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December 20, 2002



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Dissidents demand government air Varela Project

GUINES, December 18 (José Izquierdo, Grupo Decoro / www.cubanet.org) - Several dissidents in Güines, a town south of Havana, delivered a letter December 11 at the offices of the Local Assembly of the Popular Power (local government) asking that the local radio station give details about the Varela Project.

The letter, addressed to Lidia María Rodríguez, the town’s representative to the National Assembly of the Popular Power, demands that the Department of State Security cease harassing those participating in collecting signatures or other activities related to the Project.

The Varela Project is a grassroots initiative that’s trying to bring about political change in the island within the confines of the CubanConstitution. Initially, the Project delivered a petition, signed by more than 11,000 people, asking for elections on some matters. The government has, so far, ignored the Project, refusing to abide by the document, which is legal under the Constitution.


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