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01HAVANA4690	CUBA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-14 13:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CU

02HAVANA7763	(CUBA) 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. A) THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM. THE GOC REMAINS OPPOSED TO THE U.S.-LED COALITION PROSECUTING THE WAR ON GLOBAL TERRORISM AND IS ACTIVELY CRITICAL OF MANY ASSOCI [...]	2002-11-15 16:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CU
06HAVANA10031	NEW CUBAN AMBO TO BOLIVIA: RAFAEL DAUSA [...] (S) The Cuban regime has nominated senior Foreign Ministry honcho Rafael Dausa Cespedes as its ambassador to Bolivia. This in the context of greatly improved relations between Cuba and Bolivia in the wake of Evo Morales' election. Dausa can be expected to intensify Cuba's assault on Bolivia's [...]	2006-05-11 13:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PINR PREL ASEC BO CU
06HAVANA10078	PAYA PRESENTS PROPOSAL FOR DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban pro-democracy activist Oswaldo Paya has unveiled his latest push for a democratic Constitution, calling for a legal framework that would embrace multiple political parties, private enterprise and "social justice." The document, entitled "All Cubans," stems from a "N [...]	2006-05-11 22:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA10104	"GREEN EYESHADE" SOBERON: CUBA'S SENIOR ECON GUY [...] (C) Summary: Unhindered by his modest background in accounting, Central Bank President Francisco Soberon has become one of Castro's key advisors. The architect of GOC efforts to recentralize the economy, Soberon has recently eclipsed most other ministers in influence and public profile (with [...]	2006-05-12 15:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV EFIN ECON PINR CU
06HAVANA10189	CARTAS DE CUBA, SPRING 2006 [...] (U) The latest installment of Cartas de Cuba features the following items: - GOC Delirious Over HRC Win - PR on the Prowl - PR vs. BR - Robinson Liked His Whiskey - Party Shuffle - Feisty - New Strategy: Give 'Em Money, Make 'Em Spend It - Just Below the Surface - CDRs... Who [...]	2006-05-12 16:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS ECON EFIN EAGR SOCI UN CU
06HAVANA10271	MOTHER OF ALL MARCHES BY CUBA'S "LADIES IN WHITE" [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White," relatives of political prisoners, held a successful protest march in Havana on May 13. Seventeen Ladies marched from the house of leading member Laura Pollan to a monument honoring Leonor Diaz, the mother of national hero Jose Marti, and laid flowers to [...]	2006-05-15 21:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA10738	NEW THINKING IS NEEDED, PAYA TELLS CHIEF OF MISSION [...] (C) Summary. Leading Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, chief of the Christian Liberation Movement and driving force behind the Varela Project, told the COM May 18 that "we all have to do new things" to help bring democracy to Cuba. When asked about a recent overture from Martha Beatriz Roque, he s [...]	2006-05-22 18:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA11234	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: The health of hunger-striking dissident Guillermo Farinas has taken a turn for the worse, and he is threatening to leave his hospital to "go home to die." The "Ladies in White" are to be awarded Human Rights First's annual prize. Activists reacted positively to their May 24 con [...]	2006-05-26 21:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA11516	"FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC CUBA" INSPIRE ACTIVISTS, [...] (C) Summary: Cuban pro-democracy activists got a boost from the May 24 conference call with the "Group of Friends of Democratic Cuba," a loose alliance of US Representatives, European diplomats in Washington, prominent members of the Miami exile community and others. One of the activist part [...]	2006-06-02 20:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA11629	CUBA CRACKING DOOR OPEN TO MORE CATHOLIC CLERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government has eased its strict limits on issuing work permits to foreign Catholic clergy. The GOC has long adhered to a policy of approving new applicants only to the extent that they replace clergy who have stopped working in Cuba. However, since June 2005, the GOC ha [...]	2006-06-05 17:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI CU
06HAVANA11650	CARTAS DE CUBA: EARLY SUMMER EDITION [...] (SBU) This edition of "Cartas" features the following items: -- Paras 2-4 Medical Malpractice -- 5-8 Baseball, Music and Racism -- 9-11 China Syndrome -- 12-19 Diplomatic Corps Reflections -- 20-22 Bracing for the NAM ------------------- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ------------------- 2. (U) NEWS: US [...]	2006-06-05 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA11895	CUBA RELEASE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (C) Cuba's Tier 3 placement in the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report presents a challenge in terms of informing the host country, given the Cuban Government's hostility to U.S. criticism and the paucity of news sources available to ordinary Cubans. Since mid-January, the Cubans have refused [...]	2006-06-06 20:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL CU
06HAVANA11957	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: With Internet advocate Guillermo Farinas up to Day 128 of his hunger strike, 38 supporters have announced a sympathy fast. Oswaldo Paya of Varela Project fame is summarizing his "Program for All Cubans" in a pamphlet. Paya is also collecting evidence on bogus pro-democracy acti [...]	2006-06-08 13:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KWMN SOCI CU
06HAVANA12488	BRITISH POLOFF ANALYZES "COMMON POSITION" ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary: The UK's human rights officer in Havana shared with us June 15 her thoughts on the European Council's recently released draft conclusions on the EU's "Common Position" toward Cuba. (The draft states, among other things, the EU's commitment to seeking dialogue with both the Cuban G [...]	2006-06-16 15:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA12981	EX-POLITBURO MEMBER CONVICTED OF INFLUENCE-PEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: A Cuban court has convicted Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte, a former member of the Cuban Communist Party's Political Bureau (Politburo),of influence-peddling and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The June 16 conviction was announced June 21 in a page-two bulletin in state-co [...]	2006-06-22 16:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA13065	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government has resumed systematic harassment of pro-democracy activists following a respite in which the European Council discussed a "Common Position" on Cuba and the UN launched its Human Rights Council. After laying low for two weeks, GOC-organized militants on June 2 [...]	2006-06-22 19:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA13740	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: JULY 5, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The number of documented political prisoners in Cuba dropped by four percentage points over the past six months, as the Cuban Government stepped up its use of less-scrutinized forms of control, including warnings, beatings and "acts of repudiation." Government-directed thugs hel [...]	2006-07-05 14:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA13782	IN HAVANA, A (MOSTLY) HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY [...] (C) Summary: Baseball trumped politics in Havana on July 4, with nearly 600 people attending USINT Havana's baseball-themed Independence Day celebration at the Chief of Mission's Residence. Civil-society figures, including Cuba's most prominent dissidents, mingled with third-country diplomat [...]	2006-07-05 20:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA14841	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP JULY 21, 2016 [...] (C) Summary. Within a 24-hour period, Cuban authorities arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to four years dissident Alexander Santos Hernandez for "dangerousness." Another dissident, Camilo Cairo Falcon, was sentenced to one year of correctional work for "public disorder," following his p [...]	2006-07-21 20:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA15674	ROQUE UNVEILS PLAN FOR TRANSITION GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban pro-democracy activist Martha Beatriz Roque has released a 27-page transition plan for Cuba produced by her Assembly to Promote Civil Society. Titled "Anticipating the Day After," the 15-section document is a self-described "compendium of ideas" that focuses on issu [...]	2006-08-07 22:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA15749	ANTI-DISSIDENT ACTIVITIES CONTINUE IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Cuban regime agents continue to carry out "acts of repudiation" and other aggressive actions against pro-democracy activists, but to no greater or lesser extent than before the July 31 announcement of Fidel Castro's temporary withdrawal. Since then, at least five anti-dissident i [...]	2006-08-09 11:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA15860	CUBAN ACTIVISTS MOURN DEATH OF GUSTAVO ARCOS [...] (C) Cuban pro-democracy activists on August 9 mourned as Gustavo Arcos, grandfather of the island's human rights movement, was cremated in Havana. Arcos died the previous day at a hospital after battling a number of ailments, including Alzheimers. According to his widow, his dying wish was t [...]	2006-08-09 20:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16023	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White" expressed concern that their weekly march outside Havana's Santa Rita church on Sunday, April 13, will be their most dangerous ever, as it coincides with the 80th birthday of Fidel Castro and could prompt a counter-protest by regime supporters. Elsewhere i [...]	2006-08-11 20:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16137	REGIME IMAGES: CASTRO PASSES TORCH TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Cuban state media on August 14 released still images, and then a video, of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's bedside visit with Fidel Castro a day earlier. Photographic images charged with symbolic meaning are among the hallmarks of Castro's reign; the latest images symbolize Castro's e [...]	2006-08-15 20:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL VE CU
06HAVANA16439	NO RELIEF FOR CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS, OR THEIR [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's political prisoners continue to suffer from appalling and unhealthy prison conditions, while many of their family members face vindictive and even terrifying acts organized by the Cuban Government. On August 16 and 17, USINT spoke on the phone with the spouses or parents of [...]	2006-08-18 17:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16609	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP AUGUST 18, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church's senior official in Cuba, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, celebrated a mass for recently deceased pro-democracy activist Gustavo Arcos on August 17, with diplomats, activists and journalists in attendance. For an hour, at least, Arcos got his dying wish of a unified o [...]	2006-08-18 19:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16698	DEATH THREAT FOR CUBAN ACTIVIST ROQUE [...] (C) Summary: Cuban pro-regime thugs held a late-night "act of repudiation" August 19-20 outside the home of pro-democracy activist Martha Beatriz Roque and brandished a pistol while inviting her to "step outside so we can kill you." Roque, head of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC),[...]	2006-08-21 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16699	RETALIATION FEARED AFTER MASS FOR GUSTAVO ARCOS [...] (C) Summary: Cuban pro-democracy activists are weighing the impact of Cardinal Jaime Ortega's controversial mass, celebrated August 17, for Gustavo Arcos, the recently deceased dean of the island's human rights movement. Activists say the GOC is livid over the event and that retaliation agains [...]	2006-08-21 21:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16867	CUBAN ACTIVIST FERRER PREPARES CALL FOR PLEBISCITE [...] (C) Summary: Dissident Cuban doctor Darsi Ferrer remains conspicuously out of prison, two weeks after calling on the Cuban people to openly defy the Government. Ferrer told us August 23 he is fearful and uneasy over the GOC's failure to arrest him for his appeal, which was carried by five Mia [...]	2006-08-23 20:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16868	ROQUE ON TENTATIVE COOPERATION WITH PAYA, OTHERS [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban activist Martha Beatriz Roque expressed optimism August 23 over what she described as her warming ties with Oswaldo Paya, the other heavyweight in the splintered dissident community. Roque said that at an August 17 event, she and Paya conversed and saw eye to eye on [...]	2006-08-23 22:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA16901	FARINAS HUNGER STRIKE HITS DAY 205 [...] (C) Summary. The hunger strike of Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas reached 205 days on August 24, after the independent journalist allowed the flow of IV fluids to be restored following his transfer to a hospital room where he could receive visitors. Farinas' girlfriend, dissident Noelia Ped [...]	2006-08-24 17:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA17059	RUMOR CONTROL: FIDEL SAID TO UNDERGO NEW OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: As would be expected, Havana is awash in rumors over the health of Fidel Castro. One, from a dissident who has provided accurate information in the past, says Castro underwent follow-up surgery between August 24 and 26, but that no other details are available. Our suspicion that [...]	2006-08-29 12:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA17126	CUBAN ACTIVISTS REACHING OUT TO NAM PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White" have started distributing a letter to nations that will participate in or observe Havana's September 11-16 meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement. The letter calls on foreign governments to request the immediate, unconditional liberation of Cuba's peaceful p [...]	2006-08-30 20:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA17683	CUBAN FARINAS ENDS HUNGER STRIKE AFTER SEVEN MONTHS [...] (C) Summary: Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas ended his hunger strike August 31 after surviving on IV fluids for seven months in a campaign for internet access for all Cubans. The independent journalist decided to end the hunger strike following a joint appeal by three leading women dissiden [...]	2006-09-01 18:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA17684	CUBAN GOVT DETAINS DISSIDENT DOCTOR DARSI FERRER [...] (C) Summary: Around 50 Cuban State Security officers took dissident doctor Darsi Ferrer into custody September 1 and held him at a Havana police station, where, according to his wife, Yusnaimy Jorge, he refused to sign an official warning. The Government accused him of putting up "Cambio" ("Ch [...]	2006-09-01 19:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA20774	REPRESSION IN CUBA WORSE UNDER RAUL, SAY ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Many Cuban human rights activists believe that repression has worsened on the island since the July 31 "proclamation" that Raul Castro had assumed temporary control. Between October 2 and 5, we asked ten leading human rights and pro-democracy advocates - a majority of them former [...]	2006-10-06 21:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA20783	CUBANS UNEASY WITH DPRK NUKE TEST [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government on October 10 signaled its displeasure with North Korea's reported nuclear test. In language lacking the warmth usually reserved for a fellow communist nation, Cuban state media reported the UN Security Council's condemnation of the reported underground blast [...]	2006-10-11 20:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP CU
06HAVANA21100	AT CUBA'S INDEPENDENT LIBRARIES, UNCENSORED DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's outlawed Assembly to Promote Civil Society (ASPC),led by Martha Beatriz Roque, launched its "Congress" of independent librarians October 10 and reported successful meetings in at least six provinces. APSC said 153 independent libraries are taking part in the four-and-a-ha [...]	2006-10-13 20:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA21268	CUBAN GOVT SIGNALS LINGERING IRE OVER DPRK NUKE [...] (C) Cuban state media on October 14 disseminated a statement from the 183-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM),currently headed by Cuba, on North Korea's reported nuclear blast. The statement, approved the previous day at UN headquarters, urges North Korea, a NAM member, to halt its nuclear tes [...]	2006-10-16 21:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP CU
06HAVANA21636	CUBAN MILITANTS PUMMEL INDEPENDENT LIBRARIANS [...] (C) Summary: Cuban communist militants brutally attacked two dissidents in Villa Clara province on October 10, the opening day of an extended "Congress" of independent librarians. The attack, which lasted more than an hour and involved forcibly transporting the dissidents from one city to ano [...]	2006-10-19 22:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA21638	CONFERENCE CALL TO MEXICO BRINGS CUBAN YOUTH [...] (S) Summary: Leaders of two Cuban pro-democracy youth groups took part in a USG-facilitated teleconference October 17 with university students in Monterrey, Mexico. At the Havana end, at the PAO Residence, 25 young Cubans took part, mainly from the Marti Youth Coalition (CJM) but also from Yo [...]	2006-10-19 22:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA22158	DISSIDENT DETENTIONS AND ROBBERIES ON RISE IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: While rumors abound over how much time Fidel Castro has left (septel),Cuban authorities are increasingly detaining and even robbing pro-democracy and human rights activists. In the past 10 days, at least seven dissidents were detained, most for brief periods, after v [...]	2006-10-25 22:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA22539	CUBA FREES POLITICAL DETAINEE, LETS 3 OTHERS LEAVE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Cuban Government freed political detainee Ricardo Medina Salabarria on October 25 after holding him without charge for more than 15 months. Medina, head of the religious affairs committee of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC),was taken into custody after [...]	2006-10-30 17:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA22900	CUBAN GOVERNMENT TARGETS OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 22:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA22904	CUBAN GOVERNMENT TARGETS OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government briefly detained opposition youth leader Edgard Lopez Moreno and two other dissidents on November 2 after they visited a USINT internet center. Police seized materials from Lopez and the others and warned them to halt their dissident activities. The detentio [...]	2006-11-03 14:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23342	CUBAN ACTIVISTS SLAM REGIME IN MESSAGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Cuban pro-democracy activists signaled to participants in the Montevideo Ibero-American Summit their dismay over the participants' failure to hold the Cuban Government accountable for human rights violations. Oswaldo Paya of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) released a stat [...]	2006-11-06 22:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23355	CUBAN PROSECUTOR SEEKS 15 YEARS FOR PRISON [...] (C) The Cuban Government has informed the family of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo that he has been indicted for jailhouse disorder and disrespect - charges for which the Pinar del Rio prosecutor is seeking 15 years. Zapata's mother shared a copy of the indictment with us on November [...]	2006-11-06 22:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23502	CUBAN INMATES DECRY LACK OF MEDICAL CARE, FRESH AIR [...] (C) In a relatively rare move, Cuba's Foreign Ministry has accepted and promised to respond to a letter from prisoners denouncing conditions at Kilo 5 prison in Pinar del Rio. The letter, dated November 1, was written by a common prisoner, Nestor Hernandez Escalona, and signed by 13 others, th [...]	2006-11-13 22:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23515	DISSIDENT DETAINED AFTER FAILING TO ANSWER SURVEY [...] (C) Summary: A recent incident involving Cuban dissident Niurka Brito Rivas illustrates how the Cuban regime sometimes attempts to incriminate its opponents in illegal activity. Brito spent three days in jail in October, without charges, after she failed to fill out a survey sent by her daughte [...]	2006-11-15 21:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23521	CUBAN INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST GARCIA DETAINED, [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 20:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23527	CUBAN PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUP TO DISTRIBUTE BULLETINS [...] (C) A leading Cuban pro-democracy group, Martha Beatriz Roque's Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC),plans to start distributing a two-sheet, four-page news "bulletin" on the streets of several Cuban cities on December 10, Human Rights Day. On November 15, Roque shared with us a draft of [...]	2006-11-17 21:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23544	CUBA RELEASES 3 DETAINEES, PROLONGS JAILING OF 2 [...] (C) Summary. The Cuban Government has released from prison three more dissidents, one of whom had been convicted and two held without charges since a July 22, 2005 protest in Havana. The releases bring to at least five the number of political detainees/prisoners freed in recent weeks. Meanwhi [...]	2006-11-27 14:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23546	LANDMARK FORUM BRINGS TOGETHER YOUNG CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: An unprecedented opposition youth forum brought together young Cuban pro-democracy activists and counterparts from Monterrey, Mexico on November 24 in Havana. The three-hour-long event, held at the PAO Residence, saw participants engage in open debate after watching an inspiration [...]	2006-11-27 19:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23547	IN WAKE OF GAO REPORT, DISSIDENTS ISSUE STATEMENT [...] (C) As debate swirls within Cuba's human rights community over a GAO report that questions oversight and spending for Cuban democracy programs, four leading activists have signed a statement that they say is aimed at expressing support for certain exile groups, including the Support Group for [...]	2006-11-28 21:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23548	CUBA: CELEBRATING ARMY AND CASTRO DECEMBER 2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 21:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON CU
06HAVANA23564	RAUL DELIVERS CASTRO BIRTHDAY SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL
06HAVANA23566	CUBAN POLITICAL POLICE DETAIN YOUTH ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary: Cuban State Security officials searched the home of youth activist Ahmed Rodriguez Albacia on December 4 and took him into detention, ten days after he helped organize an opposition youth forum that brought together three influential youth groups. Witnesses said the officials for [...]	2006-12-04 21:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23578	PAYA ON RAUL SPEECH: FREEDOM NEEDED, NOT SHOW OF [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban human rights activist Oswaldo Paya of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) has responded to General Raul Castro's December 2 speech by saying the Cuban people need basic freedoms, not a show of military force. Paya, founder of the Varela Project signature drive f [...]	2006-12-06 22:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23579	CUBAN 75ER PALACIOS GAINS CONDITIONAL RELEASE [...] (S) Summary: The Cuban Government granted conditional probation December 6 to self-described pro-democracy activist Hector Palacios Ruiz, allowing him to head home from the Havana hospital where he says he spent the last three years. Palacios, apparently freed on health grounds, belongs to the [...]	2006-12-06 22:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23582	ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, CUBAN MOB ATTACKS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: A large group of Cuban communist militants and State Security officials broke up a Human Rights Day march by 12 peaceful activists, throwing several to the ground in front of UNESCO's Havana office. The activists, led by Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramirez, were pushed, kicked and punched, [...]	2006-12-11 21:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23588	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FLAKE: FIDEL EBBING AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Flake arrives at a pivotal, historic time in Cuba. We and others consider Fidel Castro's health to be so critical that he could die any day. His brother, Raul Castro, has been in charge since July 31, 2006, and has done nothing to significantly change the Cuban regime's [...]	2006-12-12 18:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM SMIG CU
06HAVANA23602	PAYA: IT'S TIME FOR U.S.-CUBA DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban pro-democracy activist Oswaldo Paya told COM on December 13 that the time has come for the United States and Cuba to hold talks in order to "change the atmosphere" in bilateral relations. Paya said the Cuban Government has for decades succeeded at making the United [...]	2006-12-14 21:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23608	CUBAN REGIME STIFFS CODEL FLAKE [...] (C) Summary: A Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Jeff Flake (R/AZ) spent the December 15-17 weekend publicly urging a change in US policy, but privately getting rebuffed by a Cuban regime that insisted it had no reason or desire to reform itself. The CODEL presented a letter requesting re [...]	2006-12-18 17:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON PHUM KDEM CU
