Re: Why do Cubans need "exit permits" to travel abroad?

For lots of info see:
http://www.cubaverdad.net/freedom_of_movement.htm

"Leo Bueno" <DELETECAPITALLETTERSleobueno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> My local paper, The Miami Herald, has a note about blogger Yoani
> Sanchez not having received an "exit permit" to travel to Spain to
> receive an undescribed award.
>
> Will appreciate those of you who tend to extol the virtues of the
> Cuban regime explain a couple of related points.
>
> 1.  Why do Cubans need government permission to travel abroad?

the regime want to control the people.
Denying them freedom of movement is part of the totalitarian control
system.
For more information see:
http://www.cubaverdad.net/totalitarian_system.htm
A law similar to the apartheid "pasjeswetten" is used a lot in Cuba to 
control internal movement and migration.
See: 
http://www.cubaverdad.net/freedom_of_movement.htm#1._Right_to_freedom_of_movement_and_residence_within_Cuba._

(snip)

> 2.  What is the government's rationale for limiting travel?  For
> example, is the regime concerned that given the choice and the
> opp****tunity to abroad, an overwhelming majority of Cubans would flee?

Freedom of movement would lead top a flood of people leaving.
No longer ther regime would control the flow, but the countries handing
out 
the entry visa.
It also would deny the regime a lot of income from "paperwork".

PL