Posted on 11/21/2001 2:56:57 AM PST by backhoe
Here are some figures:
executed | 18,000 |
extrajudicial assassinations | 1,000 |
disappeared | 250 |
died in prison for lack of medical attention | 50 |
murdered in prison by guards (brutality) | 500 |
extrajudicial assassinations of women, for different causes | 150 |
Sub-total for extrajudicial killings | 20,400 |
political prisoners who reportedly committed suicide in prison | 200 |
died at sea attempting to flee "balseros" - estimate based on Coast Guard estimates of casualties | 83,000 |
Cubans killed in "internationalist-solidarity" wars in Africa | 10,000 |
Total | 113,600 |
The above numbers don't include deaths caused by Batista regime, documented by Armando Lago at 2,500, of which 2,200 are deaths in military battles in the Sierra Maestra, mostly soldiers, and 300 were murdered by Batista security forces.To put these numbers into some context, note that all deaths reported during the entire Pinochet regime in Chile totaled no more than 3,100, a figure which includes the disappeared.
Nota Bene: Following the journalistic code of reporting by the Voice of America (VOA), two independent sources are used to confirm report of incident.
Photo credit: Juan Clark, Ph.D. Cuba: Exodus, Living Conditions and Human Rights.
Lest we forget, this list is a few years old, you can increase it by the number of deaths in the Straits (The Killing Waters), by the number of deaths in the Tugboat 13 de Marzo Massacre, and the murdered Brothers to the Rescue pilots.
Luis
6 Posted on 07/31/2001 14:42:21 PDT by Luis Gonzalez --------------------------------------------
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#212 | rightymouse 2/8/2006 02:01PM PST |
LGF'ers - pay attention now. Iran is in bed with Castro and vice versa. Cuba is not far from our shores and Iran is too far away for a first strike. Do we have a 2nd potential Cuban Missile crisis on our hands except now it's Iran supplying weapons and not Russian? Please, please read this! |
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