06HAVANA23611	"LADIES IN WHITE" WEBSITE LAUNCHED [...] (C) A new, polished website on Cuba's "Ladies in White" was launched on December 18, produced by the NGO Spanish Solidarity With Cuba. The professionally crafted website (www.damasdeblanco.com),created with the Ladies' permission, describes the group's genesis (in April 2003, following the " [...]	2006-12-18 20:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23612	CODEL FLAKE PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Flake was besieged by international press upon arrival in Havana on December 15 (reftel). Both in their individual comments to the media and in a joint statement read at a December 17 press conference, CODEL members characterized this as a time for dialogue and an "histor [...]	2006-12-18 20:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON PHUM KDEM CU
06HAVANA23617	CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP UNVEILS NEW MAGAZINE [...] (C) Summary: A new 75-page magazine, "Dawn," has been produced by the Cuban Human Rights Foundation, headed by blind activist Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva of Ciego de Avila. A Foundation member shared the first edition with us on December 18. Some of the material is already outdated, but the pu [...]	2006-12-19 21:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23623	CUBA: REGIME ECONOMIC THINKING, PLANNING CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: A well-informed off-island source briefed us on December 20 on what he had learned of the evolving activity within the regime leadership to address the economic situation. Our source reports that the regime for the moment is focusing new ideas in just two provinces -- Pinar del R [...]	2006-12-21 16:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINT ECON KDEM CU
06HAVANA23624	RESTRICTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL PRESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 19:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU KPAO PGOV
06HAVANA23634	CUBAN PARLIAMENT: NO FIDEL; RAUL ADMITS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: Friday December 22 was Cuba's annual parliamentary session, at which Raul Castro permitted public admission of shortcomings in transportation, agriculture and housing, just after the economy minister bragged that Cuba grew by 12.5 percent in 2006. Parliamentary president Ricardo [...]	2006-12-26 18:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CU
06HAVANA8633	"IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR HEALTH..." (AILMENTS AMONG [...] (C) Summary: Castro has reduced his public profile since February, but rumors of debilitating ill health are unfounded. Russian officials who met with him last week described Castro as "lively." In contrast, Raul Castro wears a back brace and appears to be in worse physical condition than his [...]	2006-04-20 20:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI CU
06HAVANA8769	CASTRO'S YOUTHFUL RECRUITS WAGE WAR ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: One of Castro's top concerns this year is the battle against corruption. In a campaign that began five months ago, hundreds of state workers have been fired or transferred. Thousands of "social workers" (unemployed youth) were enlisted to man the gas pumps and oversee the books at ho [...]	2006-04-24 15:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HAVANA8986	(CUBA IS) A STATE ON THE TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Castro has spent the past five months battling corruption in a country where trickery has become a way of life. Because most Cubans work for the state, the entire system - from petty officials to Castro's closest advisors - is rife with corrupt practices. Given state control over all [...]	2006-04-26 18:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HAVANA9060	ROQUE ROUGHED UP, BLOCKED FROM ATTENDING USG EVENT [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban pro-democracy activist Marta Beatriz Roque was recovering on April 26 after being roughed up by Communist militants who prevented her from leaving her neighborhood to attend a USG-organized event. Roque was not alone in being blocked; Elsa Morejon, the wife of polit [...]	2006-04-26 21:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA9102	ROCA, SANCHEZ RAP USINT'S INTERNET-ACCESS POLICY [...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXX on April 18 requested a meeting with COM, without declaring the reason. At the April 24 meeting, they presented a list of 10 independent journalists banned from USINT's two Internet Centers since 2004, saying they had been unfairly blacklisted. XXXXXXXXXXX called the [...]	2006-04-27 19:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA9342	POLITICAL PLURALISM KEY TO CUBA'S FUTURE, SAYS PAYA [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban pro-democracy activist Oswaldo Paya met with the COM on April 27 and argued that it will be imperative for a future, legitimate Cuban Government to embrace political pluralism. Paya said individual members of the Communist Party (CP) should not be excluded from the [...]	2006-04-28 22:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA9343	POLITBURO MEMBER GOES DOWN HARD [...] (C) Summary: Politburo member Juan Carlos Robinson Agramonte was abruptly dismissed on April 28 for "arrogance, pretension, and behavior unbecoming of a communist." The harsh language suggests that Robinson's misdeeds were seriously offensive to top-level regime officials. He may also have b [...]	2006-04-28 23:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CU
06HAVANA9369	STATE TAXIS: A TEAMING, THIEVING MICROCOSM OF GOC [...] (SBU) Summary: State taxi drivers are expected to hand over their earnings to the GOC but do everything possible to avoid it. They play various tricks on the meter, from turning off the ignition and coasting down the hills, to jimmying the odometer. The GOC retaliates by installing sensors i [...]	2006-05-03 14:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI CU
06HAVANA9469	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (C) Summary: Leading Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque is recovering after being roughed up by Communist militants outside her home. Roque, weary but defiant, met with COM April 29 and expressed pleasure with the wide media coverage of the incident and subsequent foreign-government attenti [...]	2006-05-05 14:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA9846	ROADTRIP BY CANADIAN POLOFF YIELDS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Canadian Poloff Ram Kamineni, who covers human rights, briefed us May 5 on his recent weeklong road-trip to the cities of Camaguey, Las Tunas, Manicaragua, Puerto Padre, Santa Clara and Santiago. Kamineni met dozens of pro-democracy activists and "Ladies in White" (relatives of [...]	2006-05-08 20:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA9928	TEMPERS FLARE AT CUBAN HIV/AIDS SANITARIUM [...] (C) Summary: Around 227 sufferers of HIV/AIDS at a sanitarium outside Havana have reportedly launched a protest over inadequate food and medical care. At the facility in San Jose de las Lajas, in Havana Province, the 227, out of a total facility population of 252, are ignoring guards' orders [...]	2006-05-09 22:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA1001	FIRST ROUND OF CUBAN ELECTIONS: "IT'S THE PROCESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of elections in Cuba covering only municipalities proceeded uneventfully as expected on October 21. A leading dissident, Guillermo Farinas, was detained in Villa Clara when he attempted to vote (to vote NO in his case). Two election observers, one Czech and [...]	2007-10-22 17:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07HAVANA1005	CUBA DETAINS SOME DIPLOMATIC POUCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For the second time in a month, the Cuban government detained unclassified pouches destined for USINT Havana. Cuban officials claimed that the contents of these rejected pouches may violate the Vienna Convention by including items for personal rather than offi [...]	2007-10-25 11:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ATRN CU
07HAVANA1011	TSA DELEGATION VISIT TO CUBA: 7-22 OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visited Cuba from 7 to 22 October to assess the security of Cuban airports where U.S. (OFAC-licensed) charter flights operate: i.e., Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguin. Interchanges with [...]	2007-10-26 07:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAIR ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1018	CUBAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STAGE MASSIVE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred students at the University de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba participated in a protest the past several weeks. Initially a small group of students had surrounded the car of the dean to express their outrage in the wake of the rape of a female student about the lac [...]	2007-10-26 16:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1019	PRESIDENT'S SPEECH STRIKES CHORDS IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's October 24 speech on Cuba clearly struck several nerves on the island. Among the dissident community, especially those who attended a live screening of the speech at USINT, the speech and the appearance of close friends and relatives of Cuban political prisoners [...]	2007-10-26 16:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1029	USINT DISCUSSES POTUS SPEECH WITH LOCAL DIP CORPS [...] (C) Following up on the President's October 24 speech, USINT hosted meetings with ambassadors or their representatives from 46 embassies in Havana on October 29 and 30 to provide copies of the full text of the speech, highlight the most important points, and answer questions regarding the pr [...]	2007-10-31 18:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1036	U.S. CHARTER AIRLINES IN CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a follow-up to HAVANA 01011, regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This cable addresses specifically the operations of OFAC-licensed U.S. charters in Cuba. Based on information gathered during the trip, we [...]	2007-11-02 15:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAIR CU
07HAVANA1037	CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH IN CENTRAL HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leyva informed several news outlets that between 60 to 70 youths were detained in Central Havana for wearing bracelets with the word "Cambio" ("Change") on them. Leyva has given staff at USINT several contradictory versions of how man [...]	2007-11-02 18:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1038	WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 24, Cuban state television broadcast a 14-minute excerpt of President Bush,s speech on Cuba only hours after he had delivered it. The next day,s issue of state-owned newspaper Granma devoted its entire second page to excerpts of the President,s speech, inclu [...]	2007-11-02 18:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1044	DAMAS DE BLANCO MEMBER DETAINED FOR CHANGE BRACELET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 4 November a policeman took Bertha Soler, a leading activist in Damas de Blanco, an organization of the wives of Cuban political prisoners, to a police station in Central Havana after she refused to remove a bracelet with the word Cambio (Change) on it. After Bertha asserted [...]	2007-11-05 21:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1052	CUBAN NATIONALISM AND THE BOLIVARIAN IDEAL [...] (C) Statements made by FM Perez Roque in a CNN interview at the UN last week that Cuba is "prepared to give up its sovereignty and flag" to become part of a greater Latin America seem to be arousing still further a dormant nationalism among ordinary Cubans. The first hints that Cubans are gr [...]	2007-11-07 15:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL
07HAVANA1056	INDEPENDENT ACADEMICS LABEL CUBA'S EDUCATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 3 November 72 independent academics from all parts of Cuba attended a conference organized by Roberto de Miranda in his home in central Havana. They discussed all aspects of the state education system. The teachers and professors concluded that despite the government's com [...]	2007-11-08 22:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1057	CUBA: IMPRESSIONS OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable of a series regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, this cable conveys general impressions about economic conditions outside Havana from USINT's Econoff, who, by way of th [...]	2007-11-08 22:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA106	ANATOMY OF AN INJUSTICE: CUBA'S RENE GOMEZ MANZANO [...] (C) Summary: Cuban political detainee Rene Gomez Manzano, who has spent more than 18 months in prison without charge, is a poster child for legal-system injustice. An attorney disbarred in 1995 for advocating legal reforms, Gomez was nursing a cold at home on July 22, 2005 when five political [...]	2007-01-31 20:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA1068	LETTER FROM PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNER [...] (C) BELOW IS AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM DR. OSCAR ELIAS BISCET, THANKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR AWARDING HIM THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. THE NOTE, ROLLED UP LIKE A SMALL STRAW AND TUCKED INSIDE A SANITARY NAPKIN, WAS SNEAKED OU [...]	2007-11-14 21:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM CU
07HAVANA1070	25TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...]	2007-11-16 13:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1076	URGING THE SWISS TO PRESSURE THE CUBANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Swiss Ambassador to Havana Bertrand Louis on November 15th met with Teresita Vicente, head of the Cuban Ministry of Exterior Relations (Minrex) Europe division, to request that USINT COM be received to discuss the current unclas [...]	2007-11-16 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
07HAVANA1077	HAVANA POUCH STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) continues to reject bags from USINT unclassified diplomatic pouch deliveries, though a pattern of objectionable items is not discernable. USINT will implement a strategy with U.S. Despatch Agency Miami to identify types of materials being rejected. [...]	2007-11-16 21:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU

07HAVANA1081	DISSIDENT LEADER RECOMMENDS GRAVELY ILL ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") fell seriously ill on 17 November. He is currently hospitalized. Noted dissident Martha Beatriz Roque stated that she fears that Antunez may die in a Cuban hospital and recommends that the US make an offer of treatme [...]	2007-11-19 22:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1087	ILL DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ MAY SEEK MEDICAL CARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") checked himself out of the hospital in Placetas (Villa Clara). He then traveled to Havana and several prominent dissidents asked GOC state security on 20 November for a commitment to provide quality medica [...]	2007-11-21 21:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1089	BRAZIL'S NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several recent developments point to Brazil's interest in building stronger bilateral ties with Cuba. The Brazilian government will increase export credits for its companies and will push for an audience with Fidel Castro during President Lula's upcoming visit. Petrobras has a [...]	2007-11-23 16:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1094	CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ RECEIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") on 22 November entered the intensive care unit of Hospital Nacional in Havana. Opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) believes that he is receiving quality care and a thorough battery of medical tests [...]	2007-11-23 23:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1096	CUBA: COM MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) USINT COM and POL officer met with Polish Ambassador Marzenna Adamczyk on 23 November to discuss the recent visit of a Polish delegation to inspect a new embassy facility and the efforts of Poland to engage Cuba,s civil society. Adamczyk reported that the delegation, which was led by the [...]	2007-11-27 13:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
07HAVANA1098	SPAIN/CUBA: DISTINCTIVE POLICY CAN LEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO HAVANA ALONSO ZALDIVAR TOLD US 21 NOVEMBER THE NEXT ROUND OF THE BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH CUBA WOULD PROBABLY NOT OCCUR UNTIL EARLY 2008, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO "SCHEDULING PROBLEMS." ALONSO EXPRESSED PLEASURE AT THE DROP IN POLITICAL PRISONERS O [...]	2007-11-27 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SP CU
07HAVANA1102	CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ WANTS MEDICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") left the Hospital in Havana because he did not want to undergo the exploratory surgery recommended by the doctors. Cuban medical staff did a large number of tests but the results were inconclusive as to id [...]	2007-11-28 21:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1111	CUBA: FIDEL CASTRO'S HEALTH, CRITICS OF HUGO [...] (C) POL officer met with Spanish Embassy Political Counselor on 26 November for an informal discussion re the status of on-island affairs. Spanish POL Counselor noted that he was again hearing vague rumors from his own embassy and the Spanish business community regarding Fidel Castro,s deter [...]	2007-11-30 14:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1113	PASTORS FOR PEACE SERVE AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENTS THREATS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER [...] (C) On November 23, 2007 at the first ever meeting of USINT's American citizen wardens (SEPTEL to follow),a fifth year medical student at Havana's Latin American Medical School reported that he and the other students receiving scholarships from Pastors for Peace were warned against contact with US [...]	2007-11-30 17:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	CASC CU KDEM PHUM SCUL
07HAVANA1115	DISSIDENTS WANT TO CONSTRUCT HOMES FOR POOR CUBANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Todos Unidos, an umbrella organization of several dissident organizations, is entering a totally new field of activity by developing a project to renovate the homes of poor Cubans. They plan to start with 12 homes in the Arroyo Naranjo neighborhood of Havana. USINT believes t [...]	2007-11-30 18:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1121	CUBANS REACT TO VENEZUELAN VOTE WITH MIXTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban dissidents are overjoyed with the defeat of Chavez's proposed constitutional changes. They see this as the end of a messianic campaign of Chavez to be leader of an anti-US bloque. Many also feel that the referendum is a powerful lesson in democracy for the Cuban people. [...]	2007-12-05 14:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1134	POLICE BEAT DISSIDENTS IN CHURCH IN SANTIAGO DE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban police on 4 December entered the church of St. Teresita in Santiago de Cuba and beat with clubs and used pepper spray on about 25 dissidents who along with other parishioners were awaiting the beginning of mass. The dissidents had held a peaceful march to the church to pr [...]	2007-12-06 21:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1136	POLICE ASSAULT DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 6 December opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") while he planned for a peaceful march of activists in Placetas noticed that police vehicles were surrounding the area. He went to the corner in front of his home where he had planned to meet the 10 other part [...]	2007-12-07 17:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1145	CUBA TO SIGN UN ACCORDS AS DEMONSTRATIONS MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human Rights Day in Cuba saw a wide variety of activity. The Damas de Blanco held two well attended marches on Sunday and Monday to mark the Day. Although state security forces monitored these activities closely, the authorities avoided any significant confrontation. In contr [...]	2007-12-12 13:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1153	PROPOSED GOC TAX ON HARD CURRENCY EARNINGS: [...] (U) Beginning in early January, 2008, the GOC will tax previously undeclared salaries paid to Cubans employed by foreign companies. These employees officially work for the GOC entity CUBALSE, which receives payment for them from the foreign companies and passes a minimal amount on to the empl [...]	2007-12-13 22:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON EFIN PGOV PINR
07HAVANA1157	SWISS PRESS CUBANS ON USINT TREATMENT, AND DRAW A [...] (C) SWISS AMBASSADOR LOUIS BRIEFED USINT LATE MORNING 14 DECEMBER, JUST AFTER HIS MEETING WITH CUBAN MINREX DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA JOSEFINA VIDAL. DRAWING ON INSTRUCTIONS HE HAD RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM BERN, AT HIS 12/14 MEETING AT MINREX, LOUIS PRESENTED VIDAL A SHORT DIP NOTE ASKING MINR [...]	2007-12-14 23:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU US
07HAVANA1170	IS FIDEL DONE? [...] (C) International press reports have zeroed in on the last two sentences of a letter from Fidel Castro to the evening talk show Mesa Redonda (Round Table) that dealt mostly with the Bali conference on global warming as an indication that he has announced his intention to "give up power" in C [...]	2007-12-18 22:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1171	DAUGHTER OF INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HELD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 12 December, independent librarian Nereyda Rodriguez Rivero reported that she had not heard from her 19 year old daughter Yuricel Perez Rodriguez since 7 December. She said that a state security agent who had infiltrated her organization revealed that Yuricel had been picke [...]	2007-12-18 22:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1186	REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 565 PROHIBITION [...] USINT Havana requests a waiver of Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal years 1994 and 1995 (PL 103-236) (22 USC 2679c) as it applies to contracts that expend funds appropriated to the Department of State, and that would go to persons who comply with [...]	2007-12-27 21:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AFIN AMGT ASUP ECON KBCT PHUM
07HAVANA1188	COM CONVERSATION WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On December 27, COM lunched with Frederic Dore, the new French Ambassador to Havana, as part of our regular contact with the French embassy, but also in anticipation of France taking the EU lead in Cuba for the next year. Slovenia, the next leader of the EU Troika has no representation in [...]	2007-12-28 21:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EU PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1190	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP DEC. 14-28 [...] (C) ACTIVISTS DISTRIBUTE HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION: On 21 December on a major thoroughfare in central Havana noted dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") and Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses distributed over 400 copies of the UN Universa [...]	2007-12-28 22:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA120	CUBA: 2006 MADRUGA PROTEST EXAMINED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: USINT has reviewed a videotape filmed by a resident of the Havana provincial town of Madruga, which shows a spontaneous neighborhood protest against police seeking to evict a well-respected citizen from his home and extort from him all his valuable property. The even [...]	2007-02-06 14:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV CU
07HAVANA136	CUBAN GOVT RELEASES DETAINEE RENE GOMEZ MANZANO [...] (C) In a surprise move, the Cuban Government released prominent dissident Rene Gomez Manzano on February 8, after holding him without charge (reftel) following a 2005 protest. Gomez left Nieves Morejon prison in Sancti Spiritus province at 11 am and was driven to his Havana home, arriving arou [...]	2007-02-08 20:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA143	INTELLECTUALS' DEBATE CONTINUES [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 19:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO CU
07HAVANA181	CUBA'S INDEPENDENT LIBRARIANS GATHER, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Despite an aggressive sabotage campaign by Cuban State Security, dozens of dissidents affiliated with Martha Beatriz Roque's organization held a one-day meeting in Havana on February 23 to mark the end of a six-month "Congress" of independent librarians. Around 50 activists took p [...]	2007-02-26 18:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA198	CASTRO CALLS IN TO CHAVEZ' RADIO SHOW [...] (U) Summary: Media Tuesday evening February 27 aired a tape of Fidel Castro's call to Hugo Chavez during the latter's on-air radio show called "Alo Presidente." We believe the half-hour conversation was genuine, and did not appear edited. Castro and Chavez commented on Tuesday's stock-marke [...]	2007-03-01 19:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VE CU
07HAVANA210	CUBAN OPPOSITION TO REGIME: THE (ART) SHOW MUST GO [...] (C) Summary: Using detentions, mob actions and other methods, the Cuban Government blocked at least 27 pro-democracy and human rights activists from attending a USINT-facilitated opposition art show on March 2, but at least 70 others managed to participate. State Security focused on youth acti [...]	2007-03-05 19:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA22	POLITICAL PRISONERS DESCRIBE ANGUISH IN CAMAGUEY [...] (C) Summary: In a letter smuggled out of Cuba's infamous Kilo 7 prison in Camaguey, 16 political prisoners have denounced "barbaric" conditions, including violent and humiliating repression, a shortage of food, medical neglect and a visitation system "designed to destroy family ties." The lett [...]	2007-01-08 20:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA228	WOMEN IN CUBAN OPPOSITION EXPRESS DEFIANCE, HOPE [...] (C) Summary: Women in the Cuban opposition expressed defiance to the regime and hope for the future in a meeting with COM Parmly on March 7, the eve of International Women's Day. Twenty-two women discussed the emergence of the "Ladies in White" as a powerful force within the opposition, as wel [...]	2007-03-08 16:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA23	LADIES IN WHITE TO CINDY SHEEHAN: VISIT A CUBAN [...] (U) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White," relatives of political prisoners, have written to visiting American anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and urged her to stop by a Cuban prison during her time on the island. Sheehan and other activists arrived in Havana on January 6 with plans to march to t [...]	2007-01-09 11:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA239	RENE GOMEZ MANZANO: PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: Recently released political detainee Rene Gomez Manzano of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC) told COM Parmly and Emboff on March 6 that relations between Cuban pro-democracy groups are better than they have been in years. Gomez noted that all key opposition groups are u [...]	2007-03-12 18:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU KDEM PHUM SOCI
07HAVANA248	FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF CUBAN CRACKDOWN DRAWS NEAR [...] (C) Summary: Cuban opposition groups are planning relatively few events to mark the March 18-20 anniversary of the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown, in which the GOC arrested, quickly tried and sentenced 75 peaceful pro-democracy activists to lengthy prison terms. (Fifty-nine of the 75 remain in [...]	2007-03-14 18:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA252	XXXXXXXXXXXXNEED A MILLION CUBANS IN THE STREETS [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told COM and Pol-Econ Counselor March 14 that she was withdrawing from her day-to-day running of the APCS for health reasons and also to focus on the bigger picture. XXXXXXXXXXXX objective for the next few months is to plan for how to mobilize a million Cubans to take to the s [...]	2007-03-15 19:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CU
07HAVANA258	CUBA: HOW BELIEVABLE IS A FIDEL CASTRO COMEBACK? [...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX passed us a document March 14 that describes Fidel Castro's declining health, as analyzed by a respected, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX. The document concludes by saying that Castro has a terminal condition, and will suffer an inevitable deterioration of his faculties until [...]	2007-03-16 18:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA265	PAYA: CUBAN REGIME NERVOUS ABOUT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Cuban human rights leader Oswaldo Paya says that although the Cuban Government is projecting an air of confidence, thanks to Venezuelan largesse and expanding business with China, the regime is desperate about the domestic political situation and showing great insecurity. During a [...]	2007-03-19 11:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA271	EMOTIONAL MARCH 18 FOR DAMAS DE BLANCO [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White),spouses/relatives of political prisoners, commemorated the fourth anniversary of the 2003 crackdown with their trademark appearance at Santa Rita Church and march down Havana's 5th Avenue, followed by an emotional video-conference with form [...]	2007-03-19 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM KPAO CU
07HAVANA272	CUBAN REGIME BLOCKS "LADIES" FROM APPROACHING KEY [...] (C) Summary: Deploying 16 vehicles and dozens of officials, Cuban State Security prevented 20 "Ladies in White" from approaching Revolution Plaza at around 8:30 pm on March 18, the fourth anniversary of the start of the 2003 crackdown. The incident marked the first time in recent memory that [...]	2007-03-19 19:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA285	CUBAN THUGS CONFRONT "LADIES IN WHITE" [...] (C) Summary: A Cuban Government-directed mob of at least 100 communist militants and State Security agents confronted the "Ladies in White" as they marched through Havana on March 20, the last of four days of activities to commemorate the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown. At least three Ladies we [...]	2007-03-21 18:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA298	CUBA/ITALY: WE WANT TO BUT WE CAN'T [...] (C) Summary: Italian Ambassador to Havana Vecchione said Cuban Foreign Minister Perez Roque's March 15 visit to Rome reached a predictable impasse: Roque wanting to improve relations with Italy, but with conditions unacceptable to the Italians. The Italians, in turn, told Roque to accept the [...]	2007-03-23 18:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU IT EUN
07HAVANA311	WITH NGO BACKING, "LADIES IN WHITE" TO APPEAL TO [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White" will send a note to the UN's Human Rights Council on March 28, calling on the body to demand that the Cuban Government immediately release its prisoners of conscience. The note, translated unofficially in Paragraph 3, is supported by ten of the country's [...]	2007-03-28 17:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA315	CUBA: SWEDES GET TASTE OF OUR WORLD [...] (C) Swedish Ambassador Christer Elm on March 29 gave COM and Pol-Econ Counselor an update on the recent diplomatic flap between Sweden and Cuba, beginning with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's March 12 mention of Cuba at the UNHRC as a country of Human Rights concern. The rough sequence of event [...]	2007-03-30 12:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SW CU
07HAVANA317	CUBAN REGIME REMOVES JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (U) Cuban official media announced March 24 that Justice Minister Roberto Diaz Sotolongo would be replaced by Vice Minister Maria Esther Reus. Additionally, Water Resources Institute Director Jorge Luis Aspiolea would be replaced by his deputy, Rene Mesa. 2. (U) Although the regime's public ann [...]	2007-03-30 16:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
07HAVANA318	ANOTHER CUBAN GROUP, ANC, SEEKS PRISONERS' RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Seventeen Cuban pro-democracy activists affiliated with the National Constitutionalist Alliance (ANC) gathered in Havana on March 29 and called for the release of political prisoners. State Security did not interfere with the meeting. ANC leader Angel Pablo Polanco told reporter [...]	2007-03-30 17:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA33	CUBA'S VALDES TAMAYO, FREED 75ER, DIES AT HOSPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Cuban pro-democracy activist Miguel Valdes Tamayo died at 50 on January 10 after battling heart problems. Valdes, an executive of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC),was among the 75 activists rounded up and sentenced to long terms in March/April of 2003. In June 2004, [...]	2007-01-11 20:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA332	CUBA/SPAIN: MORATINOS VISIT CAUSES HARM [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos' high-profile visit to Cuba, which ended April 3, gave a boost to the Cuban regime, at the expense of Cuba's democratic opposition. To the extent that Cuba and Spain have created a Human Rights "mechanism," it does not appear to obligate the Cu [...]	2007-04-04 19:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SP
07HAVANA342	CUBA: TOURISM'S DECLINE MAKES GOC NERVOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban tourism figures for the first trimester of 2007 were dismal: An overall decrease of 15 percent, the worst drop in 15 years. For years the GOC ignored the warnings from foreign hotel companies about addressing weaknesses in the sector. Successful competition from alterna [...]	2007-04-06 14:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PGOV CU
07HAVANA355	GERMANY ON CUBA/EU AFTER MORATINOS VISIT [...] (C) German Charge Michael Klepsch told Pol-Econ Counselor April 11 that EU embassies in Havana this week would be sending in their on-the-ground observations to the EU's COLAT, at which Spain was expected to report on Foreign Minister Moratinos' visit and try to sell a new approach to Cuba. K [...]	2007-04-12 11:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EUN
07HAVANA360	CUBA: INNOVATIVE PUBLICATION SHUTTING DOWN, AT [...] (U) As has been reported widely in the media, the Church-sponsored independent magazine called "Vitral" (stained glass),launched in 1999, is now shutting down. Its editor, Dagoberto Valdes, who had obtained permission and material support from the Bishop of Pinar del Rio to run the magazine, [...]	2007-04-12 19:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM CU
07HAVANA362	REPRESSION IN CUBA DECLINING? DON'T BELIEVE IT. [...] (C) Summary: In the eight months since Fidel Castro "delegated" power to Raul, the Cuban Government has managed to maintain and even broaden the level of repression against dissidents, while reducing the number of political prisoners. The GOC has succeeded in convincing some observers that r [...]	2007-04-13 16:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA367	CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...]	2007-04-14 16:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA372	CUBAN OPPOSITION AGREES ON UNITY STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TOP CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A UNITY TEXT, WHICH THEY REPORT WILL BE RELEASED THE EVENING OF APRIL 15. THE TEXT IS THE HANDIWORK OF OSWALDO PAYA, BUT HAS THE SIGNATURES OF MARTHA BEAITRIZ ROQUE, LAURA POLLAN, VLADIMIRO ROCA, ELIZARDO SANCHEZ, OSCAR E [...]	2007-04-16 17:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA373	CUBA: MORE ON THE OPPOSITION UNITY DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Counselor followed up April 16 with "All United" leader Vladimiro Roca on next steps for the "Unity for Freedom" document that he and twelve other key dissidents had signed on Friday April 13 and released to the media on Sunday April 15. According to Roca, each of the original [...]	2007-04-16 17:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA386	BISCET, PULIDO SUFFER IN PRISON, AND OTHER ABUSES [...] (SBU) Political Prisoners Wither Away: High-profile political prisoner Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet's wife, Elsa Morejon, visited USINT April 17 and described Biscet's deteriorated physical condition at Combinado del Este prison: Severe bucal sepsis; arterial hypertension; hypercolesterolemia; gas [...]	2007-04-19 13:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA402	CUBAN DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY SPELLS A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T [...] (C) The Cuban regime trotted Fidel Castro out for a meeting with visiting Chinese Politburo member Wu Guanzheng, following soon after Foreign Minister Perez Roque's visit to China. Perez Roque also visited India and used Cuba's presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to obtain a NAM stat [...]	2007-04-25 10:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU
07HAVANA406	CUBA RELEASES 6 DETAINEES WHO COMPLETED SENTENCES [...] (U) On April 24, the Cuban regime released from detention six of its citizens that it had arrested in July of 2005: Lazaro Alonso Roman, Manuel Perez Soria, Elio Enrique Chavez Ramon, Jose Diaz Silva, Emilio Leyva Perez, and Dulian Ramirez Ballester. The arrests in July 2005 were for peaceful [...]	2007-04-25 18:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA48	UPROAR AMONG CUBAN INTELLECTUALS [...] (C) Summary: The recent reappearance on Cuban state television of three former officials responsible for cultural pogroms in the 1960s and 1970s has set off a firestorm of reaction among prominent Cuban intellectuals. In an email exchange addressed to a &who,s who8 of Cuban literary figures [...]	2007-01-17 19:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO CU
07HAVANA5	CASTRO ALIVE FOR 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Cuban media carried a New Years message from Fidel Castro noting the passing of 48 years since he assumed power, and also announcing that he is still on a slow path to recovery from his medical crisis. XXXXXXXXXXXX still believes Castro is terminally ill, even if the report from [...]	2007-01-03 18:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR CU
07HAVANA503	CUBANS, SPANISH PREPARE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Embassy in Havana says that next week's Spain-Cuba Human Rights consultations will be a step in the right direction, and that all issues are in play. Spanish MFA representative Dezcallar will see GOC officials, but not any dissidents. Spanish Embassy is reaching out t [...]	2007-05-23 18:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SP
07HAVANA526	CUBA: KEY DISSIDENTS' EXTERNAL NETWORKING [...] (C) Dissident leaders Vladimiro Roca, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),and Oswaldo Paya spoke at length this week to Pol-Econ Counselor about their off-island networking, with most emphasis on Europeans and the exile Cuban community in the USA. Highlights follow: -- Unity for Liberty document: [...]	2007-05-25 19:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM CU EUN
07HAVANA53	YOUNG CUBAN ACTIVISTS CONSIDER HOLDING ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of three influential Cuban opposition youth groups met on January 17 and warmed to the idea of holding an ambitious youth forum, possibly in March. The prospective gathering would bring together perhaps 300 youth activists from across the island. The three leaders -- Nes [...]	2007-01-18 21:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA538	CUBA: BIG BROTHER THREATENS LADY IN WHITE [...] (C) Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) representative Laura Pollan travelled last week from Havana to Manzanillo, on the eastern end of the island, to attend to some family business. While there she also visited a religious shrine in nearby Santiago and was given permission by a priest to make [...]	2007-05-31 18:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA543	CUBA/SPAIN/EU: EMPTY GLASS APPEARS HALF FULL [...] (C) Czech Charge d'Affaires Vitor Korselt told COM June 1st that Spain made some headway with the rest of the Europeans, based on Ambassador Carlos Alonzo Zaldivar's May 31 briefing to EU Chiefs of Mission regarding the May 29-30 Spain/Cuba Human Rights consultations. According to Korselt, th [...]	2007-06-01 18:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP EUN CU
07HAVANA548	CUBA: FREE LABOR SURVEY SHOWS DISILLUSIONMENT [...] (SBU) Independent labor leaders Carmelo Diaz and Aurelio Bachiller carried out a survey during April and May to measure the acceptance and impact of Labor Resolutions 187 and 188, which went into effect on April 2. These were originally announced by the Council of Ministers last Fall, aimed a [...]	2007-06-05 13:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON CU
07HAVANA572	CLAIMS OF CUBAN COMMUNIST PERESTROIKA LITE [...] (C) Dissident Economist Oscar Espinosa Chepe handed us an article written by retired GOC diplomat and academician Pedro Campos Santos on the subject of reform of Cuba's economy--written by and for communists as a "food-for-thought" paper. The point of departure for the article was Raul Castro [...]	2007-06-13 08:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM CU
07HAVANA591	RAUL CASTRO'S WIFE VILMA ESPIN DIES [...] (U) The Cuban regime has announced that Vilma Espin, wife of acting Cuban dictator Raul Castro, died on Monday, June 18. The regime has declared Tuesday, June 18, a day of mourning. Espin is one of the matriarchs and charter members of the Cuban revolution, and without there ever being any public [...]	2007-06-19 09:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA597	CUBA: MORE NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has restructured customs regulations for non-commercial imports and exports. Several regulations that were originally independently introduced for different reasons at different times and by different ministries have been modified in what appears to be an attempt to harmo [...]	2007-06-21 13:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL ETRD CU
07HAVANA609	CUBA'S MASSIVE MOBILIZATION CAPACITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its limited resources, the GOC has proven that, when it wants to, it can successfully mobilize people and assets. This cable describes some examples of this and provides a window into the existing organizational infrastructures and capabilities. It is an open question ho [...]	2007-06-26 15:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA610	FERMENT IN CUBAN MASONIC MOVEMENT [...] (C) At the instigation of former Cuban Masonic Grand Master Jose Manuel Collera Vento, the current Cuban Grand Lodge issued a decree recently that dissolves the Masonic Supreme Court, ostensibly for mishandling a misconduct case. Members of at least one regular lodge have formally requested th [...]	2007-06-26 15:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM SOCI CU
07HAVANA612	CONSENSO ON-LINE: AN IMPARTIAL FORUM IN CUBA? [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 16:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PGOV PROP SCUL
07HAVANA617	HOW TO SHATTER A CASTRO-PHILE'S ARGUMENTS [...] USINT is pleased to send in this distillation of the best of our briefings and responses to questions about Cuba, usually from audiences that are opposed to U.S. policy towards Cuba. These include foreign diplomats, U.S. university students and professors, U.S. congressmen and staff, U.S. jou [...]	2007-06-28 08:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PROP PREL ECON KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA619	DISSIDENT CUBAN WRITERS LAUNCH PEN CLUB [...] (SBU) A group of dissident Cuban writers, led by former political prisoner Jorge Oliveira and Victor Manuel Dominguez, founded a PEN Club in Cuba, and held its first activity June 26 at the COM Residence. The event was largely cultural, with a Cuban trio performing Cuban and American music, a [...]	2007-06-28 13:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA622	CONSENSO ON-LINE: AN IMPARTIAL FORUM IN CUBA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: REINALDO ESCOBAR AND YOANI SANCHEZ, TWO OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE INNOVATIVE AND INCREASINGLY POPULAR ON-LINE MAGAZINE CONSENSO (CONSENSUS),DISCUSSED ORIGINAL APPROACHES TO CIVIL DIALOGUE IN CUBA WITH COM MICHAEL PARMLY AND A/PAO JOHN VANCE. CONSENSO FOSTERS DISCOURSE FRO [...]	2007-06-28 16:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PROP SCUL
07HAVANA636	ZAPATERO WRITES TO DAMAS DE BLANCO [...] (SBU) Spanish leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero wrote a letter to Laura Pollan, representatives of the "Ladies in White" saying that Spain's engagement with the Cuban regime is aimed at raising human rights concerns, including release of the "Ladies'" husbands, who are political prisoners. T [...]	2007-07-03 09:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP CU
07HAVANA646	CUBA: PROBLEMZ IN SKOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of independent teachers discussed with USINT COM and staff the many problems facing Cuba's educational system, making it clear that the Cuban regime's self-promoted reputation as an education success story is propaganda based on only some elements of truth. Main proble [...]	2007-07-05 17:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL KDEM PHUM CU
07HAVANA657	CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS: NOT A NUMBERS GAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The dissident "Cuban Commission on Human Rights," run by Elizardo Sanchez, published a periodic listing of political prisoners July 6, which all international media headlined as "Number of Political Prisoners in Cuba Decreases." The number cited was 246, down from 283 when the r [...]	2007-07-09 13:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
07HAVANA668	CUBA: TWO PATHS TO REGIME CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's two most prominent dissident leaders, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) and Oswaldo Paya, have described to us their hopes and plans for transforming the Cuban regime, a process that neither of them claims to be able to make happen in the short term. MBR sees her own role as a c [...]	2007-07-12 14:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM CU
07HAVANA677	LATAM BISHOPS OPEN AND CLOSE EYES IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary: The Latin American Bishops Conference (CELAM) met in Havana during the week of July 9-13, addressing matters mostly internal to the Church. They took part in a reception hosted by the Cuban regime, which produced bland statements about Church-State dialog, and also took note of [...]	2007-07-16 16:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL CU
07HAVANA685	CUBA: DISSIDENT DAGOBERTO VALDES REAPPEARS [...] (C) Dissident Church lay leader Dagoberto Valdes appeared out of the blue in Havana July 18, and met with Charge at a Polish Embassy reception. Valdes said he and the staff that worked with him in the Pinar del Rio "Center for Civic and Religious Training" are all no longer involved in any ca [...]	2007-07-19 12:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM CU
07HAVANA733	COM CONVERSATION WITH HOLGUIN BISHOP EMILIO ARANGUREN [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, as part of a consular visit to a US citizen prisoner, COM Parmly and Conoff met with the bishop of Holguin province, Emilio Aranguren. Aranguren spoke extensively about the apparent growth of the cattle population in the countryside, noting that there had not been a [...]	2007-08-01 19:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR ECON SOCI PREL CU
07HAVANA743	COM CONVERSATION WITH HOLGUIN BISHOP EMILIO [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, as part of a consular visit to a US citizen prisoner, COM Parmly and Conoff met with the bishop of Holguin province, Emilio Aranguren. Aranguren spoke extensively about the apparent growth of the cattle population in the countryside, noting that there had not been a [...]	2007-08-02 17:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAGR ECON SOCI PREL CU
07HAVANA8	FOR CUBANS, A NOT-SO-MERRY CHRISTMAS [...] (C) Summary: At year's end, USINT delivered a letter from U.S. Congress members to Cuban human rights activists, and in the process learned about the subdued holiday season in Havana. The letter, a reply from December CODEL leaders Reps. Jeff Flake and William Delahunt to a message from activ [...]	2007-01-04 18:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI OREP CU
07HAVANA806	CLOUD OF UNCERTAINTY HANGS OVER CHAVIANO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Released after 13 years in prison, Francisco Chaviano, a prominent Cuban opposition figure, wants to remain in Cuba to continue his work after seeking urgently needed medical care in the U.S. However, Cuban authorities have still not spelled out the conditions of his release. He [...]	2007-08-17 16:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA81	CUBAN DISSIDENTS LIVE UNDER THREAT OF DETENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government continues to use political detentions, and to a lesser extent violence, to punish, intimidate and silence opponents of the regime. On January 22, a youth activist was taken into custody and two other dissidents recovered from street attacks. Meanwhile, the r [...]	2007-01-26 20:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA88	FARINAS: CUBAN GOVT PUNISHING 4 STATE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Government has punished four State Security officials in the wake of a violent attack that left two Villa Clara dissidents bruised and bloodied, according to human rights activist Guillermo Farinas. Farinas, quoting Interior Ministry sources, says the GOC forced two Stat [...]	2007-01-30 19:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA894	POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TO THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading human rights activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello told Poloff that on Wednesday a group of ten dissidents participated in a march in the town of Santa Clara. The police organized a group of civilians who threatened the marchers with sticks. However; no one was actual [...]	2007-09-11 11:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA895	POLICE ORGANIZE MOB TA [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 16:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA896	CONVERSATION WITH DAGOBERTO VALDES [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 5 dinner at the COM Residence, Dagoberto Valdes, former editor-in-chief of Vitral, Pinar del Rio's Catholic review, reflected on life after his resignation from Vitral, the institution of the Church, and his future role as someone who does not want to compete agains [...]	2007-09-11 16:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA897	THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CUBAN SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM's attendance at the September 7 procession of Our Lady of Regla, along with his visit the following day to the Church of Our Lady of la Caridad del Cobre, offered opportunity to observe the dynamics of the Catholic Church,s place in Cuban society. Both events enjoyed large [...]	2007-09-11 16:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA904	PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON UNGA TALKS WITH CUBANS [...] (C) PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR TO CUBA MARIO GODINHO DE MATOS BRIEFED COM ON 11 SEPTEMBER ON WHAT HE KNOWS OF THE UPCOMING PORTUGUESE/EU TALKS WITH THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT. THE EXACT DATES FOR THE TALKS IN NEW YORK, ON THE MARGINS OF UNGA, HAVE NOT YET BEEN SET, BUT THE TARGET IS FOR ONE DAY BETWEEN 2 [...]	2007-09-12 15:17:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU PO CU
07HAVANA913	CUBAN DELEGATION AT LASA: GOC APPROACHES ACADEMIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2007 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) was held in Montreal, Canada, September 5-8. The Cuban delegation was the largest ever to a LASA conference and they portrayed the successful change of venue from the U.S. to Canada as a "victory" [...]	2007-09-13 15:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA920	MEETING WITH MINREX REGARDING DETAINED DIPLOMATIC POUCHES [...] (C) On 17 SEP 2007 EMBOFFS met with representatives from the Cuban Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),Cuban customs, and AeroVaradero Cargo Company to discuss three crates of diplomatic pouch currently held by Cuban customs. This meeting was requested by MINREX through a 14 SEP 2007 dip [...]	2007-09-18 08:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ADPM AMGT KRIM ADCO ASEC CU
