Wall Street Journal: Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, known as CDRs, are an important cog in Cuba’s vast surveillance system. Although not as powerful now as in their heyday, their reach still extends to thousands of buildings and streets across the island. Composed of a president, minders and political-ideological organizers, hundreds of CDRs serve as a way the government encourages citizens to spy on each other and report dissent. They keep watch on households and individuals.
“They know who comes in, who goes out, how they live, what they do, and what they live on,” said Yasser Sosa, who runs a charity in Santiago de Cuba supplying food and medicine for the poorest segments of society…