Reply #1: So what'll Bush do next with the silent complicity of the Dems? [View All]

[Osolomia]

Hint, hint:

Leading dissidents ask Cuba to expand citizens' civil rights
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press Writer
February 10, 2004

A leading dissident group on Tuesday unveiled a list of proposals it plans to submit to local government representatives in favor of free speech, private business ownership and the formation of labor unions.

The proposals include that Cubans be allowed to come and go from the island without restrictions, buy and sell cars and houses, run their own businesses, form unions, subscribe to the Internet and buy cable television.

The 36-page document was announced by Vladimiro Roca, a former military pilot who broke with the socialist government more than a decade ago and began calling for a Western-style democracy.

The initiative represents one of numerous proposals that have been presented over the years by opposition groups.

"The intention is to mobilize people using the (government) mechanisms that they have available to them," said Roca, who plans to submit the proposals to the local district representative, the lowest level of government. The idea is that eventually the proposals would reach the highest level, the National Assembly.

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http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040210/API/402100936

No, Roca isn't financed by CANF or the US government is he?