Damas de Blanco

Video: Ladies in White continually harassed by pro-government mobs

April 26, 2010
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Beginning of the end?

April 13, 2010

Former Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Castañeda questions whether this is the beginning of the end of the Castro regime in his El País op-ed, where he formulates three factors precipitating an end: (i) a fierce economic crisis; (ii) the death of Orlando Zapata, Damas de Blanco movement and Guillermo Fariñas hunger strike; and (iii) Fidel [...]

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Human Rights & Repression?

December 11, 2007

While the Damas de Blanco (a dissident movement that campaigns for the rights of Cuban political prisoners) were assailed by Cuban authorities for participating in a demonstration ( leading to Cuba’s National Assembly) in favor of human rights yesterday morning during International Human Rights Day, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque announced that Cuba will [...]

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