FROM
CUBA
Denied telephone for not participating in
block committee activities
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, March 24 (Karel Castillo,
Cubanacán Press / www.cubanet.org)
- An employee of the state-run Cubapetroleo
Company (CUPET) was denied the installation
of a telephone in his home because he failed
to participate in activities of the Commitees
for the Defense of the Revolution, known
popularly as bloc committees.
Julio Cabrera Rodríguez, 41, was
the subject of an investigation last weekend
by the block committee in the area where
he resides with his parents, both over 75
and suffering from various ailments.
A committee team told Cabrera Rodríguez
did not meet the requirements for a telephone,
leaving with him the impression that this
meant he should was being punished for not
participating in committee activities.
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