CUBA NEWS
March 25, 2005
 

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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