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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Havana, January 14, 2025 — Cuban opposition organizations, both on the Island and in exile, announce a Joint Press Conference to respond to the recent concessions made by the Biden administration toward the Cuban regime. The press conference will take place online on January 15 at 12:30 PM Havana time at the following link: https://streamyard.com/jxkq4g3k4g. The convening organizations are all signatories of the “Agreement for Democracy” and co-authors of the memorandum from the “Path Toward Change” platform, which was addressed […]

A resolution responds to the call made by the Pasos de Cambio organizations given the failed state conditions imposed by the communist regime in Cuba. Sent by Pasos de Cambio Madrid, December 3, 2024.- The People’s Party Parliamentary Group in the Congress of Deputies of Spain has registered an initiative aimed at requesting the Spanish Government to take the necessary actions to suspend the so-called Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Cuba (ACPC). The resolution takes up the call made by […]

“They beat him to death” The Foundation for Pan American Democracy (FDP), through its Center for Incidents Report, Defensa CD, condemns the brutal murder of Manuel de Jesús Guillén Esplugas, a political prisoner, member of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), and promoter of Cuba Decide. Manuel was beaten to death in Havana’s Combinado del Este prison by Ministry of the Interior officials who then delivered his body to his mother on Sunday, December 1, 2024. Guillén Esplugas, a resident of Old Havana, […]

UPDATE Barely three days after ending his hunger strike, Alexei Martínez is facing increased repression from the regime After 27 days on hunger strike for his freedom, 52-year-old activist Alexei Martínez Rojas ended his hunger strike on Sunday, October 13th, as confirmed by his wife, Mariangel Rodríguez Cruz. His health condition, which was already critical two weeks ago, remains uncertain. Martínez Rojas, an activist and promoter of the citizen initiative Cuba Decide, began his hunger strike on September 17, 2024, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Political prisoner Alexei Martínez Rojas’ life in danger after 21 days of hunger strike The life of opposition activist Alexei Martínez Rojas, 52, is in grave danger after 21 days of a hunger strike in Villa Clara prison, demanding his immediate release, as he has committed no crime. Yesterday, October 7, 2024, the Incidents Report Center of the Foundation for Pan-American Democracy (FDP) issued an Urgent Appeal to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), requesting its intervention regarding […]

URGENT PRESS RELEASE Berta Soler Missing: Arbitrarily Detained by Cuban State Security Havana, Cuba – September 24, 2024 Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White and recipient of the Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament, has been disappeared following her arbitrary detention by Cuban State Security agents this past Sunday. Two days after her arrest, her whereabouts remain unknown. As every Sunday, Berta attempted to attend Mass to peacefully protest for the release of Cuba’s political prisoners, a demonstration that she and the Ladies in […]

PRESS RELEASE RETRIEVED FROM FOUNDATION FOR PAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRACY FDP and Payá Family Call for Action on Cuban Repressor’s U.S. Visa Miami, Florida – September 18, 2024 The Payá family and the Foundation for Pan-American Democracy (FDP) join José J. Basulto, Sylvia G. Iriondo, and Arnaldo Iglesias in their formal petition to U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, requesting an urgent investigation into the humanitarian visa granted to Lieutenant Colonel Luis Raúl González-Pardo Rodríguez. FDP […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C., September 10th, 2024 – Cuban exiles residing in the D.C. area, along with Rosa María Payá, daughter of the late Cuban civic leader Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, are visiting the offices of congressmen and congresswomen to urge support for the Oswaldo Payá Way bill (H.R. 1239).  The proposed bill seeks to rename the street in front of the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., as “Oswaldo Payá Way” in honor of Payá’s enduring legacy as a champion […]

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monsignor Rolando Álvarez Bestowed with “Oswaldo Payá: Libertad y Vida” Award on the 12th Anniversary of the State Crime in Cuba July 22, 2024 The Foundation for Pan-American Democracy, the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy (JuventudLAC), and Ofelia Acevedo are pleased to announce that Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and Estelí in Nicaragua, is the recipient of the sixth edition of the “Oswaldo Payá: Libertad y Vida” Award. Monsignor Álvarez has […]