07HAVANA930	DISSIDENT SAYS REGIME SEES NO CHOICE BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading dissident Rene Gomez Manzano believes that Raul Castro has a government team in place that is committed to instituting meaningful economic reforms. He also believes that Fidel is no longer a factor in policy decisions. Gomez thinks Raul and his allies in the governmen [...]	2007-09-21 16:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA965	DISSIDENTS PUSH ENVELOPE WHILE REGIME ADJUSTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading dissident Martha Beatriz Roque organized a protest on 27 September in front of the Ministry of Justice. She handed to officials a letter for the Minister demanding the release of all political prisoners. Accompanied by eight other dissidents, MBR waited for four hours [...]	2007-10-03 07:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA977	CUBA: SPAIN TO RENEW AID, BUT SLOW TO INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Assistant Secretary of State for Cooperation Leire Pajin signed an agreement on September 29 to implement the renewal of development assistance to the island. Separately, the Joint Spanish-Cuban Business Committee ended with both countries discussing the possibility of [...]	2007-10-05 15:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA992	USINT AND CUBINT VEHICLE PURCHASES [...] (C) Action request: Earlier this year, the Department sent a diplomatic note to the Cuban Interests Section in Washington (CUBINT),denying CUBINT's request to purchase four vehicles locally. While we understand and support the Department's use of reciprocity to try to improve our working cond [...]	2007-10-15 14:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ATRN CU
07HAVANA993	PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR ON EU-TROIKA METING WITH GOC [...] (C) Portuguese Ambassador to Cuba Mario Godinho de Matos provided COM with a readout of the September 24 meeting between a GOC team headed by FM Perez Roque and representatives of the EU troika. In general, Godinho de Matos, readout tracked with that obtained by Embassy Lisbon (reftel) with [...]	2007-10-15 16:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EU PGOV PREL
07HAVANA996	IF YOU INVITE THEM, THEY WILL COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charg d'Affaires hosted an Iftar dinner for the diplomatic community on October 9. The 54 guests in attendance included 11 ambassadors and five charges from 22 countries, most of them with large Muslim populations. The event--the first of its kind offered by USINT--drew [...]	2007-10-16 15:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA999	INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE: MARTHE BEATRIZ [...] (SBU) Summary: In response in request in reftel, Post wishes to re-nominate leading Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque for the International Woman of Courage Award. As we noted in nominating Ms Roque for the inaugural award in 2007, while her work is not focused specifically on women's is [...]	2007-10-19 16:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM
08HAVANA103	CUBAN HEALTHCARE: â€œAQUI NADA ES FACILâ€ [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable is a follow up to Reftel and provides anecdotal accounts from Cubans about their healthcare, based on USINT FSHP's (Foreign Service Health Practitioner) interactions with them, her unauthorized visits to Cuban hospitals, and her care of USINT American and Cuban personnel. En [...]	2008-01-31 19:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON AMED SOCI AMGT CU
08HAVANA107	GETTING ANTUNEZ OFF THE ISLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In spite of chronic health problems and in the face of increased pressure from the GOC, Jorge Luis Garcia Perez (Antunez) continues to press forward with his campaigns to force change in Cuba. We believe that he urgently needs medical attention off the island. He is taking the [...]	2008-02-01 21:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU

08HAVANA120	CUBA DISSIDENT GROUP FLAMUR: POLITICAL MOVEMENT OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dissident group FLAMUR (Latin American Federation of Rural Women) seeks to represent the interests of rural women in Cuba. The group receives guidance and other supplies from support groups in the U.S. During 2007, it drafted a petition calling for the GOC to do away with the [...]	2008-02-06 14:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
08HAVANA136	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP: JAN 25-FEB 8 [...] (C) FIFTY FAMILIES EVICTED FROM SETTLEMENT IN HOLGUIN: On January 29, about fifty families were evicted from the El Piti neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Holguin. According to independent journalist Jose Ramon Pupo Nieves, the families received written notice a month in advance of [...]	2008-02-08 22:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU
08HAVANA144	STATE OF THE CUBAN ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC claimed 7.5% GDP growth during 2007. Although even that figure is most likely exaggerated, it is significantly less growth than was claimed the previous year. While "by how much" the economy grew is debatable, it is undeniable that the Cuban economy is growing. The GO [...]	2008-02-12 21:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA158	HAVANA RESPONSE TO STATE 10743 [...] (C) Following responses to questions posed in Reftel, para 4: -- A. The Pol/Econ Section handles energy matters. -- B. The employees dealing with energy matters are: One Pol/Econ Officer who is responsible for the complete Econ-ESTH portfolio; and one Local Contract National (LCN) ded [...]	2008-02-15 16:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA159	IMMINENT RELEASE OF PROMINENT CUBAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Ambassador to Cuba has confirmed reports from reliable contacts in Cuban civil society and the media that the government of Cuba has arranged for the release of four political prisoners. Sources say an announcement of their release may happen momentarily and their tr [...]	2008-02-15 20:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA162	MBR AND PAYA ON PRISONER RELEASES TO SPAIN [...] (C) Summary: Dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque and Oswaldo Paya concur on most key points regarding the release of political prisoners from Cuba to Spain.COM spoke to both late the night of 17 February. MBR had spoken to one of the released (Prenet); Paya to two of the others (Alvarez Ramos a [...]	2008-02-19 16:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU US
08HAVANA164	SNAPSHOT OF CUBA ON THE EVE OF FIDEL'S ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 18:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PINS
08HAVANA166	HOLGUIN BISHOP SAYS SITUATION IN EASTERN CUBA IS [...] (C) Summary: On 18 February, Monsignor Emilio Aranguren, Bishop of Holguin, described the situation in Eastern Cuba as in constant flux. He expressed that unlike in Western Cuba, where a great deal of the opposition is well organized with specific goals, in Eastern Cuba people react to eve [...]	2008-02-19 21:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA167	REACTIONS TO FIDEL,S RESIGNATION -- FEAR, HOPE, [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 13:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
08HAVANA168	CUBAN YOUTH CAUGHT BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings Cuban youth groups said young people see that they have a historic opportunity to create a change in their country. However, they report widespread fear among the population. They state that Cuban youth want change but are unclear as to what exactly these changes w [...]	2008-02-20 19:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA169	CUBA AFTER FIDEL'S RESIGNATION: DAY TWO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 22:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
08HAVANA170	LIFE OUTSIDE HAVANA- TRIP OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: January 17, 2008, COM and ConOff traveled to Guardalavaca and Holguin in Holguin Province to visit an American prisoner being held there. However, the travel also afforded a rare opportunity for USINT personnel to see conditions in the provinces and converse with people outside [...]	2008-02-21 22:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAGR ECON SOCI
08HAVANA181	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP FEB. 8-22 [...] (C) LEADING DISSIDENT ROBERTO DE MIRANDA CALLED BEFORE STATE SECURITY: Roberto de Miranda (RDM),who was instrumental in creating Cuba's independent library movement, on February 8 was told to appear at an immigration office. The next day, when RDM and his wife went to the office, instead o [...]	2008-02-22 22:10:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA182	CUBA: LOOKING AHEAD TO 24 FEBRUARY -- SEEMINGLY [...] (S) FEBRUARY 24 WILL, ON THE SURFACE, BE STRAIGHTFORWARD: SELECTION/CONFIRMATION OF WHO FIDEL AND RAUL WANT AS THE NEW CHIEF OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE, FOLLOWED BY NAMING OF THE CABINET. WHAT IS UNIQUE ON THIS OCCASION IS THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH A SELECTION WITHOUT FIDEL BEING FORMALLY IN [...]	2008-02-22 22:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINT CU US
08HAVANA183	CUBA: RAUL CASTRO TAKES CHARGE IN HIS OWN WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuba's National Assembly convened on February 24 to elect the country's ruling Council of State. Raul Castro was voted president and announced plans to streamline GOC institutions and undertake some economic reforms. He also said he intends to consult Fidel Castro on important [...]	2008-02-25 03:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA187	CUBA: REACTIONS FROM RAUL CASTRO'S SPEECH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Average Cubans seem unconvinced that Raul will be able -- or willing -- to improve their daily lives, but most seem to be willing to wait and see if changes materialize. Members of Cuban civil society are decidedly more negative about the future. End Summary. 2. (C) Most w [...]	2008-02-25 23:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA201	CUBA: 2ND UPDATE ON REACTIONS TO RAUL'S SPEECH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post continued to receive reactions to the events of February 24 from members of civil society, the Catholic Church, and average Cubans. For the short term, most Cubans dismiss the likelihood of political changes. Simultaneously, they are increasingly speculating about possible [...]	2008-02-27 23:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
08HAVANA206	CUBA: 3RD AND FINAL UPDATE ON 2/24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cubans and diplomats tell us Raul seems to be firmly in charge and Fidel's influence appears to be under control. Cubans speculate on the possibility of small economic reforms ahead with no hope for political changes. End Summary. 2. (C) USINT's Refugee Unit elicited reacti [...]	2008-02-29 22:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
08HAVANA207	CUBAN POLICE BEAT UP PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 1, police and members of Cuban state security confronted and beat 10 well known pro-democracy activists who were handing out copies of the UN Declaration of Human Rights in Central Havana. Some of the activists receive injuries. Police pushed those involved into cars, [...]	2008-03-02 21:17:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA213	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA: SAME REPRESSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Since Raul Castro assumed control of the Cuban government in July 2006, but especially since his July 26, 2007 speech, there has been a change in regime tactics for suppressing dissent. Focusing on the limited release of some political prisoners and the willingness to air diffe [...]	2008-03-03 22:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA227	CUBA: RUMORS OF UPCOMING CHANGES PERSIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rumors continue to fly in Havana about possible changes the Cuban government may announce in the near future. These may provide insights into the priorities of ordinary Cubans. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Dual Currency: The rumor: "The GOC will announce at least a partial reva [...]	2008-03-07 18:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA228	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP FEB. 23- MAR. 7 [...] (C) DISSIDENTS STILL NURSING INJURIES: Three of the pro-democracy activists are still recovering from their injuries after plainclothes members of state security beat them on March 1. The activists with seven others were distributing copies of the UN Declaration of Human Rights at the time [...]	2008-03-07 21:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA23	CUBA: UNDER-THE-TABLE SALARIES TO BE TAXED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Resolution 277, dated December 13, 2007, from the Ministry of Finance and Prices mandates that previously undeclared income from Cuban employees of foreign entities be taxed. While technically the tax will be levied directly on the workers, companies will nonetheless be taxed [...]	2008-01-09 20:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CU ECON PGOV PINR PREL
08HAVANA241	CUBAN YOUTH SEE NOT MUCH HOPE IN EITHER THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff ten Cuban young people, none of them a member of any opposition organization, agreed that the greatest problem they face is that there are no incentives for trying to work hard. They feel that no matter how hard they work, there are no prospects that th [...]	2008-03-12 14:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA245	BERTONE VISIT GENERATES BROAD DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The visit to Cuba of Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone was considered a disappointment by everyone USINT has spoken with, though presumably not by the GOC itself. In a subsequent meeting with the COM, the Nuncio seemed especially disappointed. But even normally c [...]	2008-03-14 18:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA246	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP MARCH 8 - MAR. 14 [...] (C) JOURNALISTS BLOCKED FROM ATTENDING USINT VIDEOCONFERENCE: The Public Diplomacy section of USINT has been hosting a course for nearly 40 independent journalists through videoconferences with Florida International University. The course is designed to build build professional skills and h [...]	2008-03-14 20:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA256	LADIES IN WHITE MARK FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK [...] (U) Summary: The Cuban human rights organization, Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco),marked the fifth anniversary of the 2003 crackdown on dissidents by holding a series of five marches. On March 14, a group of the women marched to the Ministry of Justice and without incident presented a l [...]	2008-03-21 19:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA257	MILK: A POSSIBLE HARBINGER OF WHAT NEW REFORMS MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his 26 July speech, Raul cited the example of milk to explain how he wanted the GOC to lead the way toward progress on satisfying the material needs of its people. Measures being taken by the GOC to improve milk production may indicate the nature of other types [...]	2008-03-21 20:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA278	DISSIDENT LEADERS PLAN TO UNIFY MOVEMENT [...] (C) Dissident leaders Martha Beatriz Roque and Vladimiro Roca are spearheading an effort they call the "Minimum Agenda Project" (Agenda Minima),which they say is designed to unify dissident efforts towards achieving democratic change in Cuba. They are calling for a meeting on April 10, of 14 [...]	2008-04-02 15:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PINS
08HAVANA279	CUBA: TOURISM APARTHEID DEALT A BLOW, MAYBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has lifted its ban on Cubans staying in hotels on the island. The measure will be economically and politically beneficial for the GOC and to a small number of Cubans. However, an economic barrier remains between the average Cuban and a hotel stay. End Summary. 2. [...]	2008-04-02 20:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA28	RAUL CASTRO END-OF-YEAR SPEECH TO NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even though it was not announced formally in advance, Raul Castro's closing address to the National Assembly was anticipated by many as a venue for him to announce economic changes in response to public complaints emanating from the series of "debates" he launched with his July [...]	2008-01-10 18:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA288	NEW MEASURES: WINDOW DRESSING OR SIGNIFICANT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A seeming barrage of new economic measures has appeared since mid-March. Most are characterized by easy implementation, quick hard-currency generation and (the regime hopes) high political payoff -- for the GOC. Some seem to be plausibly integrated pieces of a larger and multi [...]	2008-04-04 21:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA300	FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION IN CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Orestes Fonseca, one of the leaders of Cuba's Islamic Community, described the problems with practicing his faith in Cuba. He represented to USINT officers that the GOC has been more focused on accommodating Moslems from the diplomatic community and other foreigners residing i [...]	2008-04-10 13:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA305	CUBAN OPPOSITION SEEKS UNITY [...] (C) Summary: On April 10 twelve leading pro-democracy activists met for six hours to formulate a common agenda. As described by spokesperson Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),the object was to advance a transition to democracy within an "atmosphere of national reconciliation". At a press confer [...]	2008-04-11 20:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA306	APPARENT CHANGES IN GOC MANAGEMENT/LOGISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: USINT has noticed several changes in the way the GOC is handling management/logistics issues that may indicate some changes in policy. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The following is a list of apparent policy changes regarding management/logistical issues between USINT and the GOC: [...]	2008-04-11 20:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT CU PREL
08HAVANA316	COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON CUBAN ROLE IN [...] (C) COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR LONDONO TOLD US 15 APRIL THAT CUBA CONTINUES TO PLAY AN UNUSUALLY DISCREET ROLE IN COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR. THE CUBANS HAVE STUCK TO THEIR ALMOST COMPLETE SILENCE ON THE ISSUE. FM PEREZ ROQUE, IN LONDONO'S VIEW ON DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM RAUL CASTRO, TOLD GR [...]	2008-04-16 14:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU CO EC VN
08HAVANA32	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP JAN. 1-11 [...] (C) ANTUNEZ DETAINED FOR ATTEMPT TO DISTRIBUTE HUMAN RIGHTS DELARATION: On 10 January several prominent dissidents including Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez"),Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses and Idania Yanes Contreras distributed copies of the UN of Human Rights [...]	2008-01-11 22:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA325	PATTERN DEVELOPING IN ANNOUNCED "CHANGES" [...] (C) Summary: The announcement of a change in housing policy once again piqued interest in the international press, but that and other changes seem to be fitting a pattern: i.e., they formalize existing practices, they facilitate rather than loosen control, they lessen the bureaucratic burden [...]	2008-04-17 21:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON PGOV PHUM
08HAVANA329	SPANISH NEWSPAPER REPORTS IMPENDING REFORM OF GOC [...] (SBU) Madrid-daily El Pais reported today that the GOC is about to announce a significant loosening of the travel restrictions that have essentially made it impossible for most Cubans to travel. According to the article, the "tarjeta blanca" or exit permission, would no longer be required fo [...]	2008-04-18 19:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV SMIG SCUL ECON CU PHUM
08HAVANA331	CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP APR. 1- 23 [...] (SBU) POLITICAL PRISONER ATTACKED IN HOSPITAL BED: According to the wife of political prisoner Normando Hernandez Gonzalez, on April 14 Hernandez was attacked in his hospital bed by a fellow prisoner. Hernandez, an independent journalist, was imprisoned during a massive crackdown in 2003. [...]	2008-04-18 20:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA333	POLICE BREAK UP SIT DOWN STRIKE BY LADIES IN WHITE [...] (C) Summary: Beginning at about 6:30 AM on April 21, ten members of the Cuban human rights organization, Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco),held a sit down protest in a small park close to Havana's Revolution Square. The Damas demanded the unconditional release of the 55 political prisoners w [...]	2008-04-21 20:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA335	IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. OF POSSIBLE REFORM IN CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Significant reform of Cuba's restrictive travel policies for Cuban citizens, reported to be imminent, could result in increased illegal migration towards the United States, certainly in the short-to-medium term. Migrant flows would probably be directed through Mexico and Central A [...]	2008-04-22 20:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PGOV CMGT CU
08HAVANA336	DAMAS DEFIANT AFTER POLICE BREAK UP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with COM today, Laura Pollan, spokesperson for the Cuban organization Ladies in White, stated that her arms and shoulders are still sore after police yesterday roughly broke up a protest by Pollan and nine supporters. However, Pollan and fellow Dama Berta Soler wer [...]	2008-04-22 20:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA337	LEADING DISSIDENT TELLS US NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE [...] (C) Summary: Prominent pro-democracy advocate, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),carefully watched official Cuban news coverage of the 4/21 police action to break up a demonstration by the organization Damas de Blanco ("Ladies in White"). She stated that while the coverage seems clumsy and hastil [...]	2008-04-23 19:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA348	RAUL CASTRO ANNOUNCES COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the meeting of the 6th plenary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Central Committee, President Raul Castro announced that the next Communist Party congress will be held in the second half of 2009. If it takes place at that time, the congress will be the first full PCC in [...]	2008-04-29 21:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV
08HAVANA353	CUBA INCREASES SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Official media announced on April 27 that starting in May the government will increase pensions and social assistance disbursements by 20%. In addition, the GOC will increase court/district attorney salaries by as much as 55%. According to the GOC statement, salary increases wi [...]	2008-04-30 20:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA358	MEXICAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSESS RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (U) Mexican Ambassador Enrique Gabriel Jimenez Remus gave COM a rundown on the status of bilateral topics over dinner on April 30. 2. (C) High Level Visits: A Calderon visit cannot be set until Cuban FM Felipe Perez Roque visits Mexico DF. At that time, the Cubans will carry a formal [...]	2008-05-02 21:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU ME
08HAVANA362	REMARKS BY CUBAN OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS [...] Following is an unofficial translation of remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. Original Spanish version will follow septel. 2. (Begin unofficial translation). First I'd like to thank you on beh [...]	2008-05-07 13:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU
08HAVANA363	DISCUSSION WITH DISSIDENTS FOLLOWING POTUS VTC [...] (C) Immediately following the May 6 VTC with POTUS, COM and other USINT officers sat down with Cuban participants Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Berta Soler, and Antunez (Jorge Luis Garcia Perez) to discuss with them further the points they had made to the President. With any nervousness genera [...]	2008-05-07 13:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA369	TEXT OF REMARKS BY OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS [...] Following is the Spanish language text of the remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. 2. Begin text: Primero que todo quiero darle las gracias, en nombre de los tres (1),por una sola vez, por p [...]	2008-05-08 21:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU
08HAVANA373	CUBA: REQUEST FOR NEW OFAC PROVISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: It has come to USINT's attention that there are some U.S. citizen priests and other religious workers living and practicing in Cuba. They do so by living and working among Cubans; doing, literally, "God's work." Such positive U.S.-Cuban contact is precisely the kind of constru [...]	2008-05-12 12:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA374	CUBA: REQUEST FOR NEW OFAC PROVISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: It has come to USINT's attention that there are some U.S. citizen priests and other religious workers living and practicing in Cuba. They do so by living and working among Cubans; doing, literally, "God's work." Such positive U.S.-Cuban contact is precisely the kind of constru [...]	2008-05-12 12:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA377	CONGRESS OF WRITERS AND ARTISTS DEBATES CHANGES IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 14:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV SCUL
