Carlos Rios attends the Assembly for the Promotion of Civil Society, Friday, May 20, 2005 in Havana. With shouts of 'Libertad!' _ 'Freedom!'_ and the singing of the Cuban national anthem, more than 200 people on Friday opened a rare opposition assembly in communist Cuba, uninterrupted by authorities after the expulsion of European lawmakers, journalists and others who planned to attend. Sign in the background reads 'The mother country is for all'. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey)
People shout 'Liberty' at the front entrance to an opposition rally in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 20, 2005. Several years in the planning, the general meeting of the Assembly for the Promotion of Civil Society was aimed at bringing together diverse opposition groups to discuss promotion of a Western-style democracy in Cuba. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey)
Cubans watch the proceedings of the Assembly for the Promotion of Civil Society, near a smoke cloud caused by fumigation apparatuses, Friday, May 20, 2005 in Havana. With shouts of 'Libertad!' _ 'Freedom!'_ and the singing of the Cuban national anthem, more than 200 people on Friday opened a rare opposition assembly in communist Cuba, uninterrupted by authorities after the expulsion of European lawmakers, journalists and others who planned to attend. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey)
Stanislav Kasecky, left, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Havana, talks with lead event organizer Martha Beatriz Roque, right, during the Assembly for the Promotion of Civil Society, Friday, May 20, 2005 in Havana. With shouts of 'Libertad!' _ 'Freedom!'_ and the singing of the Cuban national anthem, more than 200 people on Friday opened a rare opposition assembly in communist Cuba, uninterrupted by authorities after the expulsion of European lawmakers, journalists and others who planned to attend. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey)
