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Rosa Maria Paya meets at the White House with negotiator on Cuba / 14ymedio

24 January 2015 (EFE) –Rosa MariaPayá, daughter of the late Cuban activist OswaldoPayá, in a meeting today with the senior advisor for Latin America at the White House, defended the need to “stop the impunity” of the Cuban government against dissidents on the island, and the right to decide for Cubans. Payá, who left the island a … Continue reading “Rosa Maria Paya meets at the White House with negotiator on Cuba / 14ymedio”

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA from Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo

See below for translation OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA from Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo December 19, 2014, The Washington Post Rosa María Payá Acevedo is a member of the Cuban Christian Liberation Movement. Mr. Barack Obama President of the United States of America I am writing to you because I assume that goodwill inspired … Continue reading “OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA from Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo”

Project Varela / Rolando Pulido and Rosa Maria Paya

But Cubans are tired, Cubans want changes. More than ten years ago, more than 25,000 Cubans proposed a project of legal reform called the Varela Project, to hold a plebiscite and ask the people whether or not they want free elections. The Cuban constitution establishes that if more tan 10,000 people support a legal proposal, … Continue reading “Project Varela / Rolando Pulido and Rosa Maria Paya”

Cubans Want Changes / Rosa Maria Paya, Rolando Pulido

“But Cubans are tired, Cubans want changes. More than 10 years ago, more than 25,000 Cubans supported a project of legal reform, called the Varela Project, to hold a plebiscite and ask the people whether or not they wanted free elections. The Cuban Constitution establishes that if more than 10,000 people support a legal proposal, … Continue reading “Cubans Want Changes / Rosa Maria Paya, Rolando Pulido”

Rosa Maria Paya Speaking to UN Watch / Rosa Maria Paya

Remarks of human rights advocate Rosa Maria Payá on why Cuba should not be elected to the UN Rights Council, delivered at UN headquarters on November 4, 2013, at a press conference organized by UN Watch and the Human Rights Foundation. Transcript: On September 20, the Cuban government declared, in the Human Rights Council, that … Continue reading “Rosa Maria Paya Speaking to UN Watch / Rosa Maria Paya”

Rosa Maria Paya Speaks at the United Nations About a Seat for Cuba on the Human Rights Council / Luis Leonel Leon

Despite daily violations of the most elementary freedoms, Cuba has once again managed to join the United Nations Human Rights Council. Rosa Maria Paya has continued to present herself before this and other international forums to denounce the reality, request support to foster democracy, and ask for a serious investigation to reveals the real reason … Continue reading “Rosa Maria Paya Speaks at the United Nations About a Seat for Cuba on the Human Rights Council / Luis Leonel Leon”

ROSA MARÍA PAYÁ OF CUBA FOR THE FUTURE / ORLANDO LUIS PARDO LAZO

For Life, For the Truth, For the Future. Rosa María Payá and her family are taking a risk in demanding from the Cuban State an investigation that clarifies the circumstances of the violent deaths of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero. We mustn’t abandon this Cuban family now, before the slanders of a fifty-year-old government accustomed … Continue reading “ROSA MARÍA PAYÁ OF CUBA FOR THE FUTURE / ORLANDO LUIS PARDO LAZO”

Interview with Rosa Maria Paya / Lilianne Ruiz, Rosa Maria Paya

By Lilianne Ruíz HAVANA, Cuba, May, www.cubanet.org.- Rosa María Payá, daughter of the late leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, returned to Cuba after finishing a tour with the main objective of promoting an international investigation to clarify the circumstances that led to the tragedy on July 22, 2012 that killed Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero. … Continue reading “Interview with Rosa Maria Paya / Lilianne Ruiz, Rosa Maria Paya”

Call for a Plebescite, Yes or No / Rosa Maria Paya

Let no one speak again for all Cubans. Ask them in a plebiscite. “Let them call free and democratic elections on the basis of a new electoral law and an atmosphere that allows all Cubans to have the right to be nominated and elected democratically, exercising freedom of expression and of the press and freely … Continue reading “Call for a Plebescite, Yes or No / Rosa Maria Paya”

Cuban Regime Blog Threatens Rosa Maria Paya With Prison / Juan Antoni Guerrero

The Cuban government sponsored blog Herlado Cubano is trying to intimidate Rosa Maria Paya in a recent post in which it criticizes the allegations Oswaldo Paya’s daughter had made about his death. The official blogger, who goes by the name Arthur Gonzalez, said that for accusing the Cuban government for being behind the death of the … Continue reading “Cuban Regime Blog Threatens Rosa Maria Paya With Prison / Juan Antoni Guerrero”