POSSIBLE WORK STOPPAGES OR SLOW DOWNS DURING PAN AMERICAN GAMES AS ANTI-REGIME PROTESTS

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• Publication Date: August 3, 1991

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AMERICAN GAMES AS ANTI-REGIME PROTESTS
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03-Aug-1991 12:14:47
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AUGUST 1991 COUNTRY: CUBA SUBJ: POSSIBLE WORK STOPPAGES OR SLOW
DOWNS DURING PAN AMERICAN GAMES AS ANTI-REGIME PROTESTS
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SUBJ: POSSIBLE WORK STOPPAGES OR SLOW DOWNS DURING PAN
AMERICAN GAMES AS ANTI-REGIME PROTESTS
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TEXT: 1. AS OF LATE JULY 1991, MANY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MORON
IN CIEGO DE AVILA PROVINCE WERE DISCUSSING LIKELY WORK STOPPAGES OR
WORK SLOWDOWNS DURING THE AUGUST PAN AMERICAN GAMES TO PROTEST FIDEL
((CASTRO))'S MANAGEMENT OF THE COUNIIIY. MORON RE � S BELIEVED THE
ACTIONS WOULD BE TAKEN IN HAVANA AS WELL AS IN MORON AND OTHER CUBAN
CITIES. COMMENT: IT IS UNKNOWN WHICH WORK CENTERS WOULD BE
AFFECTED.) FEW, IF ANY, BELIEVED CIVILIANS WOULD STAGE SIGNIFICANT
PROTESTS AGAINST THE REGIME BECAUSE OF FEAR OF SECURITY REPRISALS.
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2. WHILE DISCONTENT WITH THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC CONDITION WAS
SPREADING IN NORTHERN CIEGO DE AVILA PROVINCE, THERE HAD BEEN NO
KNOWN ACTS OF SABOTAGE AGAINST THE REGIME THERE SINCE MARCH 1990 WHEN
SOME YOUTHS SET A BLAZE AT THE SUGAR REFINERY AT FALLA, ABOUT 12
KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF MORON. THE YOUTH WHO WAS THE RINGLEADER GOT
A SENTENCE OF THIRTY YEARS IN PRISON. IN GENERAL, YOUTHS WERE THE
MOST DISCONTENTED SECTOR OF SOCIETY. WHILE THE COMMITTEES FOR THE
DEFENSE OF THE REVOLUTION (CDR) WERE STILL FAIRLY ACTIVE IN MORON,
YOUTHS FOR THE MOST PART AVOIDED PARTICIPATING EXCEPT WHEN THEY COULD
NOT INVENT A DECENT EXCUSE TO ESCAPE "GUARD" DUTY. COMMENT:
THERE WERE NO KNOWN GROUPS FORMING IN THE AREA TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST
THE REGIME.) DISCONTENTED LOCALS SAW NO OPPOSITION LEADER TO FOLLOW
AND HAD NO WEAPONS WITH WHICH TO REBEL. THE MOST FRUSTRATED INSTEAD
CONSIDERED FLEEING CUBA BY SEA.
3. RESIDENTS OF MORON WERE NOTING A
REDUCTION IN FOOD AVAILABILITY. SUCH BASICS AS RICE AND SUGAR WERE
ARRIVING AT MARKETS TOO SELDOM FOR LOCALS TO EVEN OBTAIN WHAT THEY
WERE AFFORDED BY THE "LIBRETA" QUOTA. SOAP AND COOKING OIL WERE
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.
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