Cuban Opposition Prepares its Proposals for the Summit of the Americas

Cuban Opposition Prepares its Proposals for the Summit of the Americas /
14ymedio
Posted on March 6, 2015

Representatives of civil society meeting in Madrid agree on a set of
strategies for 2015

14ymedio, Madrid, 6 March 2015 — Cuban dissidents, gathered in Madrid on
Thursday and Friday at the Transitions in Latin American Societies
conference, have agreed on a set of actions for 2015.Their proposals
include:
1. Implement actions to maintain the demands of Four Points of Minimum
Consensus
2. Promote discussion of the document An Ethical Path for Cuban Civil
Society at the grassroots level (Open Space agreed by the meeting of
February 25, 2015 in Havana)
3. Support peaceful pro-democracy movements for greater visibility among
citizens
4. Discuss proposals for new laws on Associations and Parties and an
Electoral Law
5. Begin the Journey of thought to Cuba (3.0)
6. Encourage projects by youth for youth

Among the participants in the meeting, which took place in La Casa de
America, were Dagoberto Valdés Hernández (of the magazine Convivencia),
Daniel Millet Jiménez (Comando Agromontino F.N.R. Orlando Zapata),
Eliécer Ávila Cicilia (leader of Somos+), Elizardo Sánchez (Comisión
Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional), Jorge Luis García
Pérez "Antúnez" (Frente Nacional de Resistencia Cívica Orlando Zapata),
Manuel Cuesta Morúa (Arco Progresista), Reinaldo Escobar
(editor-in-chief of14ymedio), Yoani Sánchez (director of14ymedio) y
Yusmila Reina Ferrera ( Unión Patriótica de Cuba).

Also participating in the event were Alejandro González Raga (executive
director of Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos), Amado Lorenzo
(president of the Grupo de Estrategia y Geopolítica), Andrés Hernández
(vice president of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Cuba), Antonio
Guedes Sánchez (Asociación de Iberoamericanos por la Libertad), Antonio
José Ponte (Diario de Cuba), Elena Larrinaga de Luis (FECU/Observatorio
Cubano de Derechos Humanos), Frisia Batista ( Raíces de Esperanza), José
Oscar Pérez Couce (President of the Centro Cubano de España), María
Matienzo Puerto (Diario de Cuba), Tomás G. Muñoz y Oribe (Vice president
of Relaciones Internacionales Unión Liberal Cubana), as well as Spanish
politicians and representatives from European embassies in Spain.

Attendees discussed the establishment of the Democratic Unity Roundtable
in Venezuela and its possible applications to the Cuban case

Attendees discussed the establishment of the Democratic Unity Roundtable
in Venezuela and its possible applications to the Cuban case. The
current status of the opposition in Cuba was also discussed, along with
short-term action strategies (before the conclusion of the Summit of the
Americas in Panama on 10 and 11 April), as well as medium- and long-term
strategies.

One of the objectives of activists gathered in Madrid has been the
development of a Journey of Thought for a new country that would include
a diagnosis of the major social and economic challenges and the
development of possible solutions. They also attempted to come to
consensus on ideas and actions for Cuban civil society inside and
outside the island, to achieve unity in the face of a peaceful
transition, including freedom of expression, the ethical use of the
media and new technologies, a process of civic education for the proper
exercise of freedom, entrepreneurial empowerment, in addition to the
essential legal and constitutional changes.

Participants agreed to organize follow-up meetings based on themes –
economy, education, agriculture, communications media, new technologies
– and the widest possible dissemination of these discussions outside the
Island under the slogan "Another Cuba is possible."

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