Cuban academic Calls for "Participatory Democracy" in Cuba
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Havana, Aug.17.─ Cuban academic Camila Piñeira, daughter of the late guerilla commander Manuel "Red Beard" Pineiro, on Wednesday called for "participatory democracy" on the island, while basing this on the economic reforms of President Raul Castro, reports AFP.
"If the changes are concentrated only on 'improving the economy', not only will we fail to achieve the objective of improving the material conditions of the Cuban population, but the social cohesion that has sustained the revolution will be affected," said Pineira, who is also the daughter of the Chilean leftist theoretical Marta Harnecker.
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