Rosa María Paya: Totalitarianism Does Not Tolerate Participation / Leonel Luis Leon

Diario Las Americas, Leonel Luis Leon, 5 December 2015 — Rosa María Payá, daughter of the deceased Cuban opposition leader Oswaldo Payá – who received the Andrei Sakharov Human Rights Prize from the European Parliament and founded the Varela Project for a citizen plebiscite in Cuba – received a major recognition of her civic activism on being … Continue reading “Rosa María Paya: Totalitarianism Does Not Tolerate Participation / Leonel Luis Leon”

Youth For Democracy Travels To Caracas With Rosa Maria Paya / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 4 December 2015 — A delegation from the Latin American Network of Youth for Democracy has traveled to Venezuela to observe the legislative elections on Sunday. The delegation, led by Rosa María Payá, new president of the organization, wants to send a “signal of solidarity” to Venezuelan democrats. In a statement, the Youth for Democracy Network … Continue reading “Youth For Democracy Travels To Caracas With Rosa Maria Paya / 14ymedio”

Rosa Maria Paya In Venezuela To Observe Sunday’s Legislative Elections / Diario de Cuba

Diario de Cuba, Caracas, 4 December 2015 – The Cuban human rights activist Rosa María Payá Acevedo is in Caracas to accompany the Venezuelan youth in legislative elections on Sunday, December 6, the blogger and writer Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo reported Friday. Payá, president of the Network of Latin American Youth for Democracy – a … Continue reading “Rosa Maria Paya In Venezuela To Observe Sunday’s Legislative Elections / Diario de Cuba”

Je Suis Cuba / Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo

Diario de Cuba, Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo, 15 November 2015 — Two years ago in Paris, at exactly this time, I had the satisfaction of meeting in person a renowned Cuban writer who lives there. I was there only a few days and travelled little around the city. They were days of work, meetings and … Continue reading “Je Suis Cuba / Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo”

Cuban Embassy In The US Refuses To Receive A Letter From Activist Rosa María Payá / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, 21 July 2015 — The activist Rosa María Payá tried to deliver a letter to the newly inaugurated Cuban embassy in Washington on Tuesday. The daughter of the late Oswaldo Payá, however, denounced through her Twitter account that the officials would not open the door and sent a police car. The letter, from … Continue reading “Cuban Embassy In The US Refuses To Receive A Letter From Activist Rosa María Payá / 14ymedio”

“The Cuban people must get their voice back to begin the transition” / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Rosa Maria Paya

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 17 May 2012 — In the summer of 2012, Rosa María Payá had just started out in the political arena. She moved among the young people who animated the Varela Project, El Camino del Pueblo (The Path of the People) and the Heredia Project, initiated by the Christian Liberation Movement founded by her … Continue reading ““The Cuban people must get their voice back to begin the transition” / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Rosa Maria Paya”

“I come to my country because it is my right” — Rosa Maria Paya / Cubanet, Ignacio Gonzalez and Osmel Almaguer

Cubanet, Ignacio González and Osmel Almaguer, Havana, 11 May 2015 — Rosa María Payá, daughter of the late fighter for human rights in Cuba, Oswaldo Paya, arrived in Havana on Monday morning, from the Miami airport, in order to reunite with family and friends and to honor the memory of the father. The daughter of … Continue reading ““I come to my country because it is my right” — Rosa Maria Paya / Cubanet, Ignacio Gonzalez and Osmel Almaguer”

Ask the People / Rosa Maria Paya

El Mundo, Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo, 12 April 2015 – Although the current Summit of the Americas in Panama has been a blackboard where the peoples of the Americas have been forced – once again – to choke on the barbarian mouthful of that old subject that is Cuban totalitarianism, hope is renewed by the … Continue reading “Ask the People / Rosa Maria Paya”

Rosa Maria Paya of Cuba and for Cuba

Statement from Rosa María Payá at the Summit of the Americas Panama, 10 April 2015 Good day. I would like to thank everyone for their willingness to dialog. We came willing to dialog. We wanted to listen to our Cuban brothers and sisters, who we know are in the same condition as ourselves. I want … Continue reading “Rosa Maria Paya of Cuba and for Cuba”

Rosa María Payá announces the creation of the initiative “Cuba Decides” / 14ymedio

14ymedio, Havana, April 6 2015 – Rosa María Payá, daughter of the late Cuban activist Oswaldo Payá, has announced this Monday the creation of the citizen initiative Cuba Decide, or “Cuba Decides.” The goal of the project, presented during the Forum of Youth Movements in Panama, is for Cubans to pronounce themselves through a plebiscite … Continue reading “Rosa María Payá announces the creation of the initiative “Cuba Decides” / 14ymedio”

Rosa Maria Paya Detained at Airport in Panama

  Translations, from top to bottom: They searched everything I had in my bag, even my underwear. At one point they took my personal agenda with all my notes. Now they have put me in detention, saying they are checking my documents I am someplace in the Tocumen airport. “You will be deported to Cuba … Continue reading “Rosa Maria Paya Detained at Airport in Panama”

Roberta Jacobson Queries the Castros’ Crime / Rosa Maria Paya

Screen shot from the Twitter account of one of the regime’s aliases A subject we always include Rosa María Payá I have only been in Washington DC 12 hours. Time enough to take up Senator Marco Rubio’s kind invitation to go to President Obama’s State of the Union Address. It’s winter in DC, but as … Continue reading “Roberta Jacobson Queries the Castros’ Crime / Rosa Maria Paya”

Rosa Maria Paya For the Future of All Cubans Without Castro

In recent years my country has been engaged in a deception. The Cuban government is changing the Law, but ignoring the rights of the people, which were sequestered over half a century ago. More people are allowed to enter and leave the country, but the regime decides who can enjoy this “privilege”. The migratory reform … Continue reading “Rosa Maria Paya For the Future of All Cubans Without Castro”