Reports about pressure and threats in educational environments have circulated online in recent days.
MIAMI, United States. – The project Cuban repressors of the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba, included in its list of “white collar repressors” two individuals linked to the educational sector in Camagüey and Granma, in a context of political tension and militarization that worsened after the United States military operation in Venezuela.
According to the public record of Cuban repressorsone of the people mentioned is Rosángel Margarita Fournier Arrietapresident of the University Student Federation (FEU) at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Camagüey. A message attributed to Fournier Arrieta circulated on social networks calling for students to participate in the “Territorial Defense Day” and warning of consequences for those who do not attend. The text reads: “Tomorrow all students must attend the territorial defense day; those absent students will be analyzed later with their teacher guides.”
The other noted manager is William Pena Penaidentified by Cuban repressors as director of the “Antonio Maceo” Urban Pre-University Institute in Campechuela, Granma province, also included in the “white collar” category.
In the case of Campechuela, Martí News reported that, during a morning session, the director of the school declared to the students: “We have to be prepared in case we are attacked by imperialism. Students who are against the Revolution and in favor of the United States will be shot.”
Reports about pressures and threats in educational environments have circulated on networks in recent days in an environment of regional tension marked by the US military operation in Caracas on January 3, which led to the capture of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and their transfer to the United States.
The “Territorial Defense Day” is an activity linked to defense doctrine and preparation exercises, which official media of the Cuban regime have presented in previous years as part of the territorial defense device and the so-called “War of all the people.”
The project Cuban repressors is dedicated to publicly identifying perpetrators of state political violence. In 2017, the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba explained the incorporation of the “white collar” category to include civil servants and cadres—not uniformed—who, from institutions, carry out or facilitate repressive acts.
