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Anti-Castro Dissidents Rally in Cuba
FOX ^
| Friday, May 20, 2005
Posted on 05/20/2005 7:50:32 PM PDT by Asphalt
HAVANA With shouts of "Freedom" and the singing of the Cuban national anthem, more than 200 people on Friday opened a rare opposition assembly in communist Cuba, uninterrupted by authorities despite the expulsion of European lawmakers, journalists and others who planned to attend. Martha Beatriz Roque (search), the meeting's lead organizer and a former political prisoner who attempted a similar gathering nine years ago, called it "a point of departure" for future work. "There will be a before and after for May 20 in Cuba," Roque said, claiming it was the first such gathering in Fidel Castro's (search) 46 years of communist rule. "This is a triumph for all the opposition."
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TOPICS: Cuba; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cubandissidents
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:50:32 PM PDT
by
Asphalt
To: Asphalt; All
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:51:50 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:52:18 PM PDT
by
Asphalt
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To: Asphalt
If there's a just God, Castro should not die a natural death.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:53:50 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:54:04 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Asphalt; All
Well I think we should help them...
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:54:46 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: warsaw44
"This is a really nice surprise," said the veteran activist Vladimiro Roca. "My predictions were not realized. I didn't think the government would allow it to happen." How long before they end up in jail. OTOH, I'm glad they did it.
To: stboz
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:55:34 PM PDT
by
Asphalt
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To: stboz
If there's a just God, Castro should not die a natural death.
An Ice-axe to the back of his head would be appropriate.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:56:14 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:56:33 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: tet68
Dragging him through the streets as he exclaims he is ruler of Cuba would be a good start.
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posted on
05/20/2005 8:00:33 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: Asphalt
Balony!
If these were actual anti Castro individuals, they would have been arrested before you could bat an eye.
This was a sham and the participants were agents for Castro.
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posted on
05/20/2005 8:01:47 PM PDT
by
sport
To: Asphalt; All
Rack itt in middle of Havana Cuba
OHH I think Fidal is losing his power
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posted on
05/20/2005 8:05:58 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: Calpernia
Sorry for the double ping to my ping list. I hit refresh after post....and encountered system indigestion :P
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posted on
05/20/2005 8:07:00 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: sport
Probably true.
But if we take what you said at face value, why would the regime show any signs of opposition, thus giving the impression that the repressive machine is crumbling???
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posted on
05/20/2005 9:05:26 PM PDT
by
El Conservador
("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
To: Asphalt
it's taken them a while Easy for you to say, from the comfort of your easy chair in a free nation.
Not so easy in a totalitarian communist dictatorship where speaking out will earn you 20+ years in a fetid dungeon on starvation rations, without medicine as you rot away.
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posted on
05/20/2005 10:06:54 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Victoria Delsoul
God bless them... God help them.
Castros jails are as bad as they get. The UN continues to fall over itself in an attempt to kiss Castros *ss...
Damn JFK and his cowardice to Hell.
Curse his families eyes...
Cuba should have been free a long time ago. The name ' Castro ' should be something which stymies even the most astute Trivial Pursuit expert.
JFK - you have shamed all Irish Americans. Rot in Hell you bastard.
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posted on
05/20/2005 10:28:29 PM PDT
by
warsaw44
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