The reforms of the Castro dictatorship in numbers: 243 & 2,221 & 1,091

Here are some numbers that perfectly describe the “reforms” of the Castro dictatorship in Cuba:

243: The number of politically motivated arrests of dissidents and members of the opposition in Cuba that took place just in the month of August, 2011.

2,221: The number of politically motivated arrests of dissidents and members of the opposition in Cuba that took place in the first eight months of 2011.

1,091: The number that indicates the increase in 2011 over the same eight months in 2010 of politically motivated arrests of dissidents and members of the opposition in Cuba.