Comités de Defensa de la Revolución | |
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 28 September 1960 |
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Motto | ¡En cada barrio, Revolución! (English: "In every neighborhood, Revolution!") |
Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Spanish: Comités de Defensa de la Revolución), or CDR, are a network of neighborhood committees across Cuba. The organizations, described as the "eyes and ears of the Revolution," exist to help support local communities and report on "counter-revolutionary" activity and Police brutality. As of 2010, 8.4 million Cubans of the national population of 11.2 million were registered as CDR members.[1]
CDRs provide community services, such as assisting in literacy and vaccination campaigns, but have been criticized for their human rights violations.