Odds and ends
- “La Glee-Mania” gets a long feature in Juventud Rebelde. The Fox program airs Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. in Cuba. “More than other series of its type,” the article says, Glee “sends optimistic messages, presents values in a positive way, and prepares adolescents to understand that once the dance is over, life begins.”
- AP: Tourism is up ten percent in the first six months of 2011: 1.537 million visitors, according to a national statistics office report.
- Arguments were heard last Friday in Cuban appeals court in the case of USAID contractor Alan Gross. From the Herald: “The court can uphold Gross’s conviction and sentence; overturn it and set him free; or uphold it and reduce the sentence. Raúl Castro, president of the Council of State, can pardon Gross after the court rules.”
- Prensa Latina: The education sector is headed toward personnel reductions of 15,000.
- AP takes a colorful look at the Cuban real estate market today and the people and practices that make it work. More on this here.
The recurso the casacion most probably was established under articulo 69 of LEY DE PROCEDIMIENTO PENAL Ley # 5 I don’t think there’s been any violation on the process of this case so I don’t think articulo 70 was used.
ReplyDeleteUnder articulo 69 the Supreme Court will never change the facts that were proven , los hechos que en la sentencia se declaren probados, in the Tribunal Provincial , this is not a new trial.
The supreme court will be able to resentence the case if they find any error in the way the law was implemented in relation to those proven facts.