JOURNALISM OF THE CUBAN REALITY IN THE EASTERN ZONE

They restrict celebration of the aquatic carnival in Santiago of Cuba

SANTIAGO OF CUBA, July 14, the 2008 (Juan Carlos Hernandez www.miamiprogressive.com) santiaguero aquatic carnival was celebrated east Sunday 13 of July, under iron restrictions and excessive safety measures.  The Government of the province suspended the traditional parade of the boats, that engalanadas by their proprietors, cross the santiaguera bay every year, between the Socapa, Ciudamar and Fat Punta; and thus to give beginning to the festivals of the next carnival of Santiago of Cuba.

The celebration before confined to a small spectacle the located Unit of Border post the own santiaguera bay, under a great police unfolding and agents of the Security of the State.

The speculations are many, but the certain thing is that the authorities feared that the activity for the commemoration took advantage the collapse of tugboat 13 of March. Some opponents and activists of human rights catalogued the measurement paradoxicalally, caused malaise in the population and woke up the popular curiosity to know more the faith is and their relation with the victims that, so prophetic day, of the collapse of the tugboat, where so many people died innocent.

As preventive measure and fright were mentioned for 8 Sunday to A.M. in the Unit of Confrontation before Captain “Eriko�, of the Security of the State.

1. - Eugene Frank Chércoles. Provincial coordinator of the project of Independent Libraries.

2. - René Domínguez Palmero. President of Movement 30 of November.

3. - Meinardo Fonseca Calderín. Activist of the Party of the Town.

4. - Thorny Guillermo Rodriguez. Independent journalist.

The activists when they attended the appointment, in the morning maintained them retained from the 8 to the 7 and 25 of afternoon, in which they were released under threats and an official warning was written up to him.