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INCREASE IN THE PRESENCE OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT SIGNS IN CUBA According to various independent sources in Below is a partial listing of the signs that have appeared throughout 5/1/06- Signs with the word “CHANGE” appeared in the town of 3/30/06- The human rights activist Miguel Ángel López Herrera was detained by 3 State Security agents on March 23rd near his home in the city of Guantanamo, in the eastern extreme of the island, accused of being the author of signs asking freedom for political prisoners, which appeared in the Policarpo Pineda State Library, as informed by Marielis Castro, delegate of the "Frank País" November 30th Democratic Party (Roberto Santana Rodríguez / www.cubanet.org) 3/29/06- Various signs of “Down with Fidel!” and “Freedom for the 75!” appeared in the following places: City of Santiago de Cuba and the towns of Palmarito del Cauto, Mella, San Luís, Alto Songo and La Maya according to information given by the independent journalist Virgilio de la O, from Eastern free Press to www.Cubanet.org 3/29/06 – Anti-governmental signs appeared on the street of San Pío between Trinidad and Habana, in the eastern city of 3/22/06- Anti-governmental signs appeared in two main streets of the Rodas municipality, 3/22/06- A second sign appeared on front of the house of a man with last name Fleitas in Calle Marti of the 3/11/06 –Numerous signs of “Down with Fidel!” and “Fidel Dictator” appeared in two blocks of San Fransisco street in the town of Lawton in Havana. Reported by Jaime Leygonier to www.Cubanet.org 3/6/06- Signs appeared on the Sports School of Bayamo. The signs read, “Amnesty for Political Prisoners”, and “Down F”. According to reports from Ahmend Rodríguez from Youth Without Censorship via telephone to the Cuban Democratic Directorate. 12/1/05- Signs reading: “Down with Fidel,” “Fidel Assasin,” and “Fidel Tyrant” appeared in the town of La Caridad in Camaguey between Domingo Puerta and Cuba and on the street Dolores Betancourt, as well as in the interior of the Pediatric Clinic. 11/29/05 – The city of 11/27-29/05- In the medical clinic of Prison 1580, signs reading “Medical attention is for all” and “Down with Fidel” appeared for three consecutive days. Various common prisoners were beaten and placed in punishment cells, according to a letter taken out of prison from Juan Rivero Despaigne and read to Ernesto Roque Cintero from UPECI for Cubanet. 11/21/05- Various residents of the 11/15/05- Tour anti-governmental signs appear in Gibara disseminated around the headquarters of the Cuban Association of Craftsmen and Artists with the slogan: “Down with Fidel”- Reported by Liannis Meriño Aguilera, Youth without Censorship. 10/28/05- a dozen anti-governmental signs and graffiti appear in various streets of the Batabano municipality resulting from the problems alter hurricane Wilma. Some of the signs included: “We want to live without power outages,” “Power outages are terrorism” and “Down with Fidel”. Reported by Ernesto Roque Cintero from UPECI for Cubanet 8/31/05- Anti-governmental signs were disseminated throughout the town of 8/22/05- An anti-governmental sign appeared on a wall or a store called La Vizcaína, in the city of 8/1/05- strips of poster board with anti-governmental messages appeared on public benches of the Plaza de la Revolución ( 7/8/05- A woman walks through the streets of Bembeta and Horca in 7/6/05- A sign that reads “Down with Fidel” and mocking pictures of Fidel Castro distributing pressure cookers appear in San Luís, at the old train station located on Enramada street. Reported by Guillermo Fariñas from Cubanan Press and Rosa Maria Montoya from APLO- Cubanet. 7/2/05- Two anti-governmental signs appeared in the town of Las Tosas, in the outskirts of Santi Spíritus, according to Raimundo Perdigón Brito, provincial delegate of the Frank País 30 of November Democratic Party. The signs in Las Tosas were placed on a billboard on the Las Cañas highway, approximately 80 meters from the vacation home of Fidel Castro, popularly known as “Fidel’s Chalet”, added Perdigón. According to the source, one of the signs read “Fidel: Assasin” while the other read “Fidel turn on the lights.” Reported by Guillermo Fariñas from Cubanan Press and Rosa Maria Montoya from APLO- Cubanet. 6/20/05- Sign painters and artists from Villa Clara are being cited by State Security since May 20th, according to Guillermo Fariñas, due to caricatures that appeared on walls throughout Caibarién, Camajuaní, 6/8/05) - Reappearance of anti-governmental signs in the city of Send by E-mail | Printable Version
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