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	Popular
		Popular culture Popular culture, or pop culture is the vernacular (people's) news media.
		Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a 1967.
		Popular monarchy Popular Monarchy is a system of monarchical governance which came into occasional usage in the nineteen...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/popular.html (1410 words)

	Urban Agriculture in Havana Cuba
		Popular gardens are small parcels of state-owned land that are cultivated by individuals or community groups in response to ongoing food shortages.
		Popular gardens are usually organized around a household, but it is not uncommon to find arrangements in which more than one household shares or subdivides a garden site.
		The future for Havana's popular gardens hinges to a large degree on the political and economic future of the country as a whole.
	www.cityfarmer.org /cuba.html (1408 words)

	Popular Power in Cuba
		In 1933 there was a mass popular revolution that overthrew the Machado dictatorship and installed in power a provisional government.
		But then they were released after serving only a couple of years, thanks to a popular movement demanding amnesty for the rebels.
		The poder popular is meant to facilitate direct, "participatory" democracy, but not democracy for its own sake, but rather because only through the direct, massive conscious participation of the people can a new society be built.
	www.marxmail.org /archives/July99/popular_power_in_cuba.htm (991 words)

	Cubafacts.com - Cuban Government Institutions, Chapt 2 - Government Structure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Council of Ministers is a large cabinet-like body that comprises the leadership of all of the national-level ministries, state committees, and national institutes.
		Candidates are usually nominated on the basis of their personal popularity and their "active integration" into the political system.
		The ostensible purpose of the lay judges is to inject popular attitudes and values into the administration of justice.
	www.cubafacts.com /Polsys/government_structure2.htm (2033 words)

	My trip to Nicaragua
		Armed Sandinista guards were everywhere and the popular phrase "Poder Popular" or "Power to the People" was heard everywhere in the streets and on television.
		This phrase was echoed throughout the countryside from the lips of both children and adults as they raised their fists in defiance.
		One of the popular revolutionary songs of the Sandinistas expressed their sentiments toward US Citizens, "Luchamos Contra el Yanqui, el Enemigo de la Humanidad" or "We will fight against the yankee, the enemy of humanity"—That sure did not give me a comfortable feeling.
	members.aol.com /front1234/personal/my_trip_to_nicaragua.htm (1719 words)

	People's Power (Colombia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Over US$160,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August.
		People's Power (Poder Popular), a political movement in Colombia.
		PP had a youth organization called Juventud del Poder Popular.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poder_Popular (123 words)

	SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Cuba: Information covering more than one election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thus the Conservatives were truly Menocalistas, while the Liberals and members of the Popular party (the splinter organization that Zayas formed when he went over to Menocal) were in point of fact either Miguelistas or Zayistas.
		The distribution of municipal and provincial delegates and national deputies reveals that party members are numerically overrepresented, however [gives selected statistics]…The party does preside over the commissions charged with developing slates of candidates for the indirect provincial and national elections and the executive committees of provincial and municipal assemblies, although slates may be challenged.
		Every circumscription is further split into neighborhoods, where candidates are nominated at mass meetings of all eligible voters…Shortly after their election, the municipal assemblies convene to elect their executive committees and their delegates to the fourteen provincial assemblies and the 510-member National Assembly in Havana" (page 30).
	dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/cuba/cubgen.htm (7272 words)

	Cuba Today: An Interview with Samuel Farber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The regime encourages the appearance of democracy without the substance of it, mainly in the form of the Poder Popular, which means "popular power" in English.
		The Poder Popular is a multi-level pseudo-parliament that brings together representatives from different localities.
		The government might be concerned that popular discontent might eventually find expression in one or more of the various and sundry opposition groups.
	www.wpunj.edu /icip/newpol/issue35/farber35.htm (10590 words)

