería called on islanders Monday to be wary of diseases, broken agreements and corruption as they issued their much-anticipated predictions for the New Year. Although the annual ''Letter of ... |
| 01/04/2006 07:06 PM |
| Afro-Cuban priests warn of diseases and crime in 2006 |
| Priests of the Afro-Cuban religion Santeria called on islanders Monday to be wary of diseases, broken agreements and corruption as they issued their much-anticipated predictions for the New Year. Although the annual "Letter of the Year" ... |
| 01/04/2006 06:59 PM |
| Cuba begins to think about life after Castro |
| Cuba's leaders have seized the opportunity to talk openly about and prepare for the future by shoring up military defences, increasing control over the economy and launching a drive against corruption, pilfering, waste and "ideological ... |
| 12/31/2005 06:33 PM |
| Cuba looking at broad use of GPS to track pilferers |
| Fidel Castro's announcement that Cuba is capable of turning out Global Positioning System-equipped devices at the rate of 30000 per month represents a ratcheting-up of his government's crusade against graft and corruption. ... |
| 12/23/2005 07:21 PM |
| Truck service paralyzed between Camaguey and Ciego de Avila |
| As part of its campaign to cut down on corruption, the government now provides receipts for gasoline purchases at service stations and requires all motorists to shown them when requested. http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y05/dec05/20e3.htm. |
| 12/19/2005 04:51 PM |
| China, Cuba, two African nations are top jailers of journalists |
| "Journalists covering conflict, unrest, corruption, and human rights abuses face a growing risk of incarceration in many countries, where governments seek to disguise their repressive acts as legitimate legal processes." ... |
| 12/05/2005 05:00 PM |
| Niegan asistencia medica a Victor Rolando Arroyo |
| The Communist party launched an assault two years ago on ''corruption and illegalities'' within its ranks and the state administration as it recentralized economic activity and control over hard currency after what it characterized as ... |
| 11/29/2005 08:10 PM |
| Castro enlists Cuba's young in war on corruption |
| The Communist party launched an assault two years ago on "corruption and illegalities'' within its ranks and the state administration as it recentralised economic activity and control over hard currency after what it characterised as ... |
| 11/28/2005 06:48 PM |
| US office works for a free Cuba |
| Per capita income is estimated at the local equivalent of $3000 a year, but that overstates the quality of life for most of the people living in a society where shortages of basics are the norm and corruption and graft are expected ... |
| 11/27/2005 01:03 AM |
| CPJ presents International Press Freedom Awards |
| Lúcio Flávio Pinto, publisher and editor of the semimonthly paper Jornal Pessoal, who has courageously reported on drug trafficking, environmental devastation, and political and corporate corruption in a vast, remote region of Brazil's ... |
| 11/27/2005 01:01 AM |
| Press Freedom Group Honors Journalists from Cuba, Brazil |
| ... publisher and editor of the semimonthly paper Jornal Pessoal, has "courageously reported on drug trafficking, environmental devastation, and political and corporate corruption in a vast, remote region of Brazil's Amazon." ... |
| 11/22/2005 06:41 PM |
| Telesur tested by Chavez video |
| But after criticizing Chávez's government for corruption, his program was taken off the air in September. It may not be easy then for Telesur's employees to keep their network from becoming a Chávez mouthpiece. But Telesur's lone yanqui ... |
| 11/21/2005 03:27 PM |
| Revolutionary To The End |
| He seems to have slipped down the FBI's fluid list of priorities, as manpower in the San Juan office was directed at a string of public corruption and narcotics-fueled racketeering cases. A New Boss If bureaucratic inertia within the ... |
| 11/21/2005 03:27 PM |
| Cuba's war on corruption |
| HAVANA: The Cuban government has launched a wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign that is aimed at curbing diversion of funds, theft and abuse of power in state-owned companies and businesses, but also threatens to clamp down even ... |
| 11/21/2005 03:27 PM |
| Dozens of workers at state company detained |
| SANTA CLARA, Cuba, November 17 (Guillermo Fariñas, Cubanacán Press / www.cubanet.org) - Dozens of workers at the Empresa de Comercio Mayorista have been detained since the end of October because of alleged corruption in the state-owned ... |
| 11/10/2005 12:31 PM |
| In anticapitalist crackdown, Cuba raids farmers' markets |
| ... and credits from China, has declared that the crisis following the demise of its previous benefactor, the Soviet Union, is over and has started rolling back marketplace changes that it believes breed corruption and inequality. ... |
| 11/09/2005 12:17 PM |
| Caudillos with crude can pose a challenge |
| Oil wealth is always a tempting source of corruption inside countries. But it also becomes, at times of high crude prices, an important instrument of foreign influence and leverage, as the US has been discovering, to its discomfort, ... |
| 11/01/2005 11:30 AM |
| Castro cash claim triggers Brazil uproar |
| recovering from a massive corruption scandal that has shaken his government and his Workers Party, and severely eroded his popularity. The weekend report in the news magazine Veja, one of the country's most ... |
| 11/01/2005 11:27 AM |
| Lula party fights Cuba cash claim |
| The president has not been linked to the congressional corruption scandal. 'Elite plot'. Lula won the election in October 2002 and is an old friend of Cuban President Fidel Castro. The report in the news magazine said Lula's electoral ... |
| 11/01/2005 12:31 AM |
| Brazil President's Party Secretly Got $3 Million From Cuba ... |
| denied, has reignited the wide-ranging corruption scandal that has paralyzed President da Silva's government for nearly six months. After a month of muted complaints that conveyed a sense that the worst was over, ... |
| 11/01/2005 12:30 AM |
| Brazil Opposition Seeks Probe Into Alleged Cuba Payments |
| to be opened against the president following a deluge of corruption charges surrounding his party. For the last five months, the Lula government has been embroiled in a scandal triggered by alleged illicit contributions to political ... |
| 10/24/2005 03:19 PM |
| Situation of Human Rights in Cuba |
| Criticism of errors, corruption or abuses on the part of the government is punishable. The laws that prohibit freedom of expression through political offences list crimes such as: enemy propaganda, disrespect to the Commander in Chief ... |
| 10/21/2005 01:00 PM |
| New crackdown on Cuban dissidents |
| an alleged case of management corruption at the regional dairy products factory in Havana.” Despite the repression, the article reported that in Camagüey the Ladies in White—spouses and family members of political prisoners—held a ... |
| 10/20/2005 06:16 PM |
| Cuban police arrest dissident whistle-blower |
| HAVANA: Cuban police arrested a dissident lawyer who denounced corruption in a state milk company two months ago, an opposition leader said yesterday. Niurka Brito, 37, was arrested in her home hours before she was to hold a press ... |
| 10/17/2005 03:35 PM |
| Liberator or Castro clone? |
| "I fought hardL; I fought a lot of corruption, in the local government ... I was an object they had to eliminate," he says. "I never did anything that makes me deserve being in jail." Mr. Lozano's case is currently before the ... |