[NYTr] Cuban Radar Newsbriefs - Nov 22, 2007
 
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:19:43 -0600 (CST)

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Progreso Weekly - Nov 22, 2007
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Cuban Radar Newsbriefs - November 22, 2007
A Service by the Radio Progreso Alternativa Havana Bureau

* Elections slated for January 20
* A call to boycott elections
* Army engineers work at areas damaged by Noel
* New holidays

* Elections slated for January 20

A government decree signed by acting president RaC:l Castro calls for
the election of members of the Provincial Assemblies and
representatives (delegates) to the National Assembly of Popular Power
(Cuban parliament), to be held on January 20, 2008.

The announcement has raised questions as to whether Fidel Castro will
be nominated, for his election as member of the National Assembly is
essential to his subsequent election as President.

* A call to boycott elections

The opposition group Todos Unidos (All United), led by Vladimiro Roca,
sent a communiquC) to foreign correspondents in Cuba calling for a
boycott of the coming elections for members of the Provincial and
National Assemblies of Popular Power scheduled for early 2008. 

Todos Unidos pledges its support to the binitiatives of civil society
groups that are calling for peaceful protests against the alleged
elections by annulment of the ballots, abstention or other means."

Last September Cubans flocked to the polls and elected members of the
countrybs 169 municipal assemblies. According to a report by the
National Election Council, over 96 percent of registered voters
exercised their right to vote.

* Army engineers work at areas damaged by Noel

In areas of the eastern province of Granma, which were ravaged by the
fury of Storm Noel, two units of the Revolutionary Armed Forcesb Corps
of Engineers are in full swing.

Their main mission is to open up roads that were washed away or blocked
by falling rocks, as well as the repairing of damaged highways, drains
and bridges.

Heading the units is Colonel Miguel Avalle who told the press that
forces under his command will repair over a hundred kilometers of roads
in the province.

* New holidays

The official daily Granma reported on Monday, November 19, that a
decree signed by acting president RaC:l Castro has declared December 31
and January 2 as public holidays.

According to the decree, basic services and other works vital to the
economy, such as the sugar harvest and services to tourism, will be
exempted. 

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