Proposed Outline: Thomas P. Ray lecture


Lectures and Conferences:

I Contemporary opposition to the Castro Regime

a. Exile opposition
b. Internal opposition


1.History
2.Actuality
3.Status and significance

c. Future of the opposition movement


II Human Rights Violations in Cuba

a. Violations of the articles of the Universal Rights of Man
b. Psychiatry and repression in Cuba
c.Treatment of Political Prisoners
d.Relevant cases today

III Analysis of the Cuban Revolution

a.Causes
b.Myths
c.Accomplishments
d.Shortcomings
e.Current Issues
f.Future of the revolution
g.Q&A period

Video Presentation:

a. Nobody Listened - Documentary about political prisoners
b. Improper conduct- Documentary about the treatment of "social undesirables" by the communist government.
c. The Last Communist - Frontline Documentary chronicles Castro's rise to power.
d. Last Days of the Revolution- Chronicles Cuba's reaction to the post-Cold War world.
e. Cuba and Cocaine - Frontline Documentary offers proof of the Castro regime's conspiration with International drug cartels.


Last Updated: Sunday, January 07, 1996