Note: When naming Cuban organizations, we have used their Spanish abbreviations, since this is common in the literature. With regard to entities from other countries, we have used abbreviations and names when such exist in common English language. When using the original language name, we have included either an explanation or a translated name to make things clear.
| ADN |
Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst (the state news agency in East Germany) |
| AFP |
Agence France-Presse (an international news agency with HQ in France) |
| ANAP |
Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños (National Association of
Small Farmers) |
| ANSA |
Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (the leading Italian news agency) |
| AP |
Associated Press |
| CEE |
Centro de Estudios Europeos (Center for European Studies) |
| COMECON |
Council for Mutual Economic Aid (also known as Comecon, CAME) |
| CDR |
Comités de Defensa de la Revolución (Committees for the Defense of
the Revolution) |
| CPSU |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| CTC |
Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (Workers’ Central Union of Cuba) |
| DEU |
Directorio Estudiantil Universitario (University Student Directorate, existed between 1927 and 1933) |
| DOR |
Departamento de Orientación Revolucionaria (Department of
Revolutionary Orientation) |
| DRE |
Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (Revolutionary Student
Directorate, Catholic student group founded in 1954) |
| EFE |
Agencia EFE (Spanish news agency) |
| FAR |
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces) |
| FMC |
Federación de Mujeres Cubanas (Federation of Cuban Women) |
| FRG |
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany, also known as BRD) |
| GDR |
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) |
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Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party |
| ICRT |
Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (Cuban Institute of Radio and
Television) |
| IPS |
Inter Press Service |
| OPP |
Órganos de Poder Popular (Organs of People’s Power) |
| ORI |
Organizaciones Revolucionarias Integradas (Integrated
Revolutionary Organizations, a predecessor to the current Party) |
| PL |
Prensa Latina (Latin Press, Cuban news agency) |
| PCC |
Partido Comunista de Cuba (the current Communist Party of Cuba) |
| PUWP |
Polish Unified Workers’ Party |
| PRC |
Partido Revolucionario Cubano (Cuban Revolutionary Party, founded by José Martí in 1892) |
| PSP |
Partido Socialista Popular (the first Communist Party of Cuba) |
| PURSC |
Partido Unido de la Revolución Socialista de Cuba (United Party of the
Cuban Socialist Revolution, predecessor to the PCC) |
| SDPE |
Sistema de Dirección y Planificación de la Economía (System for Management and Planning of the Economy, Cuba) |
| SED |
Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
| TASS |
Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (Telegrafnoye agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza – Soviet news agency) |
| UJC |
Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas (Young Communist League; the youth
wing of the Communist Party of Cuba) |
| UNITA |
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (pro-US/South Africa) |
| UPEC |
Unión de Periodistas de Cuba (Union of Journalists of Cuba) |
| USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |