Directorio democratico cubano -est. 1990- The cuban democratic directorate

Miami, Florida- 21 de enero del 2021 – Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana (ARC)- La Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana considera necesario e importante, en este nuevo y cambiante escenario mundial, ratificar su sólido respaldo al gobierno y pueblo de Israel.

Es bien conocido que naciones con gobiernos divorciados de la paz y de las relaciones respetuosas entre países, han amenazado, repetidamente, con hacer desaparecer a Israel.

Es también reconocido que vecinos agresivos lanzan frecuentes e indiscriminados ataques contra la población civil israelí con total irrespeto a su soberanía y a la indispensable seguridad ciudadana.

Es un hecho que en la siempre complicada geopolítica internacional las alianzas e intereses cambian o se reordenan e Israel ha padecido, con frecuencia, esas oscilaciones que lo han colocado a la defensiva.   

Sin embargo, por encima de ideologías, de intereses políticos o geopolíticos, es un hecho que Israel es la única nación del Medio Oriente con un sistema político democrático y con una economía de mercado libre. Además, es una nación con un modelo de libertades ciudadanas y de respeto a los derechos humanos fundamentales que la Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana comparte con Israel y que aspira y lucha por llevar a Cuba.

Sea esta ocasión una oportunidad propicia para solidarizarnos con el gran aliado que es Israel y para agradecerle su sólido y confiable respaldo a las legítimas aspiraciones de los cubanos por una Cuba libre.
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Miami, Florida-20 de enero del 2021-Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana- La Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana, con sus integrantes y delegaciones en diferentes partes de los Estados Unidos, apoya la iniciativa hecha a líderes del Senado de los Estados Unidos por parte de los Congresistas del Estado de la Florida, U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla, U.S. Reps. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla.  y Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla.
 
La petición pide en su comienzo al Senador U.S. Bob Menéndez, D-NJ quien será el Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado y al Senador Jim Risch, R-Idaho, actual Presidente con mayor jerarquía por parte de los republicanos, quien permanecerá en el mismo, de que rechacen cualquier nombramiento del Presidente Joe Biden a quien “no se comprometa a promover la democracia, la liberación económica y las libertades civiles básicas en sus posiciones políticas en cuanto a Cuba y Venezuela”.
 
Dirigentes del exilio cubano desde diferentes comunidades cubanas en los Estados Unidos respaldaron la medida:

“Confiamos en que esta petición evite que la nueva administración del recién electo Presidente Joe Biden cometa el mismo error en términos de Cuba y Venezuela que cometió el ex Presidente Barak Obama”, dijo José Francisco Lamas, fundador del  Comité Cívico Cubano de Chicago.

“Encuentro muy justa y razonable la iniciativa de los tres  Congresistas de Florida, en el caso de que se quieran hacer cambios a la política de estas medidas y sanciones”, expresó  Roberto Pizano, ex preso político, Presidente de la “Asociación de Ex Presos Políticos y Exiliados Cubanos de Tampa”.

“Esta es una importante gestión de los tres Congresistas del Estado de la Florida, ya que un momento se codificó la Ley Helms Burton para que no se pudiera retirar sin la aprobación del Congreso, al igual es primordial mantener las sanciones y medidas señaladas en esta petición”, dijo José  Gutiérrez Solana, expreso político y Secretario  de la Unión de Ex Presos Políticos Zona Norte cuyas oficinas están en Union City, New Jersey.

“Me uno a esas medidas y soy solidario con algo que va ayudar mucho a la causa de la libertad de Cuba, espero que el Presidente Biden comprenda que son momentos decisivos para la libertad  de Cuba”, dijo Fernando Marquet, representante de la Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana en Los Angeles, California.

“Los cambios de administraciones en los Estados Unidos han producido generalmente enfoques diferentes en cuanto a la política hacia Cuba. La experiencia demuestra que las aperturas y los intentos por buscar soluciones sensatas a la situación crítica que viven los cubanos, tanto económicos, como políticos, como sociales no han funcionado. La sensatez y no el dogma político es lo que debe prevalecer de Estados Unidos con el régimen castrista. Esa sensatez dice que las sanciones y la presión, han sido los más efectivos en lograr las pequeñas cosas que se han logrado en Cuba”, dijo Luis Zúñiga, expreso político, Vice Presidente del Consejo por la Libertad de Cuba, en  Miami, Florida.

La Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana cree que esta iniciativa es vital en estos momentos de cambios, para que el gobierno de los Estados Unidos siga manteniendo y reforzando tan importantes medidas y sanciones, ya que las mismas contribuyen grandemente a debilitar los regímenes comunistas de Cuba y Venezuela y su interferencia en otros países de Latino América.
 

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Miami, Florida-January 20, 2021-Assembly of the Cuban Resistance- The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance with members and delegations in the United States and around the world, supports the initiative made to leaders of the United States Senate by Florida Members of Congress, U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla, U.S. Reps. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla. and Maria Elvira Salazar,R-Fla.

The petition asks U.S. Senator Bob Menendez D-NJ, incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senator Jim Risch, R-Idaho current Chairman and ranking Republican on the committee, to reject any appointment made by President Joe Biden who "is not committed to promoting democracy, economic liberation and basic civil liberties for Cuba and Venezuela.”

"We are confident that this petition will prevent the new administration of newly elected President Joe Biden from making the same mistake in terms of Cuba and Venezuela that former President Barak Obama made," said José Francisco Lamas, founder of the Cuban Civic Committee of Chicago, in Chicago.

"I find the initiative of the three Florida Members of Congress to be fair and reasonable in the event that the new administration decides to make changes to the measures and sanctions in place," said Roberto Pizano, former political prisoner and President of the "Association of Former Cuban Political Prisoners and Exiles of Tampa", in  Tampa.

"This is an important gesture from the three Florida Members of Congress. The Helms Burton Act was codified so that it could not be withdrawn without the approval of Congress, just as it is essential to maintain the sanctions and measures indicated in this petition”, said José Gutiérrez Solana, a former political prisoner and Secretary of the Union of Former Political Prisoners North Zone, in New Jersey.

"I am in support of these measures and stand in solidarity with something that will help pursue freedom for Cuba. I hope that President Biden understands that these are decisive moments for the freedom of Cuba," said Fernando Marquet, representative of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance in Los Angeles, California.
 
“The changes of administration in the United States have generally produced a different focus as it relates to policies towards Cuba. Experience has demonstrated that openings and the intent to find solutions disregarding the critical situation in which Cubans are living in economically, politically, and socially do not work. Reasoning and not political dogma is what should prevail in the United States with regards to the Castro Regime. That reasoning tells us that sanctions and pressure have been most effective means to achieve some semblance of progress in Cuba”, stated Luis Zuñiga, former political prisoner and Vice President for the Cuban Liberty Council, in Miami, Florida.

It is the position of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance that this initiative is vital at this time of changes. The United States should maintain and reinforce crucial measures and sanctions which result in the debilitation of the communist regimes in Cuba and Venezuela and their interference in other Latin American countries.
 
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Miami, Florida- January 12th, 2021 Cuban Democratic Directorate “Directorio”- Human rights violations by the Communist Regime in Cuba continue to run rampant as the New Year starts.

Just in the past few days the following acts of repression have taken place:

HAVANA
January 10, 2021
Political prisoner Adrian Curuneaux Stevens, delegate of the Opposition Movement for a New Republic and the Democracy Movement, was unmercifully beaten by several guards in the Valle Grande Prison. One of the guards going by the name of “Alexai” focused on blows to his face. Curuneaux has been imprisoned without a trial for the bogus charge of “contempt” since May 23, 2020. After being held over eight months, without a trial, Adrian went on a hunger strike in protest on January 7, 2021. In response, he was stripped of his clothes and left totally naked. On January 10, 2021, he was removed from his cell under the pretext of taking him to the infirmary where the beating took place.
Reported by Jose Diaz Silva, President of Movement for a New Republic and Democracy Movement.
 

January 8, 2021
Agustin Figueroa Galindo, President of the Colonel Vicente Méndez Movement and member of the United Democratic Commitment Coalition was kidnapped from the door of his home by State Security Police and arbitrarily detained for two days. Agustin was subjected to interrogations and threats during his unlawful detainment. According to the complaint received by Directorio from Agustin Figueroa Galindo: “the arrest, as always, was to make the usual threats like the following: ‘There would be no public manifestations allowed’. ‘You would be punished for working with Orlando Gutierrez (National Secretary of the Cuban Democratic Directorate).’ ‘We could put you behind bars for carrying out counter revolutionary activities.’ ‘We would not allow one more poster nor photos of Cuban martyrs.’ ‘We would not allow any kind of unity between opposition movements.’”

January 8, 2021
Human Rights Activists Caridad Milagros Sanchez Ramirez and Juan Lamas Martinez of the Opposition Movement for a New Republic, were arbitrarily detained by the political police in San Miguel del Padron Avenue. They were taken to Police Unit #11 of that municipality where they were accused of putting up anti-regime posters in public places. They were both threatened with imprisonment if they continue with their activism.

