[NYTr] US-Sponsored Provocations Against Cuba for Human Rights Day

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Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN)
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Washington Backs Provocations Against Cuban Dignity

Havana, Dec 11 (acn) The US government sponsored new provocations 
against the dignity of the Cuban people at events occurring on Sunday 
and Monday in two downtown locations in Havana.

A group of women known for their close ties to the US Interests Section 
in Havana carried out a protest along the Fifth Avenue promenade in 
front of the Santa Rita de Casia Church on Sunday, with the support of 
foreigners with tourist visas that came specifically to take part in 
the protest, reports Granma newspaper.

On Monday, a smaller group orchestrated a similar provocation in the 
Villalon Park in the Vedado neighborhood in front of the Amadeo Roldan 
Theater.

On both occasions, workers, students and nearby residents, armed with 
the humanist and ethical principles that unite revolutionaries, 
verbally confronted the protesters.

Behind the incidents was the pretext of celebrating International Human 
Rights Day to step up the subversive activity against Cuba promoted by 
the Bush administration, which is completely committed to the
anti-Cuba Mafia in southern Florida and its diplomatic representatives 
in Havana.

Throughout the year, officials at the US Interests Section have held 
more than 300 contacts of diverse types with locals on the payroll of 
the highly publicized White House objective to destroy the Cuban 
revolution.

In recent weeks, and by diverse means, including illegal radio 
broadcasts and Internet sites designed specifically to undermine Cuban 
society, statements and calls to turn International Human Rights Day on 
December 10 into a distorted publicity stunt were issued: hoping to 
show the world an image of a supposedly active internal opposition.

The serenity, firmness and civic nature of the Cuban people impeded the 
provocations from succeeding and both events, with few participants, 
petered out. The goal of the mercenaries, many of whom have criminal 
records, is to obtain favors that will facilitate their emigration to 
the United States.

Hours after the last incident, the close ties between Washington and 
its lackeys on the island was clearly revealed. Around 60 of the 
protesters were invited to the house of US Interests Section officials 
on the corner of 7th Avenue and 24th Street in the Miramar district. 
They were then taken to the home of the head of the Interests Section, 
Michael Parmly, who honored them for their services and encouraged them 
to persevere, backed by a new budget of US $45.7 million --recently 
approved by the US Congress-- that will guarantee the salaries of the 
mercenaries.