08HAVANA383	BRIGADE 2506 ATTRACTS LITTLE INTEREST AMONG CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: Brigade 2506, a Florida-based organization that includes many Bay of Pigs veterans, asked USINT to facilitate a video conference with two Cuban dissidents it selected by Brigade 2506 , as well as a representative of FLAMUR (the Federation of Latin American Rural Women). Brigade [...]	2008-05-13 16:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA389	MYSTERY OF CUBAN DISSIDENT SWALLOWING TOXIC [...] (C) Summary: Iraida Soledad Rivas Verdecia, member of Ladies in White and wife of prominent Cuban dissident, Roberto de Miranda, on May 8, drank form a glass that may have contained a toxic substance. De Miranda states that he does not know how this happened. He said that the incident is d [...]	2008-05-16 20:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA391	CUBAN GOVERNMENT HEATS UP PROPAGANDA WAR [...] (C) Summary: On May 19 the Cuban government held a press conference to make accusations that USINT employees are involved in directly distributing funds from private organizations, including some with alleged terrorist ties, to "counter-revolutionaries" in Cuba. Documents obtained clandesti [...]	2008-05-19 21:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA396	CUBANS APPLAUD BUSH REMARKS [...] (C) Summary: On Wednesday, May 21, ninety-five Cubans watched the live broadcast from the White House commemorating Cuban Solidarity Day at the invitation of USINT. Everyone who spoke to USINT staff had high praise for the President's speech, remarking that it reflected a firm commitment to [...]	2008-05-21 21:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA397	GOC PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN TARGETS OPPOSITION, USINT [...] (C) The GOC wrapped up a three-day marathon of attacks on the dissident community and on USINT with a second press conference at the Foreign Ministry (MINREX) led by FM Perez Roque. The campaign had been launched at another MINREX conference on Monday, May 19 (REF XXX). Perez-Roque devoted [...]	2008-05-23 16:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREF
08HAVANA406	CUBAN POLICE VIOLENTLY STOP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: On May 25 former political prisoner Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") led a march in the city of Placetas, province of Santa Clara, that was to culminate in a symbolic funeral for Pedro Luis Boitel, a student leader who died in 1972 as the result of a hunger strike protesting [...]	2008-05-27 20:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA418	RUMORS OF RICE SHORTAGES SPARK GOC REACTION [...] (C) Over the past week, rumors have spread across the island about a possible shortfall of rice. Other rumors purported that the amount of rice distributed in the ration system would be cut in half and substituted by flour. As a result, some Cubans began buying rice in bulk amounts as a pre [...]	2008-06-02 14:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA419	FIDEL ATTACKS U.S. ELECTION PROCESS [...] (U) In the May 26 editions of Granma and Juventud Rebelde, Fidel Castro dedicated one of his periodic "Reflexiones" pieces to the U.S. election campaign, focusing on Barack Obama's May 23rd speech on Latin America. Entitled "The Cynical Policy of the Empire," the piece gives faint praise to [...]	2008-06-02 14:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL
08HAVANA426	LETTER TO POTUS FROM CUBAN DISSIDENT MARTHA [...] After a hiatus brought about by GOC attacks on dissident leaders, especially Martha Beatriz Roque, and on USINT, COM met with Roque on June 2 at her apartment. Pol/Econ Counselor and dissident leader Vladimiro Roca also were present. During the encounter, Roque handed COM the letter at para [...]	2008-06-04 13:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAID PREL
08HAVANA434	GOC TIGHTENS THE SCREWS ON OPPOSITION ACTIVITY [...] (C) In REF A, we commented that we believed that the May 19-21 media campaign centering on USINT's relations with various dissidents was directed primarily at the dissidents. Events in the succeeding days seem to support that thesis as the GOC has ignored our statement that they should make a [...]	2008-06-06 19:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CU
08HAVANA436	CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MAY 18- JUNE 6 [...] (C) Summary: Many members of the dissident community report a marked increase during the past several weeks of open surveillance by state security. Several opposition figures have tied this to the GOC's recent media campaign against USINT. In addition, pro-democracy activists report an in [...]	2008-06-09 19:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA437	CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MAY 18- JUNE 6 [...] (C) Summary: Many members of the dissident community report a marked increase during the past several weeks of open surveillance by state security. Several opposition figures have tied this to the GOC's recent media campaign against USINT. In addition, pro-democracy activists report an in [...]	2008-06-09 19:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA439	CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY BLASTS TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: On June 8 the Cuban Foreign Ministry released a statement about the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report that had been announced by the Secretary on June 4. The statement said that the report made unfounded accusations that there existed internal trafficking of women an [...]	2008-06-10 19:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA440	GOC ANNOUNCES PLANNED CUBA-VENEZUELA FIBER OPTIC [...] (U) The June 9, edition of Granma dedicated an entire page and a half to an article touting a joint Cuban-Venezuelan project to build a 1,550 km fiber optic cable from Cuba to Venezuela, with an intermediate stop in Jamaica. According to the article, the cable would run from La Guaira in Ven [...]	2008-06-10 19:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON ECPS KCIP PGOV PREL
08HAVANA444	GOC ANNOUNCES SALARIES WILL BE BASED ON PERFORMANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an understated article located in the middle of the Communist Party mouthpiece Granma, the GOC has made public a new pay for performance plan that stands some of the fundamental precepts of the revolution on their head. 2. (U) The Granma article cites an interview with Vice [...]	2008-06-11 20:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV CU
08HAVANA453	NBA VISIT TO CUBA [...] (U) A group of 80 members of the National Bar Association (NBA),an association of black lawyers, judges and legal para-professionals, recently spent a week in Cuba as part of a humanitarian visit. USINT had two events with representatives of this group: a sit-down dinner at the COM residence [...]	2008-06-13 22:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PINR PREL
08HAVANA460	VISIT TO CUBA OF BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM [...] (C) Poloff met with Brazilian DCM Vilmar Coutinho (please protect) to discuss the May 30-31 visit to Cuba of Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim. Amorim's visit was a follow-up to Brazilian President Lula da Silva's January 2008 visit to Cuba (Reftel). In addition to meeting with his co [...]	2008-06-17 14:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ETRD CU BR
08HAVANA461	FAMILIES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS GRATEFUL FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 15 to celebrate Father's Day, COM held a day of recreation for over a hundred relatives, children and supporters of Cuba's political prisoners. The families were very grateful because Father's Day is a traditionally important event in Cuba. Many of the family members [...]	2008-06-17 20:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA462	HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS HAVANA: DEATH WATCH OR PROOF OF [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid an unannounced (in Cuba) visit to Havana on June 16. His arrival scrambled air traffic at Jose Marti airport, resulting in several arriving USINT personnel being diverted briefly to Varadero. 2. (U) According to press reports, Chavez met for three [...]	2008-06-17 21:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CU VN
08HAVANA464	FIDEL APPEARS IN VIDEO AND PRINT MEDIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 20:51:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CU VN
08HAVANA468	WORLD FOOD AND ENERGY CRISIS FORCES CUBA TO ADAPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The steep increase in world food and energy prices is driving the Cuban regime to suppress its spending on investment, a key enabling component of its moderate economic reform strategy. Even tied to Chavez,s umbilical cord, Cuba is nevertheless exposed to the real world economy, [...]	2008-06-20 23:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA469	REACTION IN CUBA TO EU DECISION TO LIFT [...] (C) Civil society members, reaction to the EU decision to drop its already suspended sanctions on Cuba was predictably negative. Though some had continued to hope for a miracle, most had no realistic expectation that the EU would react any other way. Key dissident leaders including Marta Be [...]	2008-06-21 17:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EU PGOV PREL
08HAVANA470	URUGUAYAN PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO [...] (U) According to Cuban press reports, visiting Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez met for more than 2 hours with Fidel Castro on June 19. Unlike the visit of Venezuelan President Chavez earlier in the week (reftels),there were no visual images of the meeting made public. 2. (U) Meeting [...]	2008-06-21 17:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CU UR
08HAVANA483	VISIT TO USINT BY ISRAELI EMBASSY OFFICIAL FROM [...] (C) Modi Ephraim, Political Counselor from the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires called on P/E Counselor June 23. Ephraim is in Havana for three days looking at a variety issues of interest to the GOI. Since Canada acts as protecting power for Israel in Cuba, Ephraim had arranged the visit wit [...]	2008-06-23 21:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU IS PREL
08HAVANA484	WALL JUMPER [...] (U) SUMMARY: AT 4:16 AM ON JUNE 23, ROLANDO PEREZ PERALTA, A 37 YEAR-OLD MALE CUBAN, SCALED THE TWELVE FOOT FENCE SURROUNDING THE U.S. INTERESTS SECTION'S ANNEX HOUSING THE REFUGEE UNIT, AND ENTERED THE PROPERTY. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY APPREHENDED BY USINT GUARDS, WHO CALLED THE REGIONAL SECURIT [...]	2008-06-23 22:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CU PREF
08HAVANA488	SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY OF USINT APPLICANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post conducted an informal socioeconomic survey of USINT applicants for visa and refugee status during the first five months of 2008. The sample was composed of 1,320 Cubans, one-third of whom completed the survey before the February 24 handover of power to Raul Castro and tw [...]	2008-06-25 14:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA493	CUBAN DISSIDENTS FACE PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary: Led by Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez"),on June 20 six protesters delivered a letter of protest against the maltreatment of a prisoner to the Provincial Office of the Ministry of the Interior in the city of Matanzas. As they were sitting on a bench, they were accosted by m [...]	2008-06-25 18:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA494	FIDEL CASTRO LASHES OUT AT EU DECISION ON CUBA [...] (SBU) While opposition members continue to express disappointment with the EU decision on Cuba sanctions, and fear that it presages another crackdown on their activity, former President Fidel Castro appears to be beside himself with anger over the EU decision. 2. (SBU) Fidel wrote at leas [...]	2008-06-25 20:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU EU
08HAVANA502	GOVERNMENT HALTS HAVANA'S FIRST GAY PRIDE MARCH [...] (C) Summary: On June 25 a coalition of homosexual rights groups planned to hold a "Gay Pride" march from a park in Central Havana to the Ministry of Justice. At the Ministry they planned to present a petition demanding an end to discrimination, better treatment of AIDS patients and an end [...]	2008-06-27 19:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA511	FORMER CUBINT CHIEF, DAGOBERTO RODRIGUEZ BARRERA, [...] (SBU) The Embassy of Switzerland received a diplomatic note dated June 26, 2008 announcing that former Cubint chief,Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera, has been chosen as the new Vice-Minister of foreign relations of Cuba, replacing Eumelio Caballero Rodriguez who was named Ambassador to Algeria. Ro [...]	2008-07-02 14:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	CU EU PGOV PREL
08HAVANA515	MINREX LAUNCHES NEW ATTACK ON USINT ACTIVITY [...] (C) The Communist Party daily Granma ran a full page statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) in its July 2, edition lambasting USINT's activities as being illegal and contrary to accepted practice for diplomatic missions and personnel in Cuba. See full translated text in parag [...]	2008-07-02 19:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU
08HAVANA518	GOC ROUNDS UP DISSIDENTS IN ADVANCE OF USINT 4TH [...] (C) SUMMARY: As feared following yesterday's attack on USINT activities by MINREX (Reftel),the GOC has begun to threaten, harass, and detain dissidents who planned to attend the 4th of July reception tomorrow. USINT has gotten the names of 7 individuals who have been detained, others are re [...]	2008-07-03 21:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CU
08HAVANA521	USINT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL 4TH OF JULY EVENT IN SPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In spite of an unprecedented effort to reduce attendance by the GOC, USINT hosted a successful 4th of July reception that attracted 626 guests from civil society, the press, religious organizations and the diplomatic corps. Many civil society members from outside Havana were pre [...]	2008-07-07 13:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU
08HAVANA536	CUBA PROVIDES EVIDENCE TO ASSIST U.S. PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary: On July 4, 2008, Cuban officials from the Ministry of Interior (MININT) requested to meet with USINT's Coast Guard representative to present a case evidence package in reference to a June 16, 2008, illegal smuggling event which resulted in a collision of two vessels and the death [...]	2008-07-08 21:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR CVIS PHUM PREF CU
08HAVANA542	INFORMAL POLL OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS SHOWS WOEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: FROM MAY 20 TO JUNE 20, USINT REFUGEE UNIT CONDUCTED AN UNOFFICIAL AND UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF 236 CUBAN ADULTS (OVER AGE 21) WHO WERE PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS. RESULTS REVEALED THAT OVER HALF OF THOSE SURVEYED COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY OF SEVEN PROMINENT CUBAN DISSIDENTS/OP [...]	2008-07-09 20:51:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR PREF CU
08HAVANA543	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] Post has no/no documents responsive to request made in reftels. WILLIAMS [...]	2008-07-10 15:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF
08HAVANA568	THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS FOR MANDATORY [...] (U) THE US INTERESTS SECTION (USINT) IN HAVANA CUBA COULD NOT/NOT IDENTIFY ANY FORCED OR CHILD LABOR USED TO PRODUCE ANY SPECIFIC GOODS IN CUBA ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN SECSTATE 43120. WILLIAMS WILLIAMS [...]	2008-07-17 16:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA574	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP, JULY 5- JULY 18 [...] (SBU) LARGE SCALE DETENTIONS TO STOP COMMEMORATIONS OF TUGBOAT SINKING. Noted dissident leader, Francisco Chavianao, asked for official permission to hold in Havana a demonstration commemorating the sinking on July 13, 1994 of the tugboat 13 de Marzo. (Several individuals had seized the boa [...]	2008-07-18 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA592	RAUL TALKS TOUGH ON THE ECONOMY BUT PROPOSES NO [...] (C) The series of "reforms" that were made public in the spring not only generated expectations that real change could be in the offing, but created an atmosphere of anticipation in Cuba each time that a major public figure speaks or a formal event takes place. So far, however, nothing espec [...]	2008-07-23 19:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON CU
08HAVANA593	LAND DISTRIBUTION PROPOSAL NOT QUITE ENOUGH [...] (C) International press has focused attention on Raul Castro's announcement of Decree-law 259, which allows land to be granted to individuals and corporations "en usufructo," meaning that the state retains ultimate control as landlord, but those who receive and work the land can profit from th [...]	2008-07-23 19:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON
08HAVANA608	RAUL'S JULY 26TH SPEECH A NON-EVENT THIS YEAR [...] (C) The evening of July 26th, in celebration of the 55th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago, which launched the Castro revolution in Cuba, Raul Castro addressed an assembled group of about 10,000 selected supporters gathered at the former barracks, now converted int [...]	2008-07-30 12:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CU
08HAVANA613	REQUEST FOR HRDF FUNDS FOR CUBAN ORGANIZATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 21:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAID PHUM
08HAVANA614	HAVANA: INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C/NF) Following are some early impressions and requests from the COM's first two weeks on the ground. 2. (C/NF) Connecting with the Cuban people is extremely important, and extremely challenging. --------------------------------------------- --------- - The GOC focuses intensely on isol [...]	2008-08-01 17:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KPAO CU
08HAVANA63	ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN CUBA: NO CHANGE IN THE AIR [...] (C) Cubans, probably many Cubans, will head to the polls this Sunday to vote for the membership of the National Assembly and the various provincial assemblies. While the turnout will likely be reported to be nearly 100 percent, and voting will be orderly and peaceful, there is nothing else [...]	2008-01-18 13:12:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR
08HAVANA66	COMSEC DISCUSSES FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WITH CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 14 January Commerce Secretary Gutierrez spoke by video conference with 10 representatives of Cuban youth organizations. The participants discussed their desires for democracy and freedom. They also spoke about the prospects of achieving a democratic transition in Cuba and the i [...]	2008-01-18 16:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA660	SURFING THE NET IN HAVANA [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission and spouse (providing technical support) set forth Tuesday afternoon to cruise the internet, Havana-style. Armed with a list of internet centers supplied by the PD section's local staff, COM wanted to check what he had heard from Cuban users of USINT's internet faciliti [...]	2008-08-14 18:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT TINT KDEM KPAO CU
08HAVANA663	RIGHTS REPORT SHOWS DETENTIONS RISE WHILE NUMBER [...] (C) Summary. On August 12, the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCHRNR) released its report for the first six months of 2008. This is the most thoroughly researched of any report done within Cuba about the conditions of political prisoners on the island. The r [...]	2008-08-15 18:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL

08HAVANA701	AGENDA PARA LA TRANSICION PRESENTS FORMAL [...] (U) Agenda para la Transicion (APT) leaders Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) and Vladimiro Roca, flanked by other members of the APT leadership gave a press conference to mostly foreign press at Roca's house on August 26, to announce that they had presented a formal complaint (denuncia) to the Att [...]	2008-08-27 13:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL PHUM
08HAVANA717	MGJM01: HURRICANE GUSTAV DEVASTATES WESTERN CUBA [...] (U) Through a combination of official news and contacts with individuals in the affected regions, we can report that it appears that Pinar del Rio province suffered severe damage in Hurricane Gustav, and that housing and infrastructure on the Isla de la Juventud was almost totally destroyed. [...]	2008-09-02 21:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAID PINR PINS PREL XL XK
08HAVANA718	MGJM01: Effects of Hurricane Gustav on Cuba [...] Hurricane Gustav made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Western Cuba, Pinar del Rio province on August 30 after passing over Isla de Juventud. The eye of the hurricane passed approximately 50 miles from the city of Havana, mitigating the amount of wind and rain received. No serious damag [...]	2008-09-03 12:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR CU XL XK
08HAVANA730	MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE PREPARES [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met this afternoon to discuss preparations for Hurricane Ike which is currently 400-500 miles east of Cuba. 2. Current projections indicate that winds from Ike will reach the northwest portion of the island early Wednesday morning and will likely rang [...]	2008-09-05 21:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR CASC PREL PINR AMGT CU
08HAVANA731	MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met this afternoon to discuss changes to Hurricane Ike's projected path and the potential impact to UNINT operations. 2. As of 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Ike was a Category Three (3) storm approximately 300 miles east of Cuba and scheduled to make landfall [...]	2008-09-06 21:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PINR CU
08HAVANA732	MGHH01: USINT HAVANA EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at noon today to discuss the current status of Hurricane Ike and the impact to UNINT operations. 2. As of 11:00 a.m. Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported no change in the status of Hurricane Ike. It remains a Category Four (4) sto [...]	2008-09-07 18:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PINR CU
08HAVANA739	CUBAN ECONOMY HURT BY GUSTAV, MAY BE CRUSHED BY IKE [...] (C) Hit by two major hurricanes in eight days, the damage to the Cuban economy is extensive and likely to delay any further economic reforms in the near-term. While Cuba may have escaped significant harm to its main exporting sectors (nickel, medicines, and tobacco),other agricultural secto [...]	2008-09-08 20:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA744	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR CUBA - HURRICANE IKE [...] (U) Hurricane Ike has wreaked havoc across eastern, central, and western Cuba as it traversed virtually the entire island from September 8-9. U.S. Interests Section personnel do not have direct access to these regions of Cuba, but have received reports from Cuban NGOs, international organi [...]	2008-09-11 19:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL CU
08HAVANA752	IN THE MIDST OF DESPAIR, A HIKE IN GAS PRICES [...] (U) As eastern Cuba battled hurricane Ike and the western part of the island prepared for its second major hurricane in eight days, the Government of Cuba announced on September 8 a significant increase in prices for gasoline and diesel, effective immediately. The GOC raised the price of regu [...]	2008-09-12 21:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA753	REQUEST FOR HRDF FUNDS FOR CUBAN ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 16:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAID PHUM
08HAVANA756	NEXT STEPS IN THE EU-CUBA POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) EC representative Javier Nino Perez told COM on September 15 that the GOC had accepted the EU request for a political dialogue following the EU's removal of sanctions on Cuba in June. The GOC response reportedly was contained in a diplomatic note filled with verbiage regarding intrusion i [...]	2008-09-15 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PREL EU CU
08HAVANA759	Havana Lessons Learned from Hurricane Ike [...] USINT Havana's EAC met on September 12 to discuss lessons learned from Hurricane Ike. As requested in reftel, post reports on what was learned specific to requesting and implementing authorized departure. 2.USINT's EAC met on September 6 to discuss preparations for Hurricane Ike should its [...]	2008-09-16 19:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO CU
08HAVANA761	GOC ADMITS IT CAN'T HANDLE HURRICANE DAMAGE [...] (C) The Government of Cuba (GOC) admitted in state run media on September 12 that it is impossible to resolve the magnitude of the catastrophe from Tropical Storm Fay, Hurricane Gustav, and Hurricane Ike with available resources. On September 15, the GOC published an official preliminary dam [...]	2008-09-16 21:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA77	BRAZILIAN EMBASSY READOUT OF LULA VISIT TO CUBA [...] (C) PolCouns met with Brazilian Minister Counselor Vilmar Coutinho on January 18 to get a readout of President Lula's visit to Cuba. Coutinho described the visit as very successful, having achieved the goals of both sides. As had been reported in the press, Cuba and Brazil signed 10 bilater [...]	2008-01-22 21:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAGR ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PREL
08HAVANA771	A SHORT FURLOUGH FOR POLITICAL PRISONER OSCAR [...] (SBU) Political prisoner and Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Oscar Elias Biscet was permitted to return home for several hours on Saturday, September 13, following the death of the woman who had taken him and his family in when they first began to suffer persecution from the Cuban governme [...]	2008-09-19 21:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR CU
08HAVANA773	AGENDA PARA LA TRANSICION LEADERS COMPLAIN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Agenda para la Transicion leaders argued forcefully that lack of resources and the added demands brought about by the recent hurricanes threaten the viability of the opposition in Cuba. They urged quick action to get resources to them. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Agenda para la Tr [...]	2008-09-22 21:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV CU
