{"id":92120,"date":"2021-01-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-thousands-protest-across-cuba-demanding-the-right-to-have-rights\/"},"modified":"2021-01-16T06:43:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T10:43:18","slug":"miles-protestan-en-cuba-para-exigir-derecho-a-los-derechos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/miles-protestan-en-cuba-para-exigir-derecho-a-los-derechos\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Protest Across Cuba Demanding The Right To Have Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP-COLOR:; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR:; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR:; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR:; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prntal{\nTEXT-ALIGN: LEFT\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-TOP-COLOR:; BORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR:; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR:; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR:\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 13, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnevid67b2left\" title=\"Thousands Protest Across Cuba Demanding The Right To Have Rights - 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\u2019s desire for change have continued to expand to a point where it cannot be ignored any longer.\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><object id=\"prnevid67b2left\" name=\"prnevid67b2left\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" align=\"middle\" data=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mrrJCbfckeA\"><\/object><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>What:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Cuba Decide releases video summarizing 2020 citizen mobilization efforts<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Who:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Cubans on the Island and in the diaspora, general community <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>When: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Where:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">January 13, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Miami, FL, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a statement from Rosa Mar\u00eda Pay\u00e1, founder and promoter of Cuba Decide. The citizen initiative for democracy in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3035817-1&amp;h=2712698959&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fcubadecide.org%2F%3Flang%3Den&amp;a=Cuba+Decide\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cuba Decide<\/a>, released a video summarizing how Cubans on and off the island are mobilizing to protest the repression they have been subject to for over six decades. Public protests saw exponential growth near the end of 2020 with 42 protests in the month of September, 88 in October, 110 in November and 122 in December.<sup>1<\/sup> Among the demands of the protests are: the right to define the course of the country, the release of political prisoners, freedom of speech and artistic expression, economic liberty and access to basic resources in the midst of a deep humanitarian crisis caused by communist policies and aggravated by COVID-19<i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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 of\u00a0the system. These protests are evidence that the opposition movement and the Cuban people&#8217;s desire for change have continued to expand to a point where it cannot be ignored any longer.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, as recent history has demonstrated, citizens cannot confront a criminal group that holds totalitarian power by themselves \u2013 the\u00a0support of the international community is necessary as well.\u00a0The international actions and pressure on the regime with the goal of protecting lives and supporting citizens&#8217; demands for freedom is required. That is why it is very important that <b>our request to reinstate the Cuban regime to the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism \u2013 a list from which it should never have left \u2013 has been heard<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>For years, I requested that the Obama administration, and later the Trump administration, to reincorporate the Cuban regime on this list because it is the correct and coherent thing to do. Many other Cubans have also asked for this designation, as it recognizes the obvious ties the Castros and the military leadership of the regime have with activities related to terrorism. These actions include: offering sanctuary to U.S. terrorists, refusing the continuous extradition requests of ELN leaders linked to the deadly attack on the Bogot\u00e1 cadet school in 2019, and systemically applying State Terrorism against civilians in the Island. <\/p>\n<p>State terrorism to which I am not only a witness, but also a direct victim. In 2012, members of the Ministry of the Interior of the dictatorship, by orders that could only come directly from Ra\u00fal and <span class=\"xn-person\">Fidel Castro<\/span>, carried out an attack in which my father, the recognized opposition leader Oswaldo Pay\u00e1, lost his life. Today, the lives of hundreds of activists, artists, journalists and citizens on the Island are permanently are risk. Those who dare to confront the regime could suffer police harassment, torture, prison, expatriation or even death.<\/p>\n<p>What has been stated above are not opinions, but facts. They do not depend one political party or another. Moreover, denouncing these events and designating the Cuban regime as a state sponsor of terrorism benefits both the protection of the Cuban people against impunity, and the national security of several countries in the hemisphere. In fact, these countries should come together in support of this designation and in solidarity with the Cuban people, because democracy in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span> is a benefit to all.<\/p>\n<p>While placing <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span> on this list is not enough, nor is it the solution to the situation on the Island, it is, however, a step in the right direction. It is up to us Cubans, and Cubans alone, to decide and define the destiny of our country, something that we have not been able to do for more than 60 years because of the dictatorship&#8217;s prohibition of free elections and all political parties apart from Communism. For this reason, Cuba Decide&#8217;s strategy is to mobilize Cubans through non-violent, peaceful actions to change the totalitarian system towards democracy and be able to hold free elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuba Decide platform is non-partisan, nor is it involved in the domestic politics of any foreign country. We do, however, promote a foreign policy for governments of the world towards <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>: <b><i>the policy of direct solidarity with the needs of the Cuban people; and the use of all the mechanisms available through international law to generate maximum pressure on the dicators to make them submit to the will of the citizens.