	AIPEnet - Excelencia en el periodismo
		Si se quiere dar poder al pueblo hay que quitárselo a los gobernantes, a los partidos políticos y a los grupos de interés.
		Para acercar el poder al pueblo habría que elegir a sus representantes en circunscripciones de pequeño tamaño, de forma que el elector conozca de cerca a aquel por quien votará, y lo pueda controlar e influir.
		Disponer de más dinero, con el poder que implica, es mucho más importante que un voto, que vale casi cero.
	www.aipenet.com /Indice/article.asp?Articulo_Id=4267 (449 words)

	Cinco periodistas haitianos amenazados de muerte por simpatizantes del poder. : imprimer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cinco periodistas haitianos amenazados de muerte por simpatizantes del poder.
		El 11 de enero, Figaro Désir, responsable de la organización popular "Bale Wouze", cercana a Fanmi Lavalas, calificó a Guyler Delva de "apátrida al servicio del colono blanco", y le amenazó con aplicarle el "suplicio del collar".
		Por otra parte, cuatro periodistas de provincias, amenazados por simpatizantes del poder, han encontrado refugio en Puerto Príncipe, donde están escondidos.
	www.rsf.org /imprimir.php3?id_article=500 (461 words)

	The Varela Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to the current law, the candidates for Delegates before the Municipal Assemblies of the "Poder Popular", are nominated by casting votes at public assemblies by the voters of the corresponding district.
		Nonetheless, the candidates for Delegates before the Provincial Assemblies and the candidates for delegates before the National Assembly of the Poder Popular by nominations given by the corresponding Municipal Candidates, Commission; who at the same time receives proposals from the National and Provincial Candidates’ Commission.
		For example, if one municipality can have five representatives before the National Assembly of the Poder Popular in the election ballot will only appear five candidates and each voter can vote for one, for some, for none of them or for the five of them.
	www.puenteinfocubamiami.org /varela_project_003.htm (2372 words)

	Real Property Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Basically, housing transactions are supervised by the Instituto Nacional de Vivienda (Vivienda), which has a representative in each of Cuba’s 169 municipalities who sits in the office of Poder Popular (People’s Power).
		The Banco Popular de Ahorro (People’s Savings Bank), finances houses, and the certificate denoting payment completion serves as a title for homes.
		To implement a permuta, a Cuban goes to the Vivienda representative in the Poder Popular, who then sends out an architect to inspect and appraise the property based on size and age.
	burns.dcb.du.edu /real_property_issues.asp?id=18 (1716 words)

	Cuba: Silencing the voices of dissent
		The Asamblea Nacional de Poder Popular, National Assembly of People's Power, was established as the "supreme organ of the state" to be elected every five years by Asambleas Municipales de Poder Popular, Municipal Assemblies of Popular Power.
		Their principal aim was stated to be the following: "to defend the country, the Revolution and socialism in all circumstances, by confronting and liquidating any sign of counter-revolution or crime", wherever it might appear.
		In July 1990 he and three other dock workers were sacked from their jobs after being briefly detained for investigation of "delitos contra los poderes del estado", "crimes against state authorities", believed to be in connection with their alleged membership of an unofficial political group called the Movimiento de Armonía, Harmony Movement.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/cuba/document.do?id=B994FFA6D6F8E210802569A60060255B (19349 words)

	Centro Cultural Yoruba "Concha Mocoyu"
		The teachers in this Center for Popular Yoruba Culture Studies are the very neighbors of "La California" who are ready to organize themselves in this project, aided by UNEAC, the National Union of Writers and Artists.
		The active and organized participation of the Junta of Neighbors in the Municipal Poder Popular thanks to the collaboration of Cesar Arozarena, responsible for the External Relations of this part of local government has a decisive impact for the development of the work.
		The simplicity and the respect which have characterized the Junta of Neighbors who have headed up the project, inspired an immediate action of solidarity, as much with the French as with the Municipality of Centro Havana, Poder Popular, at the same time as it fortified the self esteem of the community.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /mocoyu.htm (1070 words)

	Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources:
		Abstract: Documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September 1973.
		Abstract: Examines popular cultural activities in Chile which were encouraged under the Allende regime and repressed during the Pinochet years.
		Includes musicians, mural painters, and women who make picture quilts about the political violence in their society and about the disappearances of their relatives.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/hasrg/latinam/videos/about_chile.html (1814 words)

	ParEcon.org -- Cuba Sí?
		Parallel grassroots institutions including poder popular represent a participatory trend that has as yet failed to transcend Party manipulation.
		Cuba has the Leninist, hierarchical Party and the popular democratic poder popular.
		But however admirable these achievements are when compared to conditions in Guatemala, El Salvador, or even Watts or the South Bronx, this does not justify applying the label “liberated” or “socialist.” For that, there would have to be no ruling class, and workers would have to collectively administer their own efforts, with solidarity and equity.
	www.zmag.org /Parecon/writings/albertold14.htm (2220 words)

	Cuba suffers through worst drought in history - World News - MSNBC.com
		Holguin, one of the hardest-hit cities, is just a step away from being declared a state of emergency, said Oscar Lugo, a member of the provincial branch of Poder Popular, Cuba’s parliament.
		An hour passed before the hysteria died down — in part from the exhaustion of hauling water and, in part, from assurances that this time the water would not run out.
		Making that pledge was Elizabeth Ricardo, a teacher elected to the municipal Poder Popular six years ago.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/5262324 (1360 words)

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		And then, the ones carrying a giant pot with a huge slingshot inside were expressing the affinity and unity between the popular assembly people and the picketers.
		An impunity that began with the amnesty to the genocides (under so-called democratic governments), and established the basis for the impunity of the promoters, direct authors, and accomplices of the economical extermination that we Argentineans (and the Third World peoples and species around the planet) are living today.
		Fuera de los partidos de estado, fuera de las luchas por el Poder, que por naturaleza corrompe y moldea aquellos que lo “toman”, en la vieja y oscura lupa del temor y la ignorancia, transformando a revolucionarios en burócratas autoritarios que olvidan el horizonte y el pájaro de colores múltiples.
	www.geocities.com /al_qadi2001 (6740 words)

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		This turnout was slightly down from the more than 98 per cent of registered voters who had cast ballots in the general elections held five years before.
		The Communist Party said the massive voter turnout showed "overwhelming proof of popular support for the nation, the revolution and socialism", while dissidents claimed that the turnout reflected voters' fears they would be ostracized at work and in their neighbourhoods if they stayed home.
		Since all the candidates ran unopposed, voters could either mark or leave blank the circle next to each name on their ballot.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2079.htm (1497 words)

	HIST 382: Cuba after 1970 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Popular: Implemented in 1976, is the administrative structure of the Cuban republic (Municipal Assemblies, Provincial Assemblies, National Assembly, Council of State, President of the Council of State)
		Mid-1980s: "Rectification" campaign sought to overcome growing popular dissatisfaction, declining economic conditions, and corruption and inefficiency.
		The rhetoric moved back to the "spirit of Che Guevara": moral incentives, commitment with the revolution, solidarity, "socialismo o muerte."
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~caguirre/382_6.html (323 words)

	MBEAW: Chile: Popular Unity 1970-73
		Chile: La problemática del poder popular en el proceso de la via chilena al socialismo, 1970-1973 (Arhus, Denmark, 1988).
		Background and program of Popular Unity; why it was so bitterly opposed by US and Chilean propertied class.
		Prizewinning documentary filmed during last nine months of Popular Unity government, prior to bloody military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet on 9/11/73.
	www.mbeaw.org /resources/countries/chilepopularunity.html (2231 words)

	Cuba Controversy, printer friendly version
		Parallel grassroots institutions, including what is called Poder Popular, represent a participatory political trend that has, however, failed to transcend party manipulation.
		Cuba had the Leninist, hierarchical Party and also the popular democratic Poder Popular.
		Later, when Ralph Nader ran a powerful and popular presidential campaign, again there was the possibility to solidify the gains, create perhaps a shadow government or some massive continuing democratic and participatory institutional opposition, but the liberating choice was again lost.
	zmagsite.zmag.org /Jun2003/albertprint0603.html (2345 words)

