In Antwort auf:U.S. alerted to Cuba migration, Chávez weapons
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is purchasing ''three or four times'' more weapons than he needs, a top U.S. intelligence chief said Wednesday, but there is no evidence so far he is providing arms to Colombian guerrillas.
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Martinez then asked if the intelligence chiefs had noted an increase in migration out of Cuba, which on Sunday saw Raúl Castro elected as its new president.
''We're concerned about it,'' McConnell responded, ''but nothing we've seen yet.'' He added that Cuba was witnessing the old generation ``hanging on, hanging on.'' ...
A failure by the new Castro government to deliver improvements to Cubans ''could increase concerns,'' Maples said. ``Something we have to be attuned to . . . is looking for any indicators that the dissatisfaction is going to reach a level where a migration from the island might take place.''
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U.S. alerted to Cuba migration, Chávez weapons
