SLP, Mexico.- The Chilean Senate recognized the work of the Cuban Resistance Assembly (ARC) in its denunciation of the crisis situation and human rights violations that Cubans are going through and called for international action against the Castro dictatorship.
In one conference press conference held this Wednesday, December 4, at the headquarters of the Cuban Democratic Directorate in Miami, Chilean senator Francisco Chauán, sponsor of the historic resolution which urges the government of that country to take action due to the “very serious situation in Cuba”, declared its commitment to freedom and democracy on the Island.
In turn, he explained that the resolution calls on Gabriel Boric to act in the face of the Cuban crisis, demand that the regime end the repression and immediately release all political prisoners.
The measure, approved unanimously, is a “historical reference and model for other legislative bodies,” as described by the Secretary General of the ARC, Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, as revealed in a press release from the organization.
The Chilean legislator highlighted that the text of the provision recognizes the growing unity effort of the ARC and its 54 organizations and asked “all Cuban democratic forces not to rest in the effort to achieve unity.”
At the conference of press where Sylvia Iriondo, president of MAR for Cuba, and former political prisoner Luis Zúñiga also participated, the ARC explained that there is no government on the Island but an illegitimate regime because it has never been submitted to the approval of the people in free and democratic elections.
In the session, Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat condemned the brutal murder of the young political prisoner Manuel de Jesús Guillén, at the hands of repressors from the Combinado del Este Prison and warned that crimes of this type have been repeated under the rule of the regime and in the face of silence. accomplice of many governments.
For his part, the former Argentine representative and president of the Union of Latin American Parties (UPLA), Julián Obiglio, praised the importance of an alliance of governments and democratic political parties in favor of the freedom of Cuba and ratified UPLA’s commitment to the cause. Cuban government and its support for the resolution of the Chilean Senate.
Historic agreement
The agreement promoted by the Chilean Senate was presented at the end of November by a group of senators from different parties and denounces the “crimes against humanity” committed by the Cuban regime.
With 15 votes in favor, zero against and two abstentions, the text indicates that in Cuba there are at least 1,105 political prisoners, among them 117 women and 329 people with serious pathologies that put their lives at risk.
According to the document, these detainees face inhumane conditions, such as denial of medicine, lack of food and isolation in forced labor camps. “The Cuban communist regime not only represses, but also uses resources to perpetuate a system based on misery and corruption,” the text points out.
The resolution also indicates that the repression has reached independent media. The entry into force of the Social Communication Lawdenounced by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), restricts legality to media linked to the Cuban Communist Party (PCC). According to the senators, this law deepens information fences and further limits press freedom on the Island.
