Nuevos cables de wikileaks, más información :)

Pues eso, nuevos cables, nueva información. Cosas interesantísimas como lo que ocurría en Cuba con los médicos a 15 dólares/mes (incentivos: 0,50 cent al trienio) y más cosas, van a aparecer de nuevo!

Corrupción en Cuba.



¶3. (U) Bribes are a common means of getting around suffocating controls. For example, Cubans are only allowed to swap housing ("permutar") if both residences are of equal value. Money is not allowed to exchange hands in the transaction, but often does. If a Cuban mother swaps a small apartment for a large one in a trade that obviously involved compensation, she must also be prepared to pay a GOC housing official several hundred dollars to look the other way. An additional fee may be required to push the deal through in a timely fashion. As always, Cubans must tread carefully; accidentally propositioning a clean official - or worse, a strident revolutionary - could result in disaster.

¶4. (U) Block organizations (CDRs) have declined in prominence over the years (to the point where few Cubans have any interest in becoming CDR President), but still maintain control over the distribution of goods. On rare occasions, these goods are valuable. When televisions or refrigerators become available through the state system, CDR Officers are famous for giving preferential access to two groups: Those that maintain good revolutionary credentials... and those that can afford it.

¶5. (U) Bribes are also key to getting good jobs (good jobs being those with opportunities to "resolver"). For example, a job with access to a fuel tank (gas station or other outlet) reportedly costs thousands of dollars, while a job in tourism (with access to tips) might cost in the hundreds. An unemployed Cuban told P/E Officer that a job with elite state firm CIMEX (The Import-Export Corporation) would cost him up to 500 USD.

¶6. (U) Cuban police officers are famous for taking bribes. They pull drivers over for myriad transgressions, then describe their "sick child." An Italian tourist told P/E Officer that every time a police officer pulled him over, it was always the officer's "birthday." The police are so corrupt that the GOC regularly fills their ranks with unsullied recruits from the East. As time passes, the new crop becomes as corrupt as the old, and a fresh batch is brought in to replace them.

¶8. (U) Certain sectors, including shipping, tourism, construction and food are notorious for generalized theft and corruption. For example, there is a thriving black market in cement, paint and wood. Or as one Cuban commented (in response to Vice President Carlos Lage's 2005 promise to build 10,000 new housing units), "the GOC can't build anything because it is simply impossible to collect enough supplies in one place.

"El gobierno cubano no puede construir nada porque es simplemente imposible reunir suficientes recursos en un lugar" xD

The benefits of holding a position of power within the GOC can be lucrative. A Swiss businessman told P/E officer that Cuban managers take kickbacks for awarding large contracts to foreign companies and then deposit those kickbacks in banks abroad. "Just like everywhere in the world, a million dollar contract gets you 100,000 in the bank," he commented. These state managers are not so much members of the revolutionary elite, but rather pragmatists who have carved out a space for themselves within an otherwise rigid system. The former head of the Tourism Ministry might serve as an example - he was dismissed in 2004 due to "serious mistakes relating to control" and replaced with a military general.

Results of the National Survey regarding Resolutions 187 and
188 from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

1,552 Cuban workers were surveyed from the provinces of Pinar
del Rio, Havana, Havana City, Isle of Youth, Cienfuegos,
Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Holguin, Las Tunas, and Santiago,
with the aim of eliciting the true sentiments of our workers
regarding these Resolutions and other related issues. The
survey includes responses to nine questions. One of the 1552
was nullified because it was filled out incorrectly
(explaining why the numbers add up to 99.9 percent):

1) Q: Do you know about Resolutions 187 and 188 from the
Ministry of Labor?

A: Yes 28.6 percent
No 62.3 percent
Partially 8.9 percent

2) Q: Can public transportation be depended upon to get you
to work on time?

A: No 99.9 percent


3) Q: Do quality and efficiency of work correlate to the
salary paid where you work?

A: No 99.9 percent


4) Q: Are the economic needs of your family taken care of by
the salary you earn?

A: No 99.9 percent


5) Q: Do you agree with the idea of GOC-provided incentives,
in the form of additional payments in hard currency and
packages of personal grooming articles, in exchange for
political participation and support for the "Battle of Ideas?"

