Cuban video ridicules security agency 

Thursday, February 24, 2005

MIAMI, USA (UPI): A video making fun of the Cuban security agency is making the rounds in Cuba, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.

"People find it hilarious. It's professionally done, with credits and all," an unidentified government critic in Havana told the newspaper by telephone.

"But it's watched discreetly, just among friends and family," the critic said. "It's considered a clandestine production, shockingly critical."

The 15-minute video, which has not yet made its way off the island, does not carry an openly anti-Castro message.

Those who have seen the video said they wonder how long it will be before the government cracks down on the producers of the film and actors.

The actors are Eduardo del Llano, Luis Alberto Garcia and Nestor Jiminez.

They are well-known in Cuba and their names are listed in the credits.

In the video, an agent knocks on the door of a dissident and tells him he is going to install listening devices. He asks him where in the home the dissident usually criticizes the government so he can put the devices there.

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