	Consejo de Ministros
		Presidente de la Asamblea Provincial del Poder Popular de Villa Clara.
		Presidente de la Asamblea Provincial del Poder Popular de Sancti Spíritus.
		Presidente de la Asamblea Provincial del Poder Popular del Municipio Especial Isla de la Juventud.
	ww.embacubalebanon.com /cur_min1.html (973 words)

	HIST 382 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Use Central America and Cuba as the main focus of your essay, but feel free to use other examples as well.
		20 years after the Cuban Revolution, another popular insurrection triumphed in Latin America, this time in Nicaragua.
		Describe and explain the origins, course, and outcome of the Sandinista Revolution.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~caguirre/stguide382.html (262 words)

	Ley de la Inversion Extranjera (Ley No.77)
		Presidente de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular de la República de Cuba.
		Que la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular de la República de Cuba, en su sesión del día 5 de septiembre de 1995, correspondiente al Quinto Período Ordinario de Sesiones de la Cuarta Legislatura, ha aprobado lo siguiente:
		Respecto al inversionista extranjero, documentación que acredite su identidad y solvencia; y, además, los poderes que prueben su representación legítima si concurre con el carácter de persona jurídica.
	www.embacubalebanon.com /ley77.html (4347 words)

	Sensibilidad y poder de pueblo, Randy Alonso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Esta mañana de sábado me privilegié con el contacto directo con la sensibilidad y el poder popular verdadero en el Consejo Popular del Este, en Alamar.
		Claro, como en todo hecho popular, no falta una que otra crítica a un precio o un vendedor; pero ante la queja vi la acción inmediata de los compañeros del Consejo.
		Me encontré con el deseo de hacer, con la iniciativa a borbotones, con el humanismo concreto, con la sensibilidad, con el poder verdadero del pueblo, con esas muchas cosas cotidianas que desde el anonimato hacen mucho mejor a nuestra gente y confirman a la Revolución como una obra de todos.
	www.jrebelde.cubaweb.cu /2003/enero-marzo/en1466/print/randy.html (410 words)

	Tripp Lite \| Press \| Press Releases
		These courses, which are part of the popular "Poder Y Control" training program, provide resellers as well as corporate and government IS managers with unparalleled power protection and connectivity knowledge.
		Tripp Lite's "Poder Y Control" training program continues to give resellers in Mexico more power and control over their business and the market it serves.
		The new KVM Switch and PowerAlert 11 courses will be offered to IS managers and computer users on April 26th and May 24th, 2001, and to resellers on April 27th and May 25th, 2001.
	www.tripplite.com /press/releases/release.cfm?lang=english&id=53 (751 words)

	Florida friendship bus in Guantanamo, Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On Sunday, August 11 a public program was held on the steps of Guantanamo's City Hall (called the Asamblea Municipal de Poder Popular or Municipal Assembly of People's Power) to mark the official reception of a diesel school bus sent from Florida to the people of Guantanamo.
		Rolando Rodriguez Larramendi, mayor and president of Guantanamo's municipal assembly, spoke to the gathering and received the keys to the bus.
		An organizational meeting will begin at 5:30pm, with the potluck dinner happening at 7:00 and a Power Point slide presentation at 8:00.
	www.afn.org /~iguana/archives/2002_10/20021005.html (318 words)

	Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL
		“’Poder Popular’ and the ‘Buro Político’: political control.” Cuba: a different America.
		García Brigos, Jesús P. Gobernabilidad y democracia: los [rganos del Poder Popular en Cuba: reflexiones para un análisis a veinte años de su constitución.
		Órganos de poder popular: documentos rectores para la experiencia de Matanzas.
	sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/cuba/sources.html (2394 words)

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