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Four years in prison for breaking a bus window in Cuba
By DPA
Dec 12, 2007, 18:23 GMT



Havana - A Cuban court sentenced a young man to four years in jail for breaking a bus window, Cuban media reported Wednesday.

The reports said the court considered the man guilty of 'high social danger' and of having caused financial damages. Because of the defendant's actions, the bus missed nine trips and failed to provide its services to 1,923 people, the Communist Party daily Granma said.

The harshness of the penalty apparently has to do with the growing anger of Cuban youths over the economic situation on the communist island, according to observers. Their frustration is directed among other things to the buses that Cuba recently bought from China.

In recent months, there has been an increase in the number of attacks on the new buses, and Granma had already reported in the past that Cuban authorities had taken measures to fight vandalism against the new vehicles.


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Now this is the bullshit you need to start posting Lilian...let off the Bush boys will ya.

to the graffiti artists.

Actually, I'm surprised the kid wasn't executed.

In strict monetary terms, the bus window was probably worth more than the kid will earn in his lifetime in Cuba.

The graffiti is not so bad here. You should go to Italy to really see nasty graffiti. The Colliseum is loaded with it.

I remember reading one that said "Did millions really die or it is a Zionist Lie?" :ghetto: I have never been able to forget that.