Garrote Vil Performance by Luis Manuel Otero

A performance intended to call world attention on the irrational repression of dissenting voices in Cuba ended in the arbitrary arrest of Luis Manuel Otero, main coordinator of the San Isidro Artist Movement

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Bishop Silvio Baez Prays for a Free Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

On Sunday, April 11, Bishop Silvio Báez prays for Cuban artists and human rights activists leading the peaceful struggle for justice, human rights and freedom in Cuba. He prays for freedom in Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Michael LimaApril 11, 2021Comment

OAS in Solidarity with Activists in a Hunger Strike in Cuba

OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro’s Press Release in solidarity with activists of the Patriotic Union of Cuba in a hunger strike since March 20. It condemns the extreme repression of the Cuban dictatorship and states that such regime should have become extinct a long time ago.

Michael LimaApril 7, 2021Comment

Hunger Strike of Human Rights Activists in Cuba

Day 18 of the UNPACU hunger strike and day 23 of a police cordon surrounding the main headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Cuba.

Michael LimaApril 6, 2021Comment

Katia Hernandez Torres Blames Diaz Canel

In this powerful video, Katia Hernandez Torres blames Diaz Canel for the extreme humanitarian catastrophe in Cuba, specially for the lack of food, medications as a result of the restructuring of the economic in the midst a pandemic. She also says she is not afraid to speak up and be the voice of the voiceless in Cuba regardless of the repression she will be target.

Michael LimaMarch 24, 2021Comment

Cuban Canadians in a Caravan for Patria y Vida

Cuban Canadian Patria y Vida Caravan in Toronto and Montreal on March 7, 2021. Caravana Patria y Vida en Toronto y Montreal.

Michael LimaMarch 7, 2021Comment

Patria y Vida Caravan in Montreal, Toronto and Halifax

Cuban Canadians have called on a Patria y Vida Caravan on Sunda, March 7 in solidarity with the ideals expressed in the popular song that has now become an anthem of hope and freedom for Cubans in the island and around the world.

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Democratic Spaces Canada Condemns the Arrest of José Daniel Ferrer García

Democratic Spaces Canada condemns the arbitrary arrest of José Daniel Ferrer García leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba.

Michael LimaFebruary 26, 2021Comment

Cuba Event European Parliament

Some of the remarks by key presenters in the European Parliament event held in solidarity with artist and human rights activists in Cuba.

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Patria y Vida Artists in the European Parliament

In response to the overwhelming popularity of the Patria and Vida/Home and Life song in Cuba and in solidarity with those leading the peaceful struggle for democracy in the island, the European Parliament will livestream a historic event called “Homeland and Life, Art and Politics United for Cuba,” on Friday Feb 26 at 11 am (Eastern Time/Cuba/Miami)

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Luis Manuel Otero On What Is Like To be An Artist in Cuba

In this video, Cuban contemporary artist and main coordinator of the San Isidro Movement, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara gives a powerful presentation in an important panel on the State of Artistic Freedom in 2021 hosted by Freemuse and as part of the Rewriting the Future Festival live-streamed live from Berlin from February 25-27, 2021.

Luis Manuel effectively conveys what is like to be a contemporary artist in Cuba and what is the human cost of standing up to censorship and persecution of ideas.

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Homeland and Life Not Homeland Or Death

My thoughts on the song Homeland and Life (Patria y Vida) which stands as the opposite of the regime’s slogan of Homeland or Death (Patria o Muerte). The song evokes the right of Cubans to choose the political system in which they wish to live. One that does not force people to choose between the ruling ideology or the opposite, which translates into prison, ostracism, persecution, exile and death.

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Luis Manuel Otero en el Festival Reescribiendo el Futuro

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, artista contemporáneo cubano y coordinador principal del Movimiento San Isidro será uno de los artistas invitados al Festival digital Reescribiendo el Futuro que tomará lugar los días 25 a 28 de febrero de 2021. Otero presentará en el panel titulado: “El Estado de las Libertades Artísticas en el 2021”

Michael LimaFebruary 18, 2021Comment

El Mayor Gesto Humanitario en América Latina en Décadas

El presidente de Colombia Ivan Duque toma la decisión histórica de concederle estatus legal por 10 años a 1.7 millones de migrantes venezolanos. La decisión fue aplaudida por el Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados, Filiop Grandi de quien la calificó de “histórica” y la consideró “el mas importante gesto humanitario” en la región en décadas.

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San Isidro Movement Among Key Nominees for the Payá Prize

Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED); Hector Schamis, defender of democratic values and acute critic of dictatorships and corruption in the hemisphere Lee Edwards, President fo the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and the San Isidro Movement comprised of cuban artists, activists and intellectuals who fight for the right to have rights in Cuba are the top nominees for the Payá Prize 2021 in its fifth edition.

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Cuban Activist Arbitrarily Arrested Over a Letter Calling for the Resignation of Alpidio Alonso as Minister of Culture

The San Isidro Movement denounces the arbitrary arrest of Carolina Barrero, one of the two activists who handed a letter on Feb 3, 2021 to the National Assembly to dismiss Alpidio Alonso from his post as Minister of Culture and member of the National Assembly due to his violent attack of an independent journalist on Jan 27.

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Parlamentarians Condemn Aggressive Attitude of Alpidio Alonso

Parlamentarians and former Ministers of Culture in Latin America condemn the violent attitude of Alpidio Alonso, the regime’s Minister of Culture. Parlamentarios y ex ministros de cultura de América Latina condenan la actitud violenta de Alpidio Alonso, Ministro de Cultura del Régimen.

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Soup Kitchen Local Initiative In Santiago de Cuba Threatened With Closure by Regime Officials

A local Soup Kitchen humanitarian civil society initiative ran by the Patriotic Union of Cuba in Santiago de Cuba is threatened by regime officials who harass street vendors with fines and imprisonment if they continue selling food and medications to the human rights organization.

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Diario De Las Americas Publishes Our Report on Inhuman Conditions of Cubans in Panama

Diario de las Américas echoes our report on the cruel, inhuman and degrading conditions of Cuban refugees and people from other nationalities in migrant camps in Panama. El Diario de las Américas se hace eco de nuestras denuncias sobre tratos crueles, inhumanos y degradantes a refugiados cubanos y personas de otras nacionalidades en campos de migrantes en Panamá.