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LIBRARIAN IDENTIFIED AS SECRET POLICE AGENT NEW YORK, April 6, 2003 (Friends of Cuban Libraries) - A surprise prosecution witness in the summary trial of Marta Beatriz Roque was Aleida Godínez, a labor activist who served as the defendant's secretary. Aleida Godínez is also the director of the William Le Sante Independent Library. In her court testimony against Roque, Aleida Godínez identified herself as an undercover agent of the State Security police, codenamed "Vilma." CRACKDOWN: LIBRARIANS TARGETED IN MASSIVE SWEEP NEW YORK, April 6, 2003 (Friends of Cuban Libraries) - Beginning on March 18, the Cuban State Security police staged a series of raids directed against the island's dissident movement. Included in the roundup have been members of Cuba's rapidly growing independent library movement. The Friends of Cuban Libraries have learned of raids on 22 libraries and the confiscation of their book collections. Fourteen independent librarians have been arrested.... To read the full text of these and other latebreaking articles, please refer to the RECENT NEWS section of the website of the Friends of Cuban Libraries: (http://www.friendsofcubanlibraries.org). Sincerely, The Friends of Cuban Libraries (WWW.FRIENDSOFCUBANLIBRARIES.ORG)