January 6, 2021
Jose Diaz Silva, President of Movement for a New Republic (MONR) and delegate of the Democracy Movement, was arbitrarily arrested and beaten once again. According to Diaz Silva’s statement on Facebook: “I was leaving my house, which is also the MONR headquarters in the City of Rancho Boyeros, when I was forcibly and publicly handcuffed, beaten and arrested in the middle of 184^th Avenue by two policemen and two women from the political police (MININT). I was taken to the police station in Santiago de Las Vegas, there were more than twenty policemen present. I was later dragged thirty meters to a jail cell where they threw me on the floor. They removed everything I had and left my pants down to my ankles and they then resumed beating me. Afterwards, I was released.”
 
January 5, 2021
For 92 consecutive hours the headquarters of Ladies in White which is also the home of its leader, Berta Soler and her husband, former political prisoner Angel Moya, was besieged. The ominous police presence began on Tuesday, January 5^th,  and lasted until Sunday January 10^th. Berta Soler Fernandez denounced the events on her Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/berta.solergfernandez
 
MAYABEQUE PROVINCE
January 11, 2021
Human Rights activists, Maria Cristina Garrido Rodriguez and her husband Michael Valladares, were arbitrarily arrested by the political police for attempting to do a live transmission on Facebook.
https://adncuba.com/noticias-de-cuba/actualidad/policia-detiene-activistas-tras-publicaciones-criticando-comedores-en
 
January 9. 2021
Repressive forces, including State Security and National Revolutionary Police (PNR), besieged activist Mayelin Pena Builein’s home located in the neighborhood of Ojo de Agua, Mayabeque Province.
https://www.facebook.com/berta.solergfernandez
 
ARTEMISA PROVINCE
January 10, 2021
The farm of the provincial delegate of Artemisa in San Antonio de los Baños, Daniel Alfaro Fria, of the Opposition Movement for a New Republic (MONR) was besieged and occupied by the repressive forces of the State Security.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009546738181
 
January 8, 2021
Leticia Ramos Herreria, member of the Ladies in White movement, was arbitrarily detained on her way to a doctor’s appointment in Havana. Leticia stated the following: “Today, at around 12:30pm, I was detained on a public road on my way to Havana to see a doctor due to serious health problems. While en route, repressive political police forces prevented me from leaving the city. I was arbitrarily detained and transported in patrol car #041 to the State Security Headquarters in the city of Cardenas. I was interrogated as to my involvement with the United Democratic Commitment Coalition and later released.”
https://www.facebook.com/leticia.ramosherrera
 
January 8, 2021
Felix Navarro leader of the “Pedro Luis Boitel” Party for Democracy, denounced over Radio Marti the arbitrary arrest and detainment of three party activists, stating “Francisco Rangel Manzano, Carlos Orlando Olivera Martinez and Lazaro Diaz Sanchez were arbitrarily arrested as they arrived at the town of Perico by political police officers. They were taken to the police station of the municipal territory where they remained arbitrarily detained from 10:00am to 11:15pm.”
https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/a/denuncian-detenci%C3%B3n-de-tres-opositores-en-matanzas/282495.html
 
VILLA CLARA PROVINCE
January 7, 2021
Guillermo Fariñas, recipient of the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Conscience, and Coordinator of the United Anti-totalitarian Forum (FANTU) was arbitrarily arrested on January 7^th and threatened with imprisonment by a State Security officer and a police officer for alleged subversive activity. He was taken to a police unit known as “UPICO” where he was interrogated.
https://adncuba.com/noticias-de-cuba/actualidad/guillermo-farinas-amenazado-con-prision-por-supuesta-actividad
 
HOLGUIN PROVINCE
January 6, 2021
Human Rights activists and siblings Ana Iris Miranda Leyva, Ada Iris Miranda Leyva and Fidel Manuel Batista Leyva who are all former Prisoners of Conscience, denounced the latest violent arbitrary detention they all suffered from January 6 at 12:27pm to January 7 at 6:00pm during which time they endured brutal beatings. An ominous siege and surveillance was maintained on their mother, human rights activist Maydolis Leyva Portelles and on Ada Iris’ children: Tahimi (14 years old) and Alain (13 years old). All these repressive operations involved: State Security officers, Gibara Municipal People’s Power officials, police and local rapid response groups.
https://www.facebook.com/anairis.mirandaleyva.3
 

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