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- From el diario/La Prensa 12/21/92
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- Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
- a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.
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- Cuba Elects Provincial Representatives
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- The National Electoral Commission said on Dec. 20 that at
- least 75% of the 7 million people of voting age in Cuba voted in
- the regional elections for delegates to the municipal assemblies.
- Nearly 14,000 delegates were elected from among 28,000 aspirants.
- They will represent 169 municipalities. Fidel Castro said he was
- satisified with the way the elections were carried out. According
- to Castro the new elections kindled the interest and attraction
- of the population even in the difficult times the country is
- experiencing. (edlp 12/21/92 from NOTIMEX-EFE)
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- Former Cuban Major Removes Family from Cuba
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- A Cuban Air Force Commander who left Cuba two years ago in
- his Mig-23 jet and took up residence in Florida returned to Cuba
- on Dec. 19 to retrieve his wife and children. Orestes Lorenzo
- Perez landed a small private Cessna 310 on a highway near
- Varadero in Havana, where his wife and children awaited him, then
- took them to Miami. (edlp 12/21/92 from AFP) Lorenzo said he had
- to get them in this manner because numerous legal efforts to have
- them join him in the US were unsuccessful. The airplane was
- loaned to Lorenzo by the Valladares Foundation*. (edlp 12/21/92
- from EFE)
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- [*We have no futher information as yet on the Valladares
- Foundation. -- NY Transfer]
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