08HAVANA777	COURTESY CALL ON NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM paid a courtesy call on newly arrived Russian Ambassador to Cuba and discussed economic cooperation between Russia and Cuba, illegal migration of Cubans into Mexico, humanitarian aid for Cuba post-Hurricane Ike as well as discussions on South Ossetia The Russian Ambassador [...]	2008-09-25 12:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PINR PREL
08HAVANA781	LIKELIHOOD OF A CUBAN MASS MIGRATION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Hurricane season 2008 has been especially unkind to the island of Cuba. Four consecutive storms, concluding with the most recent, Hurricane IKE, left much of the island in shambles. Buildings and homes, tobacco and sugar crops, and island-wide infrastructure have all been affe [...]	2008-09-26 20:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM CU
08HAVANA784	CUBAN PARTICIPATION IN THE PRESIDENT'S EDUCATION [...] ( C ) SUMMARY: USINT Havana appreciates WHA and ECA support for Cuba's participation in Partnership for Latin American Youth (PLAY) programs. We believe that such programs would be very well received among Cubans. We are not sanguine about the likelihood of the GOC standing aside to allow t [...]	2008-09-30 21:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SCUL CU
08HAVANA790	BACKWARD REFORM THROUGH PRICE CONTROLS [...] (C) The Government of Cuba's (GOC) September 29 decision to regulate prices and quantities in private farmers' markets highlights the regime's instinct for control and stability over flexibility and reform. If this new regulation becomes more than a temporary measure, the price controls will [...]	2008-10-03 20:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PREL CU
08HAVANA791	DS TRACKING/LOCATOR - SEO EVAN HANDY [...] Evan Handy 2. SEO 3. Cell phone: 202-344-7537, Email: evanhandy@yahoo.com 4. Annual leave to get married 5. Itinerary Depart City Arrive Trans 1004/1020 Havana, CU AA9471 Miami, FL 1004/1125 1004/1447 Miami, FL [...]	2008-10-03 21:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC APER KSEO
08HAVANA811	PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE: THOUGHTS ON THE CATHOLIC [...] (C) The Catholic Church seeks to work under the GOC's radar to rebuild its infrastructure and ecclesiastical ranks. From Cardinal Ortega all the way down to provincial nuns, the Church mostly avoids challenging the GOC. Fear of drawing the ire of the GOC limits church outreach programs to narrow [...]	2008-10-15 21:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV KDEM CU
08HAVANA812	SWEDEN'S NEW DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY MAY BE [...] (SBU) COM spoke with Swedish Ambassador Caroline Fleetwood on October 15 following her presentation of credentials, and asked about her plans to implement Sweden's new democracy assistance policy. Reftel described the new policy focused on support for civil and political rights, and highlighte [...]	2008-10-15 21:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CU
08HAVANA814	DAMAS TELL FIRST LADY ABOUT HURRICANE DEVASTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, seven members of the group Damas de Blanco, an organization of the relatives and supporters of Cuban political prisoners, spoke by video conference with First Lady Laura Bush, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. The Damas described the dire situation of som [...]	2008-10-16 20:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA816	DAMAS TELL FIRST LADY ABOUT HURRICANE DEVASTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, seven members of the group Damas de Blanco, an organization of the relatives and supporters of Cuban political prisoners, spoke by video conference with First Lady Laura Bush, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. The Damas described the dire situation of som [...]	2008-10-17 12:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA818	DOES RAUL HAVE A PLAN FOR CUBA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Raul Castro's July 26 speech gave little promise of change or progress on any front. The real impact of four tropical storms/hurricanes in the intervening two months is now beginning to be felt strongly throughout the island. Whether Raul thought the time was propitious to move [...]	2008-10-17 19:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR CU
08HAVANA825	Havana Lessons Learned from Crisis Management Exercise [...] On 09/30/08, USINT Havana participated in a crisis management exercise (CME) moderated by the Foreign Service Institute's Crisis Management Training Center. Given our recent experience with Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, Post was uniquely qualified to work through all of the challenges presented d [...]	2008-10-23 13:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO CU
08HAVANA835	MASSIVE CRACKDOWN TARGETS THE AVERAGE CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many members of civil society from various parts of Cuba have reported widespread arrests for petty economic crimes, such as illegal street vending, possession of building materials, and selling items for more than the official prices in the aftermath of hurricanes Gustav and I [...]	2008-10-24 20:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA838	USINT Havana Convenes to Discuss Marine Ball [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee(EAC) convened October 27, 2008, to discuss security preparations for the USINT Havana Marine Ball on November 22, 2008. 2. Based on current threat information, host country vigilance, and the utilization of local guard force assets, USINT Havana EAC is conf [...]	2008-10-27 22:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT
08HAVANA84	COUNTING CUBA'S POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) released its end of year report on political prisoners in Cuba. The report lists 234 political prisoners, a drop from 246 named in the July 2007 report, and from the 316 political prisoners held in July o [...]	2008-01-24 21:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA848	Security Considerations for USINT Havana [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on October 27, 2008, to discuss security planning for an Election Night event at the Chief of Mission residence on November 4, 2008. Approximately 150 guests are expected and USINT will employ a variety of physical and technical countermeasures to [...]	2008-11-04 21:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
08HAVANA852	U.S. ELECTIONS GENERATE INTENSE INTEREST IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: As with many things about the U.S., Cubans were captivated by the U.S. election process this year. Even official media devoted significant time and space to covering the primary and final elections (until the final election itself was over that is). USINT hosted an election nig [...]	2008-11-06 16:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR EAID CU
08HAVANA858	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR CUBA - HURRICANE PALOMA [...] (U) Hurricane Paloma struck central Cuba on November 8 as a powerful Category 4 storm, the second most powerful November Hurricane on record. Local and international press report significant damage, especially to the town of Santa Cruz del Sur. No casualties have been reported, but the GOC [...]	2008-11-10 21:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL CU
08HAVANA863	POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE AT ANNUAL TRADE FAIR [...] (C) Lesk than one week after the Government of CudQ (GOC) made their annual case to the UnqtUd Nations that thQ U.S. embargo w!s#cruhing deir economy,QrheGOs used`lhU :th Hmvyna Inte2vatinal vaQ~t/ mialght&o the@embrd_&mQ "ailfd. `Wtkou,8hiht,or iron,tke O8claia twynwQin commeea, qelxGms&Qe4d# [...]	2008-11-14 19:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON TBIO CU
08HAVANA878	ALL CHINA, ALL THE TIME - AT LEAST THIS WEEK [...] (C) For four straight days, Chinese President Hu Jintao's 36 hour visit has dominated the Cuban press. China and Cuba signed 12 agreements, including renewed contracts for Cuban exports and much needed restructuring of Cuba's debt. Hu arrived in Cuba in between visits by Brazilian President [...]	2008-11-21 19:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA879	CUBA IN 2008: THE YEAR OF CHANGE THAT WASN'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beaten by storms and threatened by the world economic slump, Cuba would seem to be in a very bad way--and indeed it is. But increasing repression at home and international support give the GOC reason to feel fairly comfortable at the moment. Nevertheless, what began as a year [...]	2008-11-21 20:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR CU
08HAVANA88	DIPS CORPS COMMENTS ON CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and other USINT officers have been making the rounds of the Dip Corps in Havana to gauge third country views and experiences on the situation in Cuba. The following reports meetings with officials in the Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Italian and Indonesian embassies. Meetin [...]	2008-01-25 16:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PINR PREL
08HAVANA880	ALL CHINA, ALL THE TIME - AT LEAST THIS WEEK [...] (C) For four straight days, Chinese President Hu Jintao's 36 hour visit has dominated the Cuban press. China and Cuba signed 12 agreements, including renewed contracts for Cuban exports and much needed restructuring of Cuba's debt. Hu arrived in Cuba in between visits by Brazilian President [...]	2008-11-21 20:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA894	10 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 28 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Ocracoke to Cuban authorities on November 10 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 9:30 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provi [...]	2008-12-02 20:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
08HAVANA915	SPANISH DIPLOMAT CLAIMS SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER [...] (C) During a December 4 luncheon hosted by the Dutch Embassy and attended by the Charge and the Consul General, and representatives from various European Union countries, and the Russian, Mexican, and Peruvian embassies, Spanish DCM Juan Lopez Herrera (protect) claimed that Jose Antonio Blanco [...]	2008-12-10 18:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CU SP
08HAVANA919	USINT Havana Holiday Security Planning [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee(EAC) convened December 11, 2008 to discuss reftel, local threat reporting, and security planning for USINT holiday events. 2. A canvas of USINT representatives determined that there will be a total of four small-to-medium sized events from December 18-20, 20 [...]	2008-12-12 20:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PINR CASC
08HAVANA922	22 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Ocracoke to Cuban authorities on November 22 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 9:30 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provi [...]	2008-12-15 12:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
08HAVANA94	CUBA'S OFFICIAL ELECTION STATISTICS: AN [...] SUMMARY: The editor of a prominent Cuban online news magazine provided an innovative analysis of last Sunday's National Assembly elections. Reynaldo Escobar used the GOC's own statistics to show how many more protest votes may have been cast than seemed at first blush. Two other Mission con [...]	2008-01-28 21:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU KPAO PGOV
08HAVANA952	2008 CUBA INCSR FIRST DRAFT [...] Cuba is strategically located in the Caribbean between the United States and the drug producing countries of South America. Although Cuba is neither a significant consumer nor a producer of illegal drugs, its ports, territorial waters, and airspace are susceptible to narcotics trafficking fro [...]	2008-12-24 13:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	CU SNAR
08HAVANA956	RAUL VENTURES OFF THE ISLAND, COMMENTS ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: From December 13 to December 18, Raul Castro traveled off the island for the first time since taking over for brother Fidel in July of 2006. The first part of the trip was an awkward stop in Caracas. The second part was to attend regional summits in Costa do Sauipe Brazil and [...]	2008-12-24 16:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CU
08HAVANA963	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Cuban state security moved to prevent many activists from marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The police detained at least 80 pro-democracy activists. All were released without charges within 24 hour [...]	2008-12-29 20:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA964	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Cuban state security moved to prevent many activists from marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The police detained at least 80 pro-democracy activists. All were released without charges within 24 hour [...]	2008-12-29 20:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA969	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING; RAUL'S SPEECH HOLD NO [...] (C) The Cuban National Assembly concluded its second 48-hour session on December 27 with a speech by President Raul Castro. In spite of the auspicious timing just days before the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution on January 1, the National Assembly session and Raul's speech were hardl [...]	2008-12-30 20:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU
09HAVANA100	EU DIPLOMATS DISCUSS CHANGES IN CUBA, THE UNITED [...] (C) Future change agents in Cuba will not come from civil society but from the civil service, argued a group of seasoned European diplomats. During a wide-ranging discussion, eight European colleagues inquired about possible changes to U.S. regulations on travel and remittances, urged the Un [...]	2009-02-12 21:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU EC EU
09HAVANA110	DISSIDENTS: UN MEETING SHOWS CUBAN GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Several leading dissidents commented that the GOC successfully used its good relations with nations in the developing world to minimize criticism during the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council held on February 5 in Geneva. The official Cuban press reported [...]	2009-02-18 20:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09HAVANA112	CUBA - MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] General Assessment: There were no significant developments or changes regarding Cuba's policy on anti-money laundering or counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) in 2008. The Government of Cuba (GOC) claims to be in full compliance with international counter-terrorism conventions and to have t [...]	2009-02-19 11:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR CU
09HAVANA121	USINT HAVANA ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 14:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
09HAVANA132	ASSESSING THE RISK OF SOCIAL UNREST IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The risk of crisis-driven unrest in Russia remains low and is likely to remain so, at least through the summer. Public opinion surveys show an up-tick in dissatisfaction with the country's general direction, but with no indication that the darkening mood signals an increased tendency f [...]	2009-02-27 21:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	ASEC PTER
09HAVANA140	GOC ANNOUNCES MAJOR LEADERSHIP SHAKEUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cuban government announced 12 major leadership changes at noon today (3/2) including the dismissal of Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and the removal of Vice President Carlos Lage as head of the Cabinet. The sweeping changes follow close on the heels of the naming of th [...]	2009-03-02 21:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ECON CU
09HAVANA142	ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM CUBA IN SHARP DECLINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Illegal migration from Cuba to the United States appears to have peaked in FY 2008 and has declined significantly. Illegal migration fell 20 percent in FY 08 and is down by almost 50 percent thus far in FY 2009. The decline has affected migrant flows both through Mexico - the ma [...]	2009-03-03 14:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREL CVIS CMGT SOCI CU MX
09HAVANA145	MYSTERY OF MURDERED PRIEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The murder on February 14, 2009 of Spanish Priest Eduardo de la Fuente remains an unsolved crime. The official Cuban media has said nothing about the incident, even though murder is a rarity in Cuba. Nevertheless, the murder is a frequent topic of conversation among ordinar [...]	2009-03-04 13:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU EC EU
09HAVANA147	CUBA'S JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: RENDERING UNTO CAESAR [...] (C) Summary: A visit to the headquarters of Cuba's Jehovah's Witnesses revealed a sophisticated and growing operation. Leaders of the religion said that there were 90,000 practitioners in Cuba, a number far in excess of previous estimates. Although the religion has neither sought official [...]	2009-03-04 19:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA148	PROSPECTS FOR U.S.-SPANISH COOPERATION ON CUBA [...] (C) Chief of Mission hosted new Spanish ambassador Manuel Cacho Quesada for a working lunch March 3 to explore potential for closer US-GOS coordination on Cuba issues. Cacho took up his post in December and has maintained a relatively low profile. U.S.-Spanish Relations ------------------- [...]	2009-03-04 20:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM CU SP
09HAVANA150	CABINET SHAKEUP GETS FIDEL'S SEAL OF APPROVAL [...] (C) A "Reflexiones" piece in today's (3/4) edition of the Communist Party daily Granma put Fidel Castro's seal of approval on the surprisingly extensive changes to the cupola of the Cuban government announced on Monday. In a piece entitled "Healthy Changes in the Council of Ministers," Cast [...]	2009-03-04 20:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ECON CU
09HAVANA153	LAGE AND PEREZ ROQUE ADMIT "ERRORS" AND RESIGN ALL [...] (U) In virtually identical letters published in the official media on March 5, former Vice President Carlos Lage and former Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque admitted that they had committed unspecified "errors" for which they assumed full responsibility, and then resigned from their remaining po [...]	2009-03-06 19:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL CU
09HAVANA154	WHA AREA DIPLOMATS IN HAVANA EXPRESS THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) On march 4, DCM hosted a lunch of colleagues from several western hemisphere embassies in Havana including Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. Pol/Econ chief and ConGen also participated. 2. (C) Though the just-announced cabinet chan [...]	2009-03-06 20:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROV ECON CU
09HAVANA16	DR HILDA MOLINA AND THE VISIT OF ARGENTINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though she would dearly like to travel to Argentina to visit her family, Dr Hilda Molina says she has little real hope that anything will come out of the upcoming visit to Cuba of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). End Summary. 2. (C) Dissident neurosu [...]	2009-01-12 12:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AR CU PHUM PREL
09HAVANA164	FRENCH VIEWS ON U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS AND THE EU [...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) had lunch with French Ambassador Frederic Dore on March 10 to seek his perspective on recent changes within the Government of Cuba, the pace of the EU-Cuba political dialogue, and U.S.-Cuban relations. France is a key player among EU missions here and held the local [...]	2009-03-12 14:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU EU
09HAVANA168	CUBA WEIGHS IN ON "CAPITALIST" CRISIS [...] (C) Fidel Castro and the Cuban Government took advantage of an annual international conference of economists to congratulate themselves on long predicting the inevitable doom of capitalism. The well attended conference, including Central American presidents and Nobel laureate economists, res [...]	2009-03-13 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA172	CUBAN MININT'S THOUGHTS ON TRAVEL, LAW [...] (S) Summary: On 9 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) stationed at the United States Interests Section in Havana, Cuba (USINT) attended a routine working meeting with Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) officers, including one Cuban Border Guard Colonel [...]	2009-03-17 15:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA178	MOUNTING GOC PRESSURE ON CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Concurrent with changes in leadership (reftels) the GOC appears to be tightening its ongoing crack down on dissident and other civil society activity. Traditional opposition groups, an emerging civil society leader, and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transvestite) activists ha [...]	2009-03-18 12:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR
09HAVANA187	KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND CUBA EVEN CLOSER [...] (S) Summary: On 18 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of 16 Cuban migrants at Baha de Cabaas. During the repatriation, the DIS spoke at length wit [...]	2009-03-24 16:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA194	MAKING THE MOST OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR NOWAK'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Rapporteur for Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Manfred Nowak, is expected to visit Cuba sometime in 2009. USINT urges that he be approached before the trip with offers of information we have on prisoners and prisons in Cuba. ACTIO [...]	2009-03-30 18:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PHUM PREL UN
09HAVANA195	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEE/KILPATRICK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Codel Lee/Kilpatrick will be arriving in Cuba at a time of slow motion and sometimes contradictory change. Raul Castro has now consolidated his power. The Cuban economy has many serious weaknesses that can only be addressed through bold, innovative, and immediate action. The [...]	2009-03-30 19:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PINR CU
09HAVANA196	SURVEY OF CUBANS ON SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) FROM MARCH 2-18, THE REFUGEE UNIT AT USINT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF 285 APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CUBA. THE SURVEY WAS NOT SCIENTIFIC IN THAT THE RESPONDENTS WERE LIMITED TO CUBANS ACTIVELY SEEKING TO LEAVE THE ISLAND. NONETHELESS, IN [...]	2009-03-30 19:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL CU
09HAVANA197	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEE/KILPATRICK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Codel Lee/Kilpatrick will be arriving in Cuba at a time of slow motion and sometimes contradictory change. Raul Castro has now consolidated his power. The Cuban economy has many serious weaknesses that can only be addressed through bold, innovative, and immediate action. The [...]	2009-03-31 11:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PINR CU
09HAVANA198	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MARCH 16- MARCH 30 [...] (C) Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) Pleased with Results of Six Day Protest: Members of the organization, Ladies in White, a group composed of relatives of political prisoners and their supporters, were pleased that they had achieved wide visibility during six days of street protests to m [...]	2009-03-31 13:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA205	CUBA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 14:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN CU
09HAVANA207	CODEL LEE VISIT TO CUBA [...] SUMMARY: A CODEL led by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) visited Cuba April 3 - 7. The CODEL met with GOC officials including former President Fidel Castro, President Raul Castro, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon, and with the wives of the 5 Cuban agents c [...]	2009-04-07 20:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP PGOV CU
09HAVANA208	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE U.S. COMMISSION ON [...] USINT Havana warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the commissioners and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Control officer for the visit will be Political-Economic Section Chief Jim Benson (e-mail: BensonJ@state.gov, Office phone: 53-7-836-4039, Cell [...]	2009-04-09 16:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA210	CAUGHT IN THE ACT: AMCIT IN CUBA CAUGHT SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: On 30 March 2009 the American Citizens Services (ACS) unit at the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, received notice from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations that on 27 March, the Government of Cuba (GOC) took into custody an American Citizen (AMCIT) su [...]	2009-04-09 19:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	ASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
09HAVANA218	SWEDEN, THE EU, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA [...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) met on April 13 with Swedish Ambassador Caroline Fleetwood at her request to discuss U.S.-Cuban relations and Sweden's perspective on Cuba as Sweden prepares to assume the EU Presidency. Ambassador Fleetwood travels to Washington later this month for a schedule tha [...]	2009-04-14 12:51:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SW EU
09HAVANA221	THE U.S. AND THE ROLE OF THE OPPOSITION IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Raul Castro government of Cuba (GOC) appears to have settled into a position of undisputed authority internally, it is worth asking what the Cuban political opposition is doing and the role it may play in the future. Two recent op-ed pieces in the international press that hav [...]	2009-04-15 13:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA226	REACTION IN CUBA TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Cuba to the April 13 announcement of changes to U.S. policy regarding travel, remittances and telecommunications activity has been generally very positive. The government of Cuba itself has been officially silent, though former President Fidel Castro has published se [...]	2009-04-17 20:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU
