Petition Seeks Changes in Socialist System
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In a challenge to Fidel Castro’s 43-year-old rule, activists delivered more than 11,020 signatures to the National Assembly, demanding a referendum for broad changes in Cuba’s socialist system less than two days before a visit by former U.S. President Carter.
The signature-gathering campaign pushes for reforms in Cuba’s one-party system.
“In Cuba, change for all rights will only be achieved if the majority of Cubans decide to conquer them peacefully,” campaign coordinator Oswaldo Paya said.
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