This is an excerpt from the research on the Havana-Berlin connection.
By Jorge L. García Vázquez
The Cuban State Security Service has been known to use repressive methods against members of the opposition movement.
The Castro regime remains in power due to its aggressive, repressive apparatus: a political police force that harasses, imprisons, mistreats, and physically and psychologically tortures the opposition movement, while constantly intimidating its members.
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In addition to the political and economic factors prevailing in the 1980s, one of the fundamental causes that accelerated the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of the communist dictatorship in East Germany was the State Security’s reaction to the situation that arose in the wake of the popular protests.
The GDR’s political police were unprepared to disperse the demonstrations and unable to halt the activities of opposition and Protestant church groups using political and operational measures. These actions were asymmetrical and spontaneous. The Socialist Party and its shield and sword, the Stasi, began to crumble. The repressive machinery ceased to function effectively.
The Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) appear to have learned from the mistakes of their former ally, as well as from nearly 30 years of cooperation.
The Cuban political police are attempting to stifle and liquidate the Cuban opposition psychologically and economically to prevent a chain reaction of events that could lead to mass protests.
I believe the MININT is preparing for a transition or an operational situation similar to Berlin in 1989, adjusting its structures and financial resources accordingly.
A 1974 Stasi document, handed over to MININT, outlines the methodology and provides recommendations to MININT. The document details methods for dismantling dissident and opposition groups through harassment, psychological terror, and operational measures.
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