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Cubans Overwhelmingly Back Socialism |
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by zeuss
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18 Jun 2002
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HAVANA -- A petition to declare Cuba's socialist system ``untouchable'' has been signed by nearly 95 percent of Cubans of voting age, officials said Sunday |
The signature campaign, running from Saturday morning through noon Tuesday, is being carried out at more than 120,000 stations around the country.
By the end of Saturday, 69.6 percent of Cubans age 16 or older had signed, ``passing all'' forecasts, Pedro Ross Leal, head of the Confederation of Cuban Workers, told state radio stations Sunday. The legal voting age here is 16.
Fidel Castro was the first to sign on Saturday and estimated that at least 7 million of Cuba's 11 million citizens would follow in support of the petition for a constitutional amendment declaring the nation's economic, political and social system will not be changed. That figure roughly matches the number of people of voting age. |
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Rock on! |
by common man
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18 Jun 2002
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WAKE UP USA! |
