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<channel><title><![CDATA[Global Liberty Alliance - Global Voices for Liberty]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty]]></link><description><![CDATA[Global Voices for Liberty]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:36:26 -0500</pubDate><generator>EditMySite</generator><item><title><![CDATA[property in socialist cuba, the first in a series]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/property-in-socialist-cuba-the-first-in-a-series]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/property-in-socialist-cuba-the-first-in-a-series#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:45:53 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/property-in-socialist-cuba-the-first-in-a-series</guid><description><![CDATA[This article is the first in a series we will publish on property rights in Cuba, aimed at demystifying the legal processes surrounding ownership, expropriation, and confiscation. Written by a Cuban lawyer publishing under a pseudonym for security reasons, this series seeks to provide a clear and accessible understanding of how property rights in Cuba differ significantly from those in the United States.&nbsp; In Cuba, property rights are shaped by a unique legal framework, heavily influenced by [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph">This article is the first in a series we will publish on property rights in Cuba, aimed at demystifying the legal processes surrounding ownership, expropriation, and confiscation. <br /><br />Written by a Cuban lawyer publishing under a pseudonym for security reasons, this series seeks to provide a clear and accessible understanding of how property rights in Cuba differ significantly from those in the United States.&nbsp; In Cuba, property rights are shaped by a unique legal framework, heavily influenced by its socialist structure and historical events, such as the sweeping nationalizations of the 1960s. <br /><br />This first installment focuses on the distinctions between expropriation, which involves compensation for public utility or social interest, and confiscation, a penalty tied to criminal acts. By examining these processes, the article sets the stage for a deeper exploration of Cuban property law and its practical implications, offering readers valuable insights into a system that operates under fundamentally different principles from those in the U.S.</div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph"><strong>Expropriation vs. Confiscation</strong><br /><br /><em>By Pedro Rodriguez<br /></em><br />To address this topic, it is important to begin with definitions of key terms as found in dictