Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter

"The first victory we can claim is that our hearts are free of hatred. Hence we say to those who persecute us and who try to dominate us: ‘You are my brother. I do not hate you, but you are not going to dominate me by fear. I do not wish to impose my truth, nor do I wish you to impose yours on me. We are going to seek the truth together’. THIS IS THE LIBERATION WHICH WE ARE PROCLAIMING."
Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas (2002)

Monday, December 19, 2022

Revisiting the courageous flight by Orestes Lorenzo Pérez to save his wife and children

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"If Lorenzo had the balls to leave with one of my MiGs," he said, "maybe he has the balls to come and get his family." -...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

Remembering Václav Havel, Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas and nonviolent action

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"A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences." - Jacques Maritain Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas and P...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

20 years ago today, Oswaldo Paya received the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize

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  SPEECH DELIVERED BY MR. OSWALDO PAYÁ UPON ACCEPTING THE SAKHAROV PRICE FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT Strasbourg, December 17, 2002 English tr...
Friday, December 9, 2022

International Human Rights Day: Recovering Cuba's Pre-Castro human rights legacy

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Over the past 20 years, I witnessed how Cuban diplomats undermined international human rights standards, first at the United Nations Human...
Sunday, November 27, 2022

Reflections on the electoral fraud in Cuba

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  “I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this - who will count...
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