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We work so that all nations of the free world will join in support of the Cuban people&#8217;s fight for change. The victory of democracy in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span> is essential to the peace, prosperity and stability of the entire Western Hemisphere.\u00a0As the United States undergoes a change in administration, we hope to extend the communications that we maintain with the current administration to members of Congress as well as the President-Elect Joe Biden, who now has one more tool against the dictatorship to support the demands for democratic change. The demands that have originated from the citizenry and are multiplying in the streets of <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The heart of <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span> has already changed and is entering into a new era. Hundreds of protests have occurred throughout the Island and across the world. Citizens will continue to take action because they already know that the only way out of the crisis is to change the system.<\/p>\n<p>Help Cubans amplify their voices. Like and share our page on social media @CubaDecide <\/p>\n<p>You too can be a champion for the cause. Let the world know that Cubans demand the right to freely decide their future.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><b>About <span class=\"xn-location\">CUBA<\/span> DECIDE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cuba Decide is a citizen initiative to change the political and economic system towards democracy and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>THE STRATEGY<br \/>Generate the necessary pressure to force the regime to submit to the will of the people through the joint non-violent action of citizens and the international community.<\/p>\n<p>THE TOOL<br \/>Cubans must decide their future and be free.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba Decide proposes that the will of the Cubans be expressed and complied with through a binding plebiscite &#8211; a direct vote of the people &#8211; in <span class=\"xn-location\">Cuba<\/span> to make a concrete change in the system, by answering the following\u00a0question:<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree that free, fair and plural elections should be called by exercising freedom of expression and the press, and freely organizing into political parties and social organizations with total plurality? Yes or no?<\/p>\n<p>Join Us!<br \/>A mass mobilization effort is underway!<\/p>\n<p>Learn more and join <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3035817-1&amp;h=3516045488&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fr.cubadecide.info%2Fmk%2Fcl%2Ff%2FHh5fzLTqzUnXgmbtrv70lstWFG8rnrYyGssJUiJyVv54aVDstBsCE9VkiXyWX7LAjN8eWNg0LgfCVj076iph3CQMhmx_gMhkl9QbzIfumsI6T3HDEnhKW_RIjymb5QEgtd_Itkh002Z0TCcHFA1g&amp;a=cubadecide.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">cubadecide.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be part of our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3035817-1&amp;h=2603402389&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fr.cubadecide.info%2Fmk%2Fcl%2Ff%2FzPx4Tjb78DQSLWu1ftLkD2jZYMGoQ6EY0lFLBCIJtR0eYYyuYIN6A_v19tzJYFHmDAYwNjeUGKaLo5_FwqL-xxlXCS0Cd3m6HQwln3zQ_ebStlyq101b90pNRU--OL7oUIm9AzkiKRoztnTVXUU4b4_HxXCfIeqzT8k&amp;a=conversations+on+Facebook.com%2FCubaDecide\" rel=\"nofollow\">conversations on Facebook.com\/CubaDecide<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0and \u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3035817-1&amp;h=1292962743&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fr.cubadecide.info%2Fmk%2Fcl%2Ff%2F0SBKl-NTSCAismf22Z-Zpevvwu2LYk6NRL55AV596ZYDnwWEVZTLyN8-FLeKrQ7W8JtZG4v81GrTdnApinSk4vWGk-tJQXOEN6AKm-LJxwmD7rtVaJZf0QhulNdUyoce6BOy4FS9RGtkkzI7McvZoXfYRAPZTkLkBw&amp;a=on+Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\">on Twitter<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3035817-1&amp;h=1849263449&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fr.cubadecide.info%2Fmk%2Fcl%2Ff%2FlKYtVKj4MbJTFmHOa5NUn-xrVG9FfmzeS4_g6t9iLuTRj-sa8Gcnwirvb01feoqP92jFyly55zFoGGYlUd00MfzlKQ-AFvZ7rWrwQ84oAfPIsPRS8dsZbMTntm_0IjjFyJuq1_SDnnhgjR5OKrt6_jsJsGP0HKhtjpLn&amp;a=and+Instagram\" rel=\"nofollow\">and Instagram<\/a> following @CubaDecide and using the tag\u00a0#CubaDecide. <\/p>\n<p>FDP is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes the Cuba Decide platform together with thousands of Cubans.<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Observatorio Cubano de Conflictos, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3035817-1&amp;h=1044035246&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.observatoriocubano.com%2F2021%2F01%2F05%2Fcuba-es-de-todos-122-manifestaciones-publicas-de-protestas-en-diciembre%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.observatoriocubano.com%2F2021%2F01%2F05%2Fcuba-es-de-todos-122-manifestaciones-publicas-de-protestas-en-diciembre%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.observatoriocubano.com\/2021\/01\/05\/cuba-es-de-todos-122-manifestaciones-publicas-de-protestas-en-diciembre\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"prntal\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Contact:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><i>Leandra Solano<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">media@cubadecide.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">305.209.5649<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgedbcleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgedbcleft\" title=\"Cuba Decide Official Logo\" style=\"HEIGHT: 400px; WIDTH: 300px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cuba Decide Official Logo\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1056038\/Cuba_Decide_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Video &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3035817-1&amp;h=1038135517&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmrrJCbfckeA&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmrrJCbfckeA\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mrrJCbfckeA<\/a> <br \/>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3035817-1&amp;h=3222003055&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1056038%2FCuba_Decide_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1056038%2FCuba_Decide_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1056038\/Cuba_Decide_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Cuba Decide<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 13, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnevid67b2left&quot; title=&quot;Thousands Protest Across Cuba Demanding The Right To Have Rights &#8211; 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\u2019s desire for change have continued to expand to a point where it cannot be ignored&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}