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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:11 AM Mar 2012

Cuba to Launch First Website on National Defense

Havana, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) The first Cuban website on national defense will be launched on March 13, to provide specialized, unpublished and updated information on the work of the country''s Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).

Web surfers could also learn more on the defense concept and the political-military history of Cuba, at www.cubadefensa.cu.

Until now, any person interested in learning about the FAR or Cuban defense, whether Cuban or foreigner, had no website with that information, said Colonel Jorge Galvan, director of Verde Olivo publishing house.

Galvan talked of the need to develop a website to show the truth about the country, the conception of struggle and preparation, not only of the FAR but also of the people, in order to counter international media that try to discredit Cuba's image in the world, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported.

http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=486600&Itemid=1

Image gallery included : http://www.cubadefensa.cu/

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Cuba to Launch First Website on National Defense (Original Post) dipsydoodle Mar 2012 OP

how quaint, their very own FARC, not very original though. nt Bacchus4.0 Mar 2012 #1

They've been open enough that over 10 years ago, they were allowing retired U.S. military officers Judi Lynn Mar 2012 #2

Keep trying the images dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #3

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)

1. how quaint, their very own FARC, not very original though. nt

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:10 PM

Mar 2012

Judi Lynn

(160,609 posts)

2. They've been open enough that over 10 years ago, they were allowing retired U.S. military officers

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 03:52 PM

Mar 2012

of high rank to investigate their military facilities. I read all about it when I started researching Cuba in 2000.

Very interesting learning men who held high office in the US military had closely inspected their military workings, in person, many times, and written reports on it long ago, not one of them negative.

Very good information to see. Thank you.

(I couldn't get the link to the Image gallery to work. Must have been taken down momentarily.)

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

3. Keep trying the images

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 04:21 PM

Mar 2012

some great old B & W's there. I can't even get into the main site at present.

Just found the Yahoo link to the subject too ; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/message/131423

Its not due to open until tomorrow - maybe we fluked it earlier while they were working on it.

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