CUBA DECIDE

Thanks to the efforts of many, our national and global initiative manages to grow despite these unprecedented conditions. As COVID-19 has forced a change in our lives, work dynamics and even shut the borders of countries around the world, the promoters of Cuba Decide have intensified our efforts to combat repression and injustice directed against the Cuban people at the hands of the regime. In the last quarter, we have adapted our work to be able to operate safely in […]

On Wednesday, June 25, 2020, Cuban pro-democracy activist Rosa María Payá, conducted a live conversation with Commissioner Stuardo Ralón Orellana, rapporteur for Cuba of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The conversation pertained to the publication of the first Country Report on the Communist Island in the last 37 years. The dialogue took place in real time, as part of the virtual panel in “The Hemisphere Responds: A Conversation with the IACHR.” Among this panel were the Argentine academic […]

Promoter of Cuba Decide, Rosa Maria Payá was a featured speaker in the CABA webinar “The New Plaza Civica in Cuba: The Role of Social Media and Digital Platforms.” The webinar explored concepts of freedom of expression, association and of the press in Cuba in the context of increasingly important digital spaces. The webinar went into detail about Law Decree 370, among other laws, and its impact on freedom of expression in Cuba and how it furthers the regime’s oppressive […]

In this interview, Rosa Maria Payá goes into depth about how it is nearly impossible for the recommendations for hygiene maintenance to be followed, as the supply of tap water is insufficient and some citizens are not able to wash their hands for seven days in a row. Food shortage is severe and small businesses are subject to persecution, police violence, and high fines. She also articulates that the official numbers of COVID-19 cases being released by the Cuban government are only a small percentage of the total cases. Further, Ms. Payá discusses how Cuba’s economy was already in a crisis before pandemic. The fundamental economic […]

Pro-democracy activists Rosa María Payá and María Corina Machado discussed the very serious human rights situation that Cuba and Venezuela are experiencing today. They also discussed other countries in the Americas that have already been taken over or are under constant attack by the world’s anti-democratic forces, specifically the military regime that has been in power in Cuba for more than six decades, where the historical root of totalitarian evil certainly resides throughout the region.