09HAVANA244	REACTION IN CUBA TO SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: It is apparent that Fidel Castro is not pleased with the outcome of the Summit of the Americas, though it is far from clear yet what the government of Cuba's view is. Ordinary Cubans we have talked to have high praise for the President's speech, but not much hope that their own [...]	2009-04-24 20:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU
09HAVANA248	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM FIGHTS ANEMIA, WANTS SATELLITE [...] (C) The World Food Program (WFP) is working to fight anemia and provide emergency assistance to hurricane victims in Cuba. Although Cuba is food insecure (importing 80 percent of its food),few Cubans suffer from malnutrition, according to the WFP country director. However, anemia caused by [...]	2009-04-28 10:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PREL IO CU
09HAVANA249	CUBA - TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 10:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CU
09HAVANA260	19 APRIL REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 43 Cubans from the U.S.Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island to Cuban authorities on April 19 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 9:30 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and prov [...]	2009-05-06 19:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA269	H1N1: FIRST CASE IN CUBA; FIDEL ADMITS NOT PART OF [...] Cuba confirmed its first case of the H1N1 virus in a Mexican medical student who returned to the island days before Cuba became the first country to suspend flights from Mexico on April 29. Fidel Castro defended Cuba's (over) reaction to the outbreak and made a few accusations of his own alon [...]	2009-05-12 19:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU ASEC TF ECON CU
09HAVANA277	GOC MOUNTS "PROTEST" IN FRONT OF THE INTERESTS [...] (U) As part of the "II International Youth Encounter for Solidarity with the Five Heroes," at 0800 on May 12, several hundred people appeared in front of the Interests Section in the so-called anti-imperialist amphitheater to protest a variety of alleged crimes committed by the USG. The part [...]	2009-05-14 18:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CU
09HAVANA278	U.S. LEGAL TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS WITNESS [...] (SBU) A team made up of prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office from the Southern District of Florida, public defenders assigned to the defendants in two criminal alien smuggling cases, a court reporter, videographer, two interpreters and two DHS/ICE agents traveled to Cuba May 6 to take cou [...]	2009-05-14 18:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ASEC PGOV CU
09HAVANA283	CUBA HOSTS FINAL NAM MINISTERIAL OF ITS PRESIDENCY [...] (U) April 28-30, Cuba played host for a reported 60 minister-level participants in its last act in the NAM chair before Egypt takes over. As might be expected from this group in this venue, the ministerial was long on rhetoric--including lavish praise for the host government and criticism of [...]	2009-05-18 15:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
09HAVANA308	CUBAN GDP PROJECTIONS FALL; NO STIMULUS PACKAGE IN [...] (C) The Government of Cuba (GOC) has lowered 2009 GDP growth projections from 6 percent to no greater than 2.5 percent. Removing the GOC's historic optimism and unusual accounting methods, it is likely Cuba will experience zero or negative growth this year. A fall in the demand for and pric [...]	2009-05-27 18:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN CU
09HAVANA317	IT'S NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A SURVEY BY USINT OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS REVEALS WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT AMONG RESPONDENTS THAT ALL RACES ARE NOT TREATED EQUALLY IN CUBA. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS COULD NOT NAME AN AFRO-DESCENDENT LEADER, A REFLECTION OF THE DEARTH OF AFRO-CUBANS IN POSITIONS [...]	2009-05-29 19:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ECON PREL CU
09HAVANA322	HOW MIGHT CUBA ENTER ANOTHER SPECIAL PERIOD? [...] (C) The combination of new warnings of potential blackouts, serious liquidity issues, and potential (if not already) reduced financial support from Venezuela has sparked rumors on the street and in the international media that Cuba may be headed toward another "Special Period". The reality is [...]	2009-06-04 13:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN CU
09HAVANA323	FATHER CONRADO GIVES US THE VIEW FROM SANTIAGO [...] (C) COM hosted a lunch for the visiting pastor of the Sta Teresita church in Santiago, Fr, Jose Conrado Rodriguez Alegre on May 21. As he has on previous occasions, Fr. Conrado, as he is known to all, provided insight into a life outside of Havana that still appears to be much harder than th [...]	2009-06-04 15:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR CU
09HAVANA327	FRAUD SUMMARY Q CUBA [...] Although initially optimistic that Raul CastroQs formal assumption of power might bring significant improvements to their lives, the economic and political reality on the ground continues to drive many Cubans either to the Interests Section or more unacceptably, the high seas, in any hopes fo [...]	2009-06-05 11:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS SMIG CPAS CMGT ASEC CU
09HAVANA329	GOC PROMOTES MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS AND STRONG ARM [...] (C) Summary: For the past several weeks leading opposition groups have been racked with severe personal quarrels coupled with widely disseminated accusations that leading dissident figures are agents of Cuban state security (see reftel). At the same time a broad cross section of our contact [...]	2009-06-05 13:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA33	INTERPRETING CUBA'S 2008 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) On January 7, the Cuban Office of National Statistics published a Panorama of Economic and Social Indicators for 2008 providing some detail behind the data reported to the National Assembly (ref A) by Raul Castro and his economic team December 26-27. While the availability of statistic [...]	2009-01-15 16:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
09HAVANA330	USINT HAS FRONT ROW SEAT FOR RAFTER INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On 4 June 2009, United States Interests Section Havana (USINT) personnel witnessed an apparent Cuban migrant raft floating extremely close to the Malecon seawall directly in front of the USINT building. The raft had seven males onboard who refused, at first, to come off the vess [...]	2009-06-05 18:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
09HAVANA341	FROM THE MOUTH OF MINREX: POSSIBLE INSIGHT INTO [...] (S//NF) Summary: On 5 June, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of sixteen Cuban migrants at Bahia de Cabanas. During the transit to and from the pier, a Cuban Ministry of For [...]	2009-06-09 19:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA344	FIDEL CASTRO IMPRESSED BY POTUS AFTER CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) The Government of Cuba has offered no official reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. Former president Fidel Castro, however, previewed his interest in the Cairo speech in a Reflection article on June 6 that he started with "Yesterday afternoon, while I was carefully analyzing Ob [...]	2009-06-10 18:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA345	CUBA BREAKS UP CONGLOMERATE CUBALSE [...] (C) The Cuban Council of Ministers decided on May 26 to "extinguish" Cubalse, the second largest conglomerate in Cuba, and transfer its assets within 90 days to seven other entities. Cubalse was originally created to serve the diplomatic community with local employees and housing. The entit [...]	2009-06-10 19:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR PBIO CU
09HAVANA35	THE SPECULATION ON FIDEL'S HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fidel Castro's extended absence from public view, especially during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the revolution, combined with the long time since he has written one of his occasional "Reflections" pieces is prompting speculation in the international press that his health [...]	2009-01-15 17:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PINS PGOV PINR SMIG PREL CU
09HAVANA351	CUBAN MINREX SOUNDS OFF - AGAIN [...] (C//NF) Summary: On 11 June 2009, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, attended a repatriation of 14 Cuban migrants at Bahia de Cabanas. During the transit to the migrant receiving pier, DIS enga [...]	2009-06-12 20:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC

09HAVANA356	CIVIL SOCIETY PROJECT PROPOSALS AND PRISONERS' [...] (SBU) Cuban Civil Society members frequently present USINT officers with project proposals or requests for humanitarian aid. USINT officers also provide input about civil society conditions and aid requests during quarterly USAID LAC Grantee Coordination Meetings and through regular communicat [...]	2009-06-15 17:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU EAID PHUM PREL
09HAVANA357	DEPARTURE OF DR HILDA MOLINA [...] (C) As has been reported widely in the media, dissident Cuban doctor Hilda Molina departed Cuba late on Saturday, June 13, and traveled to Buenos Aires to be with her seriously ill mother. Demonstrating that it can move very quickly when it wants to, the GOC provided Molina a passport and exi [...]	2009-06-16 14:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AR CU PGOV PHUM PREL
09HAVANA361	CUBANS DISAPPOINTED BY MICROSOFT; INSPIRED BY IRAN [...] (C) The decision by Microsoft and others to block certain internet communication services in Cuba works directly against U.S. goals to advance people-to-people interaction. The growing Cuban virtual community has privately and publicly expressed its disappointment. Bloggers remain undeterred [...]	2009-06-19 18:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT PREL ECON CU IR
09HAVANA366	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LESS THAN [...] (C) Summary: Canada's democracy)oriented foreign policy toward Cuba apparently is being implemented more vigorously in Ottawa than in Cuba, although some help may be on the way. End Summary. CANADA'S PRIORITIES IN CUBA --------------------------- 2. (C) USINT read with interest refte [...]	2009-06-23 14:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU CA
09HAVANA394	FAMILY DECRIES POOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OF ARIEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Family members of political prisoner and 75er Ariel Sigler Amaya are concerned that his health is declining rapidly and that the GOC is unable or unwilling or both to provide him with adequate medical care. They are urging that USINT issue him an NIV on humanitarian grounds so [...]	2009-07-02 15:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CVIS CU
09HAVANA424	EUROPEANS RAMPING UP AID TO CUBA [...] (C) The European Union is ramping up its Mission in Cuba to focus on implementing a 40 million euro cooperation (i.e. aid) agreement. Prior to October 2008, Cuba only accepted limited assistance from Belgium and Spain. Although the EU package does not provide any direct budget support, all [...]	2009-07-07 19:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL ECON PGOV CU
09HAVANA437	GOC RESPONDS TO TIP DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: MINREX presented us with a diplomatic note (no. 3335, dated July 8) responding to our note that had informed the GOC of the release of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and Cuba's Tier III designation. While the GOC's 4-page note opens with a typically searing rejec [...]	2009-07-15 17:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA444	FIDEL BLAMES U.S. (BUT NOT PRESIDENT OBAMA) FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: After several months of confusion over how to react to the election of President Obama, Fidel Castro seems to have latched on to the coup in Honduras for a more comfortable explanation: President Obama may be all right, but U.S. policy is being run by Bush Administration holdover [...]	2009-07-21 13:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA445	MURDER OF SECOND SPANISH PRIEST CAUSES COMMOTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A second brutal murder of a Spanish catholic priest in five months has become a cause celebre in Cuba in spite of receiving no press coverage locally until Sunday, July 19. Rampant rumors in the Cuban public and international press about the cases may have prompted the GOC to pu [...]	2009-07-21 13:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS CU
09HAVANA462	OBSERVATIONS OF THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) This front channel cable was originally sent as Official/Informal in reftel. The following is a collection of observations by outgoing human rights officer on the state of human rights and civil society in Cuba. 2. (C) CONTINUITY: Repeat visitors to Cuba, whether they have been gone fo [...]	2009-07-28 14:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA47	150,000 CUBANS TO OBTAIN SPANISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER [...] (U) About 150,000 Cubans will acquire Spanish citizenship in the next three years under the recently-implemented "Law of Historical Memory", according to Spain's senior consular official in Cuba. Consul General Pablo Barrios told USINT CG last week that the law, which took effect December 29, w [...]	2009-01-23 17:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG SCUL CVIS PGOV CU SP
09HAVANA473	REVERSING THE CUT-OFF OF U.S. INTERNET MESSAGING [...] (C) Reftel requested Washington action to reverse the moves by Microsoft, Google, and others to block their Internet messaging services in Cuba. The actions by these U.S. companies to stop such services only help the efforts of GOC censors to control the information available to the Cuban pe [...]	2009-08-05 11:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT PREL ECON PHUM CU
09HAVANA477	RAUL CASTRO DELAYS PARTY CONGRESS, DEFENDS [...] (C) To no one's surprise, Cuban President Raul Castro and the Communist Party's Central Committee announced on July 29 another delay of the Sixth Communist Party Congress intended for the end of this year. The official excuse is a lack of preparation, even though the Congress is already seven [...]	2009-08-06 11:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA486	HOW THE UK SEES ITS RELATIONS WITH CUBA, AND EU-US [...] (C) Chief of Mission had lunch on August 5 with UK Ambassador Dianna Melrose to discuss her recent trip to Washington, D.C, the status of UK-Cuba relations, and her impressions of last week's Cuban National Assembly session. Some highlights: 2. (C) Washington, D.C: Ambassador Melrose was [...]	2009-08-07 16:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UK CU
09HAVANA490	CUBA'S ECONOMY - WHERE TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS THREE [...] (C) Amidst a flurry of activity starting with Raul Castro's July 26 speech and ending with the August 1 National Assembly, Raul and his ministers painted a desperate picture of the Cuban economy. The Government of Cuba (GOC) lowered its GDP growth projection for the second time in three months and [...]	2009-08-10 18:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA491	GOVERNMENT OF CUBA FRUSTRATION INCREASES OVER LACK [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba has spoken with Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) officials on multiple occasions, as recently as 4 August 2009, regarding their perceived lack of Government of Jama [...]	2009-08-11 13:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA492	(C/NF) THE CHURCH AND TRANSITION IN CUBA [...] (SBU) This cable is in response to reftel. We will also keep the questions in mind as we continue to meet with relevant contacts. 2. (C/NF) QUESTION A: ARE CHURCH OFFICIALS CULTIVATING CUBAN PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, ACCOUNTANTS, PROJECT DIRECTORS, ETC? IF SO, HOW? WHAT IS [...]	2009-08-11 17:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV SCUL CU
09HAVANA494	THE EXIT PERMIT: HAMMER, CARROT, AND RALLYING CRY [...] (C) Edgard Lopez Moreno, a well-known Cuban youth opposition leader, departed Havana for Miami on August 6, 2009 as a refugee. He quit the island eight days after GOC immigration authorities gave him his exit permit and passport, and two and a half years after he first applied for permission [...]	2009-08-12 10:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU SMIG
09HAVANA508	BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE USCCB AND CUBAN [...] (C) USINT COM and P/E officers met August 17 with a visiting U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) delegation (Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Orlando Bishop Thomas Wenski, San Antonio Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantu, and USCCB staffer Father Andrew Small) on its first day in Havana. USINT [...]	2009-08-19 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA510	LIVING AND SEEING LIFE IN CUBA DIFFERENTLY: A [...] (C) SUMMARY. A non-scientific survey of the U.S. Interest Section's (USINT) immigrant visa and refugee populations demonstrates the strong role Cuba's struggling economy and the desire of Cubans to reunite with family play in motivating Cubans to immigrate legally to the United States. The [...]	2009-08-21 12:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREF SMIG ECON PINR CU
09HAVANA512	BRITISH EMBASSY SEEKS TO BUILD CUBAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In regard to civil society, the British Embassy in Cuba is focused on building capacity and providing Cubans with greater access to uncensored information. Although they are currently doing very little in this area, their stated goal lines up well with past and future USINT prog [...]	2009-08-21 13:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU UK
09HAVANA515	POLITICAL PRISONERS: A RENEWED GROWTH AREA FOR THE [...] (C) The Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation announced on August 10 a three person increase in the number of Cuban political prisoners, from 205 to 208. This represents the first increase since 2005. The CCHRNR highlighted three recent high-profile incarcerations in ma [...]	2009-08-21 16:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL REF CU
09HAVANA527	QUESTIONS FROM YOANI SANCHEZ TO POTUS [...] (C) Internationally renowned blogger Yoani Sanchez (see profile below) passed us seven questions for POTUS as well as seven questions she would like to ask Cuban president Raul Castro, if given the chance. Post believes a response to these questions would provide significant support to not ju [...]	2009-08-28 11:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA53	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP JANUARY 2009 [...] SBU) POLICE BRUTALLY SUPPRESS PEACEFUL PROTEST: On January 11, police forcefully stopped a protest in the park of Santiago de las Vegas in the municipality of Boyeros, Havana Province. Protesters had gathered to demand the release of political prisoners and to honor the memory of Miguel Vald [...]	2009-01-28 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
09HAVANA551	CUBA AND CHINA: THE BEST OF TIMES [...] (SBU) Bilateral relations between China and Cuba are at their historic best, according to China's top legislator Wu Bangguo. China and Cuba traded high level visitors this week as Wu visited Havana and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez visited Beijing to commemorate the 49th anniversary [...]	2009-09-08 17:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON CU CH
09HAVANA559	CHECK PLEASE! GOVERNMENT OF CUBA MAY ACCEPT U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 3 September 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, engaged in a candid conversation with a Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) official who provided insight into the possible Govern [...]	2009-09-14 10:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA566	DIRECT MAIL WITHIN CUBA - YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: A regular postage stamp to mail a letter within Cuba costs less than one penny. As you would expect, however, you get what you pay for. Domestic service is inconsistent, unreliable, much delayed, and, therefore, hardly used by most Cubans. Sending packages and international s [...]	2009-09-15 19:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT ECON CU
09HAVANA591	16 SEPTEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 6 Cubans from the U.S.Coast Guard cutter Pea Island to Cuban authorities on September 16 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and prov [...]	2009-09-24 19:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA592	GOC SIGNALS "READINESS TO MOVE FORWARD" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Avowing a "readiness to move forward in our relationship," the Government of Cuba granted us unprecedented access to its state institutions during the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bisa Williams from September 16 to 22. To underscore the move, the GOC also offered t [...]	2009-09-25 17:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC EAID ETTC ODIP OEXC OFDP PHSA PHUM
09HAVANA594	CUBA CHAMPIONS HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY -- AS [...] (C) Official Cuban voices have come alive with the events taking place in Honduras. After weeks where the news could not find much more to report than a baseball tournament in Europe and a music concert in Havana, the Government of Cuba has finally found a cause worth championing: the return [...]	2009-09-28 11:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU
09HAVANA6	Request for Waiver of Section 565 Prohibition against [...] USINT Havana requests a waiver of Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal year 1994 and 1995 (PL 103-236) (22 USC 2679c) as it applies to contracts that expend funds appropriated to the Department of State, and that would go to persons who comply with [...]	2009-01-06 19:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AFIN AMGT ASUP ECON KBCT PHUM
09HAVANA601	26 SEPTEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the on September 26 without incident. 2. Cutter Pea Island docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provided standard information packets on legal imm [...]	2009-10-02 18:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA602	29 SEPTEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 3 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island to Cuban authorities on September 29 without incident. 2. The Cutter Kodiak Island docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the r [...]	2009-10-02 18:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA615	PROGRESS WITH THE GOC ON USINT OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Since the Migration Talks in July, there have been significant improvements in operations for the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, due in large part to more cooperation from the Government of Cuba (GOC). Post has received permission for two major facility-improvement p [...]	2009-10-09 12:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT CU
09HAVANA619	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANFRED [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to an Action Request in Ref A requesting "information on specific detention facilities and/or detainees in Cuba," pertaining to the intended visit to Cuba of United Nations Special Rapporteur (SR) on torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or [...]	2009-10-13 15:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PINS CU
09HAVANA631	THE END OF THE "PAPA" STATE IN CUBA? THE GOC TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Cuba (GOC) appears to be seriously considering removing, or at least restricting, its national ration card system (libreta),one of the main pillars, along with education and healthcare, of Cuba's socialist state. The libreta is also one of the GOC's more effective to [...]	2009-10-19 12:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PINR CU
09HAVANA639	A SPLENDID LITTLE VISIT, FOR CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit by the Spanish Foreign Minster to Cuba highlighted the differences that have emerged among the Europeans, in particular, on how to nudge Cuba most effectively towards political reform. Foreign Minister Moratinos committed Spain to diluting the EU's emphasis on human rig [...]	2009-10-21 20:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA649	CUBA PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON SWITZERLAND AND HUMAN [...] (C) Chief of Mission met October 27 with Swiss ambassador Peter Burkhard, at Burkhard,s request, to discuss the November 11-13 visit of a Swiss MFA delegation for their annual bilateral meeting with the GOC focused on bilateral and multilateral issues, including human rights. Last year's mee [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SZ
09HAVANA650	RELEASED CUBAN PRISONER PONDERS HIS OPTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) paroled political prisoner and "75'er" Nelson Aguiar Ramirez on October 20 following the visit of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos. Aguiar was the first 75'er to be released since February, 2008, and is in extremely poor health. In conversation with [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA651	RELEASED CUBAN PRISONER PONDERS HIS OPTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) paroled political prisoner and "75'er" Nelson Aguiar Ramirez on October 20 following the visit of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos. Aguiar was the first 75'er to be released since February, 2008, and is in extremely poor health. In conversation with [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA652	USINT HAVANA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS MARINE BALL [...] On 10/22/09, Post's Emergency Action Committee met to discuss security preparations for the 2009 Marine Ball which is scheduled to take place on November 14 at the Chief of Mission Residence (COMR). 2. Based on current threat information, host country vigilence of the COMR, and the utiliz [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT ASEC
