The initiative is intended to “combine an effort arranged for the liberation of Cuba” in the critical situation facing the island.
Miami, United States. – He Cuban Democratic Directory (DDC) He announced the celebration of a press conference next Thursday, August 14, with the aim of informing about an international event entitled “Save Cuba”, scheduled for September of this year in the city of Miami.
The initiative is to “combine a concerted effort for the release of Cuba” in the critical situation facing the island, according to the DDC in a statement sent to Cubanet. The event will bring together both national and international leaders committed to the cause of freedom in Cuba.
The press conference will be held at 11:30 am at the headquarters of the Cuban Democratic Board, located at 730 NW 107th Avenue, Suite 460, Miami, Florida, 33172.
This act is part of the activities for the 35th anniversary of the Foundation of the DDC, an organization that has played an active role in the denunciation of human rights violations and the promotion of democracy in Cuba since its creation.
A non -violent struggle for human rights
The Cuban democratic directory is a non -governmental organization founded in 1990 during the International Cuban Youth Congress by a free Cuba, held in Miami Beach. It emerged as a group of students and young professionals determined to contribute to the fall of the socialist system in Cuba through non -violent civic struggle.
In the beginning, the organization adopted the name Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Directory in tribute to the student directories created in Havana in the 20s to defend citizen freedoms. In March 2002, the group changed its name to Cuban Democratic Directory to more clearly reflect its commitment to democratic values.
Based in the United States, the DDC provides material and humanitarian support to opposition organizations within the island, facilitates contacts between foreign journalists and Cuban sources, and promotes international solidarity with the opposition movement. It is a signatory to the agreement for democracy in Cuba, a 10 -point document originally written in 1998 that advocates free elections and the release of political prisoners.
The Board of Directors is part of the Christian Democratic Organization of America and is an associated member of the Democratic International Union.
Among its main activities are the international representation of the Cuban opposition movement before human rights organizations and foreign governments, as well as the dissemination of reports on civic resistance on the island, including the annual report Steps to freedom.
Likewise, the Opera Radio República directory, a broadcaster that transmits daily to Cuba by short wave and AM, with content focused on internal social reality and opposition activism.
The organization has supported campaigns such as “I do not cooperate with the dictatorship”, launched by political exprisioneros Jorge Luis García Pérez Antúnez and José Daniel Ferrer Garcia In 2005, and the electoral boycott “not to the electoral farce” in 2007.
The DDC actively collaborates with agencies such as Amnesty International and the Inter -American Commission on Human Rights, which reaches reports of violations on the island.
