No, I have never heard, never talked.... As a matter of fact, the current general secretary of the provincial union in Cienfuegos province--I can't remember his name and I didn't write it down--was very proud to tell us, in this latest venture we had down there, about how independent they were. We noticed that we were free to go wherever we wanted to, free to talk, free to sit around at night with a bottle of rum and a cigar and talk about worker-to-worker issues. I have not heard or seen any restrictions while I have been there, nor have I heard it from the workers.
On May 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.