09HAVANA653	10 OCTOBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 11 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SAWFISH to Cuban authorities on October 10 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provide [...]	2009-10-28 20:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA655	14 OCTOBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 4 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter PEA ISLAND to Cuban authorities on October 14 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provi [...]	2009-10-29 12:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA660	CUBA'S BLOCKADE: LITTLE INFORMATION FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. It is hard to overstate how isolated Cubans are from the outside world. Cubans have little or no access to outside news or media, foreign TV or radio programming, or even internet or email. There is little in the way of local content to make up for this dearth of information. W [...]	2009-11-02 20:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECPS PHUM CU
09HAVANA665	PRIVATE FARMERS' MARKETS PUT ON ALERT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 13:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV CU
09HAVANA666	PRIVATE FARMERS' MARKETS PUT ON ALERT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) is threatening one of the only free market - and thus well functioning - parts of its economy in the supply and demand (private) farmers' markets. Instead of liberalizing the commercialization of food as called for by other recent GOC actions to l [...]	2009-11-04 19:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV CU
09HAVANA670	2 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 17 Cubans from the U.S.Coast Guard cutter Kodiak Island to Cuban Authorities on November 2 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and p [...]	2009-11-06 18:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA672	USINT DISCUSSES PEREZ OCONOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 20:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA683	SPAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SIGNS OF CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Spanish Mission in Cuba is looking for signs of change that will help them move along EU-Cuba relations, and sway their EU partners. Featuring prominently in their case for normalization is progress on U.S. - Cuba relations. Our Spanish counterparts note that U.S. willin [...]	2009-11-10 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA684	BLOGGERS BEATEN BUT NOT DETERRED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Cuba's most famous bloggers were detained and roughed up by GOC agents as they traveled on foot to a public event on November 6. Plainclothes officials intercepted bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Claudia Cadelo, Orlando Luis Pardo and another person on a sidewalk, forced them into cars an [...]	2009-11-10 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA689	CUBA DENOUNCES U.S. INTERFERNCE IN BLOGGER CASE [...] (C) On November 10, 2009, COM Jonathan Farrar delivered a demarche to Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Director of the North American Department of the Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),regarding the November 6 detention and abuse of three prominent Cuban bloggers (Ref A). Pursuant to Reftel B [...]	2009-11-12 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CU
09HAVANA694	UNHCR HAVANA HEAD OFFERS A LOOK AT THIRD COUNTRY REFUGEE [...] On 4 November, RefCoord called on Alberto Aragon Cao, head of the UNHCR office in Havana. Aragon, a Cuban national, has worked for UNHCR in Havana for 17 years and speaks English well. He previously worked in the Ministry of Education where he dealt frequently with UNHCR on cases of foreign s [...]	2009-11-17 18:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL CU
09HAVANA695	BLOGGER THRILLED WITH POTUS RESPONSE TO HER Q&AS [...] (C) USINT Poloffs delivered on November 18, 2009 President Obama's responses to Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez's questions on Cuba - U.S. relations (REF A). Last August, Sanchez had posed seven questions to POTUS and seven for Cuban President Raul Castro (the two sets were different). She was no [...]	2009-11-18 18:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA697	TRADING WITH THE ENEMY - DISAPPOINTING CUBAN TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of U.S. exporters told us they received an unusually cool reception from the Cuban Government at this year's Havana trade fair. While some exporters reported business more or less as usual, we heard more complaints than in previous years regarding everything f [...]	2009-11-19 17:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA698	FAA UPDATES AIR TRAFFIC PROCEDURES WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Miami and Havana air traffic controllers signed a letter of agreement (LOA) on November 12 updating procedures for the coordination of flights between Cuban and U.S. controlled airspace. Both sides stressed the excellent working relationship between the Miami Air Route Traffic [...]	2009-11-19 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA703	FEISTY LITTLE MISSIONS DENT CUBA'S RECORD OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 17:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA704	CUBA UNLEASHES MOB ON BLOGGERS [...] (SBU) Cuban blogger Reinaldo Escobar was attacked by a pro-government mob on November 20, 2009. Escobar had challenged the state security agents who beat his blogger wife Yoani Sanchez to meet in the same spot where she was picked up and roughed-up on November 6 (Ref A). Escobar was answerin [...]	2009-11-23 18:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA705	16 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter KNIGHT ISLAND to Cuban authorities on November 14 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and [...]	2009-11-23 18:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA706	FEISTY LITTLE MISSIONS DENT CUBAâ€™S RECORD OF [...] (C) Summary. The Cuban Government has been able to stonewall its independent civil society from foreign visitors who have, for the large part, been all too ready to give in to Cuban bullying and give up on these encounters. A series of recent visits has shown the different approaches that foreign g [...]	2009-11-24 13:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA709	14 NOVEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS [...] USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the U.S.Coast Guard cutter Knight Island to Cuban authorities on November 14 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrant. USINT officer briefed the returnees and p [...]	2009-11-27 17:17:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
09HAVANA714	MINREX RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON POSADA CARRILES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the request of the Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),Chief of Mission Farrar met with Josefina Vidal Ferreriro, director of Cuba's North America Office on November 30 to recieve word of the approval of two Cuban nationals asked to testify in the federal criminal case of [...]	2009-11-30 21:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG CASC PGOV PREL CU ASEC
09HAVANA721	MILITARY EXERCISES FAIL TO ROUSE CUBANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 11:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PM PREL
09HAVANA722	CUBA: CIVIL SOCIETY FULLY IN FAVOR OF IMPROVING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 11:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA723	CUBA: CIVIL SOCIETY FULLY IN FAVOR OF IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary. There is widespread consensus among Cuban civil society that improving relations between the United States and the GOC will strengthen the cause of freedom in Cuba. While skeptical that the GOC is capable of leading the process, civil society leaders urged U.S. policy makers to [...]	2009-12-04 13:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA726	SPAIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIALOGUE WITH CUBA [...] (C) COM met December 2 with Spanish ambassador to Cuba Manuel Cacho at the latter,s request to discuss Spain,s plans vis--vis Cuba during Spain,s EU Presidency and the upcoming meeting between the Secretary and Spanish FM Moratinos. P/E Counselor separately met December 3 with his Spanish counterpa [...]	2009-12-05 16:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA732	WHY ALL THE FUSS ABOUT THE "CUBAN FIVE"? [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA735	GOC DOES NOT BLAME WASHINGTON FOR DELAY IN [...] (C) On the margins of a December 8 meeting at Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX),Director of the North America Office Josefina Vidal took pains to correct two recent media reports on bilateral relations. Vidal had presented COM Farrar a diplomatic note protesting the U.S. Coast Gua [...]	2009-12-10 18:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG PGOV CU
09HAVANA736	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY TURNS VIOLENT IN HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Human Rights Day turned violent in Havana as State-organized mobs attacked separate marches by the Damas de Blanco and by supporters of Dr. Darsi Ferrer. While the Damas were generally insulated from physical assault by state security agents surrounding them, Ferrer's supporters w [...]	2009-12-10 22:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID SMIG CU
09HAVANA738	WHY ALL THE FUSS ABOUT THE "CUBAN FIVE"? [...] (SBU) Despite mammoth efforts by the GOC in pressing the case of the five Cuban and Cuban-American spies in U.S. jails, most Cubans don't really know or even care about their fate. The spies' value to the GOC is mostly for propaganda and, domestically at least, it has not returned the huge in [...]	2009-12-14 17:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA739	STRIDENT GOC PROTEST OF USINT AND OTHER MISSIONS, OBSERVATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENTS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry (MINREX) summoned COM on December 12 to protest USINT observation of Human Rights Day activities in Havana. The meeting was the latest of several recent GOC efforts to put the USG on the defensive in our bilateral relationship. COM gave a low-key but firm response to M [...]	2009-12-14 20:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CASC CU
09HAVANA753	CUBA - MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] GENERAL ASSESSMENT: The Government of Cuba (GOC) made no significant changes to its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) policy in 2009, nor did it publicly report any significant arrests, seizures or prosecutions. One minor regulatory change gave the GOC even mor [...]	2009-12-18 12:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR CU
09HAVANA755	CUBAN BORDER GUARD'S FEATHERS RUFFLED BY USCG [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a 10 December 2009 meeting with the Cuban Ministry of Interior's (MININT) International Relations Directorate (DRIC) and Border Guard (CBG). The [...]	2009-12-18 18:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA761	CUBA ENDS SCHEME TO TRADE IN CLUNKERS [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) reportedly froze a scheme this month in which certain Cubans could obtain authorization to import a personal vehicle. This luxury was only available to Cubans who already owned a vehicle and had permission to travel abroad for business-related purposes. [...]	2009-12-21 20:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM CU
09HAVANA763	CUBA PASSES UP YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO UNVEIL [...] (C) Summary: Even with expectations already below sea level, the National Assembly session that wrapped up on December 20 was a considerable disappointment. In the absence of a Communist Party Congress, or even a Conference, some had hoped that the GOC would take advantage of the legislative [...]	2009-12-21 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU
09HAVANA768	GOC GRANTS ACCESS TO ALAN PHILIP GROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) called in COM and CG on December 24 to inform the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) that access to arrested Amcit Philip Alan Gross had been granted for Monday, December 28. The Government of Cuba's (GOC) response to other outstanding [...]	2009-12-24 19:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA77	DUELING STATEMENTS BY SENIOR CUBANS: "GOOD COP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A "Reflexiones" piece by Fidel Castro critical of President Obama on January 29 followed by more laudatory statements by National Assembly president Ricardo Alarcon two days later have gotten the local rumor mill spun up again. The now extended travel of Raul Castro to Russia, An [...]	2009-02-05 12:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CU
09HAVANA772	FIRST CONSULAR VISIT TO ALAN PHILIP GROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Consul General Martha Melzow visited arrested Amcit Philip Alan Gross on Monday, December 28 at Villa Marista. Although Gross was arrested on December 3, consular access was not granted by the GOC until December 24. Gross told Congen that he is charged with contraband. He appear [...]	2009-12-28 20:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA78	CUBAN LAND REFORM? [...] (SBU) Cuba's Agriculture Ministry has reportedly approved 45,518 applications to lease idle land to private farmers, cooperatives, and state farms. The announcement, reported on February 2 by the official Communist Party newspaper Granma, is the most significant step to date in what some int [...]	2009-02-05 16:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA80	OPPOSITION GROUPS JOSTLE FOR POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leaders are beginning to stir after months of relative inactivity. As they attempt to organize their supporters, splits among them, and between the opposition on the island and the Cuban exile community are becoming more evident. The issue of the management of Radio [...]	2009-02-06 15:08:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CU
09HAVANA86	JAPAN SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON CUBA [...] (C) Japanese Ambassador Akira Takamatsu invited the COM to lunch on February 9, COM's first day in Havana following consultations. Takamatsu's main discussion point was to urge the USG to pursue a policy of "engagement" with the GOC, which he said Japan believed would be in the interest of the [...]	2009-02-10 21:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU JA
09HAVANA87	NEW SWISS AMBASSADOR RECEIVES INTRODUCTION TO [...] (C) Newly-arrived Swiss ambassador Peter Burkhard requested to meet with Chief of Mission (COM) on February 10 to share impressions from his initial contacts with the GOC. Burkhard said he had been surprised that his meeting with Vice President Almeida during his presentation of credentials c [...]	2009-02-11 20:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SZ
09HAVANA88	REFLECTIONS FROM THE EU ON PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) During a February 10 lunch with six other chiefs of mission, talk of the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of Cuba segued into a discussion of the EU's efforts to promote human rights in Cuba. The EU's decision in June 2008 to change its Common Position on Cuba has led [...]	2009-02-11 20:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EC
10HAVANA107	CUBA BUTTONED DOWN FOLLOWING DEATH OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The situation in Cuba is quiet following the February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo from a prolonged hunger strike. Several sources reported that up to 50 Zapata supporters had either been detained or prevented from leaving their homes, all in central and [...]	2010-02-24 18:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU
10HAVANA109	USINT HAVANA'S ANSWER TO TIP REPORT QUESTIONS THIS [...] (SBU)Per Reftel, USINT Havana submits the following information for inclusion in the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Cuba section. ------------------- REPORTING QUESTIONS ------------------- 25. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of [...]	2010-02-25 20:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HAVANA11	CLIMATE CHANGE PROVIDES GOC WITH MUCH NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) used the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to distract attention from problems within Cuba and ferociously vent against the United States and, in particular, President Obama. While some elements within the GOC are legitimately concerned about the e [...]	2010-01-07 18:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV ECON PREL CU
10HAVANA110	CUBAN OPPOSITION SHOCKED AND ENERGIZED BY DEATH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo has both shocked and energized the Cuban opposition, but has not provoked large scale political unrest in Cuba or resonated deeply within Cuban society at large. State security forces have been active, resorting to [...]	2010-02-26 19:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CU
10HAVANA26	CUBA STILL IN THE DARK ABOUT PASSENGER SCREENING, [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission and Pol-Econ Chief met on January 11 with Cuban Foreign Ministry officials to deliver points per Reftel A on the new regulations on passenger screening. The officials, including North America Division Director Josefina Vidal, said that this was the first official informa [...]	2010-01-11 19:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR PGOV CU
10HAVANA42	CUBAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI POST EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuban assistance to Haiti after the earthquake consists primarily of mobilizing doctors and nurses already in country, supplemented by teams of Cuban doctors who specialize in emergency medical assistance. Cuba is also transporting Haitian doctors who studied in Cuba and Hait [...]	2010-01-20 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PREL CU HA
10HAVANA56	HAVANA SECURE VOICE ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 19:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	ACOA AMGT AMTC ASEC
10HAVANA72	28 JANUARY REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT [...] USINT officer transferred 16 Cubans from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne to Cuban authorities on January 28 without incident. 2. The cutter docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and p [...]	2010-02-03 14:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU
10HAVANA8	CUBA AGHAST ABOUT LANDING IN FLIGHT SCREENING LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Cuba (GOC) complained about reports that it had been included on the list of countries whose nationals would require additional screening before flying to the United States. Moreover, the GOC said that it was in the dark about the extent and application of th [...]	2010-01-06 17:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR PGOV CU
10HAVANA84	KEY TRADING PARTNERS SEE NO BIG ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little prospect of economic reform in 2010 despite an economic crisis that is expected to get even worse for Cuba in the next few years, according to key commercial specialists, economic officers and Cuba-watchers in Havana. Promised structural reforms remain on hold while the [...]	2010-02-09 18:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
10HAVANA85	GOC REJECTS OFFICIAL EXCHANGES;SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 15, 2010 meeting with USINT representatives, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representatives emphatically declined to support USG-funded exchange programs. USINT subsequently learned that students and professors were being threatened by University of Havan [...]	2010-02-10 16:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU PHUM PREL
10HAVANA9	U.S.- CUBA CHILL EXAGGERATED, BUT OLD WAYS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Over the course of the last month the tone coming out of Havana seems a regression to the hostile language that kept U.S. - Cuba relations on ice for much of the last 50 years. The U.S. press is playing it that way, and both U.S. and Cuban observers are publicly throwing their [...]	2010-01-06 20:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV SMIG CU
87HAVANA746	CASTRO ON ARTISTIC FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	1987-03-06 21:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PHUM UNHRC
88HAVANA6766	CUBA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] CUBA. - 2. TERRORISM SUPPORT: THE SIX-MAN PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) REPRESENTATION IS ACCORDED FULL DIP- LOMATIC STATUS AND PRIVILEGES IN HAVANA. ITS SENIOR MEMBER, IMAD JADA'A, WHO HAS BEEN POSTED TO HAVANA SINCE MARCH 1985, IS TREATED AS AN AMBASSADOR. AS REPORTED EARL [...]	1988-12-02 14:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CU
89HAVANA6412	CASTRO PROJECTING IMAGE OF OPTIMISM [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: A RECURRING THEME IN FIDEL CASTRO'S SPEECHES SINCE THE END OF THE OCHOA/ABRANTES SCANDALS LAST SUMMER HAS BEEN THAT THE TRAUMA HAS STRENGTHENED THE GOC RATHER THAN WEAKENED IT. KEEPING A HEAVY SCHEDULE OF VISITS TO CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL [...]	1989-10-06 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU
90HAVANA257	CASTRO'S CREED "SOCIALISM OR DEATH" [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WITH THE FALL OF EACH EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNIST LEADER CASTRO'S DEFENSE OF SOCIALISM HAS SEEMED TO BECOME MORE RIGID. SHORTLY BEFORE EACH COMMUNIST HEAD LEFT OFFICE, CASTRO MADE AN OFFICIAL GESTURE INDICATING SOME MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS REGIME. IN R [...]	1990-01-16 16:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU
90HAVANA6415	ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THIS CABLE RESPONDS TO THE QUESTIONS RAISED IN REFTEL. 2. DESCRIBE ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THE ONLY OSTENSIBLE PROSECUTION OF TERRORIST ACTS IN 1990 WAS THE JULY 16 TRIAL OF 11 MEMBERS OF A GROUP [...]	1990-10-25 21:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CU
92HAVANA781	SPAIN AND CASTRO [...] (C) USINT APPRECIATES EMBASSY MADRID'S EXCELLENT REPORT ON SPAIN'S GROWING DISENCHANTMENT WITH FIDEL CASTRO. WE FOLLOW THE SPANISH-CUBAN RELATIONSHIP AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN FROM HAVANA, AND OUR INFORMATION TRACKS WELL WITH THAT IN REFTEL. WE OFFER A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS FROM THE HAVANA PERSPEC [...]	1992-02-07 20:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU SP

93HAVANA6938	CUBA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN CUBA FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM IN EUROPE HAS IMPOSED LIMITS ON CUBAN CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT TERRORISM ON ANYTHING LIKE PAST LEVELS. POST IS NOT AWARE OF NEW EVIDENCE IN 1993 OF CUBAN MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR ARMED INSURGENCIES. NEVERTHELE [...]	1993-11-23 22:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CU
94HAVANA2542	RUMORS OF CASTRO'S ILL HEALTH -- UPDATE [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE STATUS OF THE RUMORS REGARDING CASTRO'S HEALTH: THE RUMOR HAS SPREAD TO MUCH OF THE HAVANA POPULATION AND COMES IN TWO VARIATIONS: THAT CASTRO HAS AN ISCHEMIA OF THE BRAIN AND THE OTHER, THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT ON BY AN ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. ONE VERSION [...]	1994-04-20 21:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
94HAVANA3027	CASTRO'S HEALTH RUMORS -- FURTHER RUMINATIONS [...] CONFIDENTLAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FIDEL CASTRO'S RECENT TRIPS TO BARBADOS AND SOUTH AFRICA, AS WELL AS HIS APPEARANCES DURING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE DIALOGUE WITH THE EXILE COMMUNITY, BOTH OF WHICH WERE TELEVISED, GIVE THE LIE TO RUMORS THAT HE IS SUFFERING FROM SOME GRAVE ILLNESS. [...]	1994-05-12 19:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
94HAVANA5167	BEHIND CASTRO'S THREATS [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WHY THE CHANGE IN GOC ATTITUDE TOWARD MASSIVE EMIGRATION? FOR YEARS NOW, MOST OBSERVERS HAD JUDGED THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT AS UNLIKELY TO STAGE ANOTHER MARIEL OR TO OPEN ITS SHORES TO FREE EMIGRATION FOR FEAR OF UNLEASHING A SITUATION WHICH IT COULD NOT CON [...]	1994-08-06 19:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV CU
94HAVANA7901	CUBA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] AS REQUESTED, BELOW ARE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS LISTED IN REFTEL PARA 3: (A) POST IS NOT AWARE OF ANY PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT DURING 1994. THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITTED DIPLOMATIC NOTES TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN FEBRUARY [...]	1994-11-29 21:38:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CU
96HAVANA5288	FIDEL CASTRO TURNS 70 [...] CLASSIFIED BY MICHAEL G. KOZAK, PRINCIPAL OFFICER REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: FIDEL CASTR0 CELEBRATED HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY AUGUST 13 AMID CHILDREN AND T0P REGIME OFFICIALS IN A PARK FACILITY OUTSIDE HAVANA. DESPITE CASTROS DENIALS OF A CULT OF PERSONALITY, THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLE [...]	1996-08-16 13:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
97HAVANA4970	CASTRO: STILL NOT DEAD AND LOVING IT [...] (C) IN AN EFFORT TO DEFINITIVELY LAY TO REST RECENT RUMORS ABOUT THE DEATH OF FIDEL CASTRO, USINT OFFERS SOME ITEMS THAT MAY HELP DISPEL THE ALLEGATIONS. CONG. CAMPBELL: FIDEL CASTRO APPEARED FIT ------------------------------------------ 2. (C) FIDEL CASTRO WAS PRESENT FOR SOME TW [...]	1997-08-29 21:17:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
99HAVANA75	CASTRO SPEAKS ON REVOLUTION'S 40TH BIRTHDAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A RELATIVELY SHORT JANUARY 1 SPEECH, FIDEL CASTRO RECALLED THE HEROIC MOMENTS OF HIS REVOLUTIONS TRIUMPH 40 YEARS AGO AND WARNED OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HE SAID WAS INEVITABLE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, CASTRO SPOKE TO CUBAS YOUTH, TELLING THEM THAT CUBAS REVOLUTION "HA [...]	1999-01-07 17:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CU

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