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FROM
CUBA
Man arrested for shouting "Down with Fidel"
after a power outage
SANTA CLARA, Cuba - July 8 (Guillermo
Fariñas, Cubanacán Press /
www.cubanet.org) - Police detained José
Manuel Barreiro Rouco for rushing into the
street shouting "Down with Fidel"
because of an unscheduled power blackout.
According to Bernardo Arévalo Padrón,
director of Línea Sur Press, the
incident occurred shortly alter midnight
on Monday. He quoted Barreiro Rouco as saying,
"Fidel Castro is a liar because he
promised there would be no blackouts during
the summer."
Several members of the National Revolutionary
Police put Barreiro Rouco in a patrol car.
He was taken to the State Security Police
headquarters where he was interrogated.
Barreiro Rouco was fined 30 pesos and released
in the afternoon with a warning that he
risked a four-year prison term if he again
insulted the president.
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