Are CDRs (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution) part of a spy network?
A. In 1960, Committees for the Defense of the Revolution were established to make sure that counter-revolutionaries were flushed out of the community. From 1960-1965 there were lots of counter-revolutionaries still living in Cuba, killing people, planting bombs, destroying harvests, burning down buildings, etc. CDRs were formed to find out, with the help of informants, who and where these people were. After 1965 they continued as community based organizations meeting the needs of the locals. There is a CDR on almost every other block. They are slowly shedding the stigma of the 1960’s when their main function was to spy on the community.
