CUBA DECIDE

18 March, 2024

The only way out of the crisis is to get rid of the dictatorship.

In the last few hours, hundreds of thousands of Cubans in more than 10 cities and towns across the country have peacefully taken to the streets demanding freedom and a change in the system. It is time for the world’s democracies to stand on the side of the Cuban people. The situation is critical; The regime has plunged the Cuban people into a deep humanitarian crisis, marked by hunger, systemic failures in practically all public services, from health to transportation […]
20 July, 2021

‘Si Cuba está en la calle, Miami también.’ Thousands rally for end to Cuban dictatorship

Chants of “Patria y Vida” and “Libertad” — rallying cries in solidarity with protesters against the authoritarian government in Cuba — filled the streets outside the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard on Saturday as around 3,000 people gathered for a rally at the Miami landmark after police blocked off the street. Draped in Cuban and American flags, the crowd joined in singing “Patria y Vida” — Homeland and Life, an anthem for Cuban freedom — that manipulates a famous slogan […]
16 July, 2021

Demonstration at the Freedom Tower

Peaceful Demonstration at the Freedom Tower By Land and By Sea to Demand Freedom for Cuba We invite everyone to participate in this demonstration to request concrete actions from the United States in support of the Cuban people who are demanding freedom in the streets. WHAT: Invitation to participate in a peaceful demonstration in the city of Miami by taking your boat to Biscayne Bay or marching to the Freedom Tower. Cubans, Cuban-Americans and friends of the world are called […]
30 April, 2021

JOINT PRESS RELEASE ON THE HUNGER AND THIRST STRIKE OF LUIS MANUEL OTERO

We request that the implementation of the PDCA be suspended until the government in Cuba takes irreversible steps towards the recognition of human rights. We should not allow Otero to die. Luis Manuel Otero, the Cuban artist who creates modern sculptures for performance art and prominent leader of the San Isidro Movement, -exhausted by the continuous arbitrary detentions, harassment and home searches-, entered a hunger and thirst strike on April 25th. His demands from authorities are to: lift the state […]
28 March, 2021

Rumbo al Cambio: Left, Right, Uppercut

WATCH HERE: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=510272109941601 On January 27, Cuba Decide hosted its next installment of the Rumbo al Cambio series. This series, “Left, Right, Uppercut,” was an open dialogue between Rosa María Paya and panelists of diverse political standing. This part of the series was dedicated to bringing the views of members of civil society and the Cuban opposition to light. There was also a focus on certain proposals of foreign policy and solidarity from the international community towards the Island extended […]
25 February, 2021

United States reinstates Cuba on their list of countries who engage in state-sponsored terrorism

https://www.explica.co/exile-leaders-and-human-rights-organizations-applauded-cubas-return-to-the-united-states-black-list/ After several pleas to the Obama and Trump administrations, respectively, the United States reinstated Cuba on their list of countries who engage in state-sponsored terrorism as of January 11, 2021. For many years, Rosa María Payá requested the administrations to reincorporate the Cuban regime on this list along with other Cubans.  This reinstatement recognizes the obvious ties the Castros and the military leadership of the regime have with activities related to terrorism, legitimizing the threat they pose to the citizenry […]
25 February, 2021

Cuba Decide Commemorates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On December 10, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, promoters of Cuba Decide convened for a procession from the Freedom Tower to the Gesu Church in Miami. This event was organized in solidarity with activists who were surrounded by police at the headquarters of the San Isidro Movement and those who are continually harassed by police throughout the country; with the hundreds of young people who demonstrated on November 27th in Havana; with political prisoners; and with all Cubans who demand their right […]
25 February, 2021

Cuba Decide releases video summarizing 2020 mobilization efforts

Cuba Decide released a video summarizing the exponential growth of protests on the Island. Protesters have been raising their voices in opposition to systemic political, civil, economic and social issues affecting our daily lives and in favor of a change in the system. These protests are evidence that the opposition movement and the Cuban people’s desire for change have continued to expand to a point where it cannot be ignored any longer. 
20 November, 2020

Prestigious international religious leaders and organizations demand the release of humanitarian aid

Prestigious international religious leaders and organizations have shown their support for the campaign demanding the release of humanitarian aid collected by the Solidarity Among Brothers initiative. Among them are, the leader of the Baptist World Alliance for the Caribbean, Everton Jackson; the Director of Religious Freedom Programs of the Institute of Religion and Democracy, Faith J. H. McDonnell and Reverend Mateusz Wichary, President of the Polish Baptist Union.