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Cuban authorities call on fighting against economic vandalismHAVANA, Mar 19, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Cuban Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) called on Saturday its members to "enhance the revolutionary people's vigilance" against the acts of vandalism affecting different sectors of the Cuban economy. "The actions against the public telephony and transportation, the theft of railway sleepers and rails, and of the angle of electrical towers, among others, endanger human life, affect the country's economy and hurt the public peace," the CDR said in a statement. "The people at the CDR, the Federation of Cuban Women and the National Association of Small Farmers have all the means to combat the social indisciplines, and to give an effective response in preventing or fighting the serious crimes against the communications, transportation, electricity and rail systems," the statement said. The CDRs are considered the "eyes and ears of the revolution," the largest mass organization on the island, with 8.4 million members of a population of 11.2 million. The Committees as they are known have been mobilized during the first mass vaccination campaign since 1962, when the country eradicated diseases like polio and rubella. They also are important in their integration with the communities to maintain the social prevention, one of the reasons for the low crime rate in Cuba. |