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Spanish: a la primera segura

English translation: a la figura: contempt of the person



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Spanish term or phrase:a la primera segura
English translation:a la figura: contempt of the person
Entered by:Hazel Whiteley
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Government / Politics / news broadcast
Spanish term or phrase: a la primera segura
Cuban news broadcast (actually broadcast from the US):

"El profesor Heriberto Leiva Rodríguez informa que en la mañana del martes diecisiete de junio en la ciudad de Palma Soriano tendrá lugar el juicio al ingeniero Radamés García de la Vega, vicepresidente del movimiento de Jóvenes por la Democracia y coautor del proyecto de reforma Universitarios Sin Fronteras. La fiscalía en su petición solicita dieciocho meses de cárcel para el ingeniero de la Vega. El cual, se encuentra acusado de un presunto, delito de desacato ***a la primera segura***, para asegurar al comandante en jefe, Fidel Castro."

More information is available on http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y97/jun97/05e1.htm

NB: it could be a mistranscription!

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Hazel Whiteley
United Kingdom
a la figura: contempt of the person
Explanation:
Hazel..it's right there on the linked site you provide

desacato a la figura de ..the para asegurar etc. seems wrong..the guy is charged with contempt of the person of Fidel Castro

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Note added at 2 hrs 15 mins (2005-06-27 14:36:40 GMT)
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The web site says it differently:
Radames Garcia de la Vega, Vice-president of Young People for Democracy, was detained on 30 April 1997 in the City of Palma Soriano. On 7 May 1997 he was released on bail, after being charged with \'desacato a la figura del Comandante en Jefe\', \'disrespect to the Commander in Chief\', i.e. President Fidel Castro. Amnesty International believes that, if brought to trial and convicted, he would be a prisoner of conscience and is therefore urging that the charges against him be dropped.


Personally, I prefer contempt...as in contempt of court...disrespect is less strong...what I mean is, if they charge him with Contempt it sounds all the more ridiculous....

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Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
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a la figura: contempt of the person

Explanation:
Hazel..it's right there on the linked site you provide

desacato a la figura de ..the para asegurar etc. seems wrong..the guy is charged with contempt of the person of Fidel Castro

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Note added at 2 hrs 15 mins (2005-06-27 14:36:40 GMT)
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The web site says it differently:
Radames Garcia de la Vega, Vice-president of Young People for Democracy, was detained on 30 April 1997 in the City of Palma Soriano. On 7 May 1997 he was released on bail, after being charged with \'desacato a la figura del Comandante en Jefe\', \'disrespect to the Commander in Chief\', i.e. President Fidel Castro. Amnesty International believes that, if brought to trial and convicted, he would be a prisoner of conscience and is therefore urging that the charges against him be dropped.


Personally, I prefer contempt...as in contempt of court...disrespect is less strong...what I mean is, if they charge him with Contempt it sounds all the more ridiculous....

your choice

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
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