Raul's Paranoid Insecurity

at 12:01 AM Thursday, June 23, 2011

How weak, paranoid and insecure must Cuban dictator Raul Castro be that he feels directly threatened by these two peaceful, defenseless, Afro-Cuban, female, pro-democracy activists?

Or conversely -- how powerful is the moral authority of these peaceful, defenseless, Afro-Cuban, female, pro-democracy activists that they threaten Raul Castro's absolutism?

Either way -- it doesn't bode well for Castro's dictatorship.

From Spain's El Mundo:

According to opposition member Sonia Garro, intelligence officials have informed her that a criminal case may be opened against her and the six other women who repeatedly organize peaceful protest marches on the streets of Havana.

Garro said that one of the interrogators, who are agents of State Security, told her that "President Raul Castro himself wants to know who is the woman who is organizing these street protests. Perhaps we will not imprison all seven, but for certain the leader or leaders will go to prison."

Just like the rest of the group, Sonia is a member of the Ladies of Support for the Ladies in White. In addition, she is part of an independent Afro-Cuban organization led by Mercedes Fresneda, another person threatened by the authorities with criminal charges for continuing their anti-government protests.