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  • Leader of the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White condemns normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations

    12/31/2014 9:58:13 AM PST · by Ebenezer · 7 replies
    Damas de Blanco (Spanish) ^ | December 23, 2014 | DiarioDeCuba.com
    (English-language translation) President Obama's measures are for the government, not for Cuba. He is mistaken if he thinks restoring relations is going to favor the island's people. There will be changes here when human rights are respected and the Castros no longer exist. These measures will allow the Cuban government to strengthen, equip their repressive machine against the Cuban people, against civil society. We know that achieving freedom depends on us Cubans, but we want to count on moral support from governments. We feel unprotected at this time, but with or without support, what is important is to maintain our...
  • Berta Soler, Leader of Peaceful Dissident Group in Cuba Arrested Upon Her Return to Havana Today

    12/07/2013 6:18:52 PM PST · by kristinn · 4 replies
    Babalu Blog ^ | Saturday, December 7, 2013 | Alberto de la Cruz
    Reports coming out of Cuba this evening indicate that Berta Soler, the leader of Cuba's peaceful dissident organziation the Ladies in White, was arrested by Cuban State Security upon her return to Havana today. Her whereabouts and her condition are currently unknown. Her husband Angel Moya, a former political prisoner who was at the airport waiting for her, states he was told by a uniformed police officer that his wife had been arrested for agitation and challenging the order in Cuba.