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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (32310)	6/14/2002 8:41:10 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I see our "Agrarian Reformer" in Cuba has answered Jimmy Carter's calls for more freedom in his country. Castro Answers Calls for Reforms By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 5:06 a.m. ET HAVANA (AP) HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro announced a drive to collect signatures in support of a constitutional amendment that would declare his 41-year-old socialist system ``untouchable.'' Opponents say the four-day petition drive is a clear response to a homegrown campaign that has been pushing for a referendum to demand democratic reforms in Cuba. In a live appearance on state-run television Thursday, Castro said over 120,000 petition stations will be set up around the island -- more than one for every 100 citizens -- for a signature-gathering campaign starting Saturday. ``No compatriot will be denied the opportunity'' to back the amendment, said Castro, who established the socialist system in Cuba two years after he came to power in a 1959 revolution. Opposition activists say the petition drive is the government's response to their own signature campaign for a referendum in which voters would be asked whether they favor civil liberties including freedom of speech and assembly, the right to own a business, electoral reform and amnesty for political prisoners. ``It's sad that the government keeps feeding the image of popular support,'' veteran human rights activist Elizardo Sanchez said of Castro's announcement. more at: nytimes.com

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