A: No 99.9 percent


6) Q: Does your boss use state-provided transportation or
other state property for his own personal use?

A: Yes 80.01 percent
No 19.98 percent


7) Q: Do you agree that a worker should be fired for
carrying out activities at the workplace in defense of labor
and human rights?

A: No 99.9 percent


Q: Do you believe that political activities and
mobilizations interfere with work?

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A: Yes 93.7 percent
No 6.2 percent


9) Q: What role should Cuban labor unions play with regard
to the Resolutions?

A: Support fully 0 percent
Seek changes 25.98 percent
Reject them 74.01 percent.

¶1. (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) used the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to distract attention from problems within Cuba and ferociously vent against the United States and, in particular, President Obama. While some elements within the GOC are legitimately concerned about the environment, the harsh and well orchestrated response was pure political posturing. Like the world financial crisis before it (ref A), climate change provides a perfect platform for the GOC to join its ALBA friends to decry capitalism and blame the West for all of the world’s ills. At the heart of Cuba’s complaints was not the substance of the Copenhagen Accord but rather the process, in particular the fact that Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia were not involved in the negotiations. Despite the circus-like treatment that Cuba’s mercurial leader afforded to climate issues, many in the GOC are actually serious about climate change. END SUMMARY.

Si me lo traduces lo leo, sino: nada.

Santiago Mercader escribió:Si me lo traduces lo leo, sino: nada.

¿No dicen que ahora es obligatorio tener un idioma para que te suelten el título de grado?

Yo tengo dos.

Santiago Mercader escribió:Yo tengo dos.

¿Aceptan el valenciano?

En España, al contrario que en Europa -vaya ironía- el catalán es un idioma de segunda. Vivimos en un país magnífico.

Roberto Ruiz-Gallardon escribió:Pues eso, nuevos cables, nueva información. Cosas interesantísimas como lo que ocurría en Cuba con los médicos a 15 dólares/mes (incentivos: 0,50 cent al trienio) y más cosas, van a aparecer de nuevo!

AAA en lo q puede decir de cuba, acreditas y lo que dice de los ianquis es todo mentira??? porq creo q ataco bastante más a los estados neoliberales que a los que se consideran de izquierdas!!

francisco bolivar escribió:

Roberto Ruiz-Gallardon escribió:Pues eso, nuevos cables, nueva información. Cosas interesantísimas como lo que ocurría en Cuba con los médicos a 15 dólares/mes (incentivos: 0,50 cent al trienio) y más cosas, van a aparecer de nuevo!

AAA en lo q puede decir de cuba, acreditas y lo que dice de los ianquis es todo mentira??? porq creo q ataco bastante más a los estados neoliberales que a los que se consideran de izquierdas!!

Acredito al 99 % lo que dice Wikileaks porque son documentos privados de persona a persona, por lo que el interés en mentir es mínimo por no decir insignificante.

Roberto Ruiz-Gallardon escribió:

francisco bolivar escribió:

Roberto Ruiz-Gallardon escribió:Pues eso, nuevos cables, nueva información. Cosas interesantísimas como lo que ocurría en Cuba con los médicos a 15 dólares/mes (incentivos: 0,50 cent al trienio) y más cosas, van a aparecer de nuevo!

AAA en lo q puede decir de cuba, acreditas y lo que dice de los ianquis es todo mentira??? porq creo q ataco bastante más a los estados neoliberales que a los que se consideran de izquierdas!!

Acredito al 99 % lo que dice Wikileaks porque son documentos privados de persona a persona, por lo que el interés en mentir es mínimo por no decir insignificante.

Recuerdo otra cosa, pero entonces porq no pones toda la mierda q saca de tus gobiernitos??? que es bastante más!!!!!

Porque eso les da igual, Bolívar. Te recuerdo que Wikileaks viene a hablar de todas las inhumanidades que hacen los países capitalistas con los subdesarrollados o en Oriente Próximo, cosa que Roberto y los capitalistas apoyan.

Es como echarme en cara a mí que Ramón Mercader metiese un piolet a Trostky... lo aplaudo, comparto, acepto y me enorgullezco.