Document #1292533
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
During an 18 November 1998 telephone
interview, a language professor and Cuba expert at the Cuban
Research Institute of the Florida International University stated
that in Cuba the term perestroiko refers to a person who
favours political openness (que favorece la apertura), a
reformist (reformista).
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
information request.
Reference
Cuba Research Insitute, Florida
International University, Florida. 18 November 1998. Telephone
interview with language professor.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report.
1994-98.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices. 1994-98.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. 1994-96.
Human Rights in Cuba. 1995
USINS Information Package.
Human Rights in Developing
Countries. 1994-97.
Human Rights Watch World
Report. 1994-98.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. 1994-97.
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
1994-98.
Latin American Regional
Reports: Central America & the Caribbean
[London]. 1994-98.
News from Human Rights Watch
[New York]. Monthly.
Newspapers and periodicals pertaining to
the appropriate region.
Electronic sources: IRB databases,
Internet, Refworld (UNHCR) database, NEXIS and WNC.
Note on oral sources:
Oral sources are usually contacted when
documentary sources have been exhausted. However, oral sources must
agree to be quoted in a publicly available Response to
Information Request. If they refuse, the Response will read
"no information currently available." Contacting oral sources is
also subject to time constraints; for example, there are periods of
the year when academics are unavailable.
Note:
This list is not exhaustive.
Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not
included.