HAVANA, February 28 (Alida Viso Bello, Cuba Press) - Using a phone or listening to the radio could make you the unwelcome center of attention of the State Security organization in Manzanillo, eastern Cuba.
For instance-people who have "public telephones" in their homes risk losing them if they allow dissidents to use them.
For some time, the Cuban telephone company has been offering some people a telephone line-a rare commodity in Cuba-in their homes if they will allow their neighbors to use it. These are known in Cuba as "public phones." There are more than a dozen such phones in Manzanillo.
State Security agents Juan Zamora Zayas and one that calls himself Joaquín have been visiting people who have public phones at home, telling them that if they allow dissidents and independent journalists to use them, the phones could be taken away.
Meanwhile, at State Security headquarters agents questioned Antonio Iser Soa, 76, who had been listening to Voice of America affiliate Radio Martí. An agent told Iser that "a good Cuban doesn't listen to that station." Iser said that he was very nervous because State Security is
evidently watching him.
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