A leading dissident group unveiled a list of proposals...

A leading dissident group unveiled a list of proposals it planned to submit to local Cuban government representatives in favor of free speech, private business ownership and the formation of labor unions.
The 36-page document was announced by Vladimiro Roca, a former military pilot who broke with the socialist government more than a decade ago and began calling for a Western-style democracy.
"The intention is to mobilize people using the (government) mechanisms that they have available to them," said Roca, who planned to submit the proposals to the local district representative, the lowest level of government.
The idea was that eventually the proposals would reach the highest level, the National Assembly.
The dissidents also repeated a call to abolish the death penalty and were demanding the immediate release of political prisoners.
Roca spent several years in jail for his dissident activities in the 1990s.