Victor Dueñas

15 November, 2022

Democratic Spaces and the Cuba Decide Promoters Request the Imposition of Targeted Sanctions on Cuban Officials and Entities

November 14, 2022 Today, Democratic Spaces and the Cuba Decide promoters have filed a joint request for the imposition of targeted sanctions on twelve (12) Cuban officials and entities responsible for gross violations of human rights, particularly in the aftermath of the July 11, 2021 peaceful protests. These officials and entities are: 1- Brigada Especial Nacional of the Interior Ministry (The Black Berets of the Interior Ministry) 2- Tropas de Prevención of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (The Red Berets of […]
20 October, 2022

THE CUBA DECIDE PLEBISCITE: TO BE, OR NOT TO BE FREE!

After decades of freedom-less lives under totalitarian rule, the Cuba Decide Plebiscite is a citizen-led initiative fundamentally asking the Cuban people a rational judgment question: Do you want to be free? “Yes” or “No.” Who can possibly object to such a question? The answer should enlighten us all. By José Azel l We take it for granted that all peoples aspire to be free, but the idea of individual freedoms is not universally accepted. Believers of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes […]
29 September, 2022

Support Cuba Decide because to get out of this crisis you have to get out of the dictatorship.

The seriousness of the events of the last 72 hours in Cuba is alarming. The regime invested the meager resources of a bankrupt state to carry out a mock national referendum that did not meet the most basic standards of transparency, justice, or freedom. The farce has the objective of whitewashing the image of the dictatorship to seek dollars and divert attention from the pro-freedom protests, the human rights violations, the situation of the more than a thousand political prisoners […]
29 September, 2022

Binding plebiscite because Cuba decides to get out of this crisis

The seriousness of the events of the last 72 hours in Cuba is alarming. The regime invested the meager resources of a bankrupt state to carry out a mock national referendum that did not meet the most basic standards of transparency, justice, or freedom. The farce has the objective of whitewashing the image of the dictatorship to seek dollars and divert attention from the pro-freedom protests, the human rights violations, the situation of the more than a thousand political prisoners […]
13 September, 2022

Cuba Decide, Se Humano, and Justicia, Encuentro y Perdón, in coordination with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), invite you to a Side Event for the 77th session of the UN General Assembly entitled “Human Portraits: Stories from Political Prisoners in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.”

Date: Monday, September 19, 2022Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm EDTWhere: Convene101 Park Ave.New York, NY 10017 Join us to listen to civil society as they advocate to improve the situation of political prisoners in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. Together, representatives of governments, international organizations, civil society organizations, and academia aim to lift up the voices of the victims and their families. In addition to hearing from the victims, a panel of organizations at the heart of the issue will discuss how they are fighting […]
15 July, 2022

#CubaPaLaCalle #PayáVive

Cuba. July 15 | Last night hundreds of Cubans protested peacefully in Los Palacios, Pinar del Río and at least two locations in Havana, shouting “Homeland and Life”, “Down with the dictatorship!”… The protest in Los Palacios originated on the occasion of a blackout that lasted several hours, after months of systematic power outages. Promoters of Cuba Decide on the ground reported internet outages and a large police and military presence. The regime reacted to the protest by completely cutting off internet […]
9 June, 2022

Cuban democratic civil society won at the Summit of the Americas

The unity of all Cubans has been the cornerstone of these days. Promoters of Cuba Decide along with other activists, artists and Cubans residing in Los Angeles request action from the presidents gathered at the Summit of the Americas and led a peaceful demonstration and international event for a Free Cuba.  Los Angeles, CA.  June 09, 2022 Cuban activists, together with Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, and with the majority support of the civil society organizations present at the Summit of the […]
12 May, 2022

Parliamentarians from Europe and the Americas meet in DC in support of democracy in Cuba.

The Parliamentarians gathered at the second session of the Transatlantic Forum for a Free Cuba pledged to influence the governments and institutions to which they belong to support the Cuban people in their demand for freedom, interrupt the financing of the repressive machinery, and apply sanctions to those responsible for serious human rights violations. Washington, D.C. May 12, 2022, legislators from the United States, European Parliament and the congresses of nations from Europe, Latin America, and Canada held the second Transatlantic Forum for […]
19 April, 2022

Activists testify against the Cuban regime in the Italian parliament

Representatives of the opposition and Cuban civil society on the island and the diaspora denounced today, in a public hearing in front of the Italian Parliament, the state terrorism applied by the Cuban dictatorship, and requested the suspension of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Cuban regime. April 19, 2022 (Rome, Italy) Rosa María Payá, member of Cuba Decide platform, and the lawyers Marco Pellitero and Julio Pellitero, members of the organization Cubans for Democracy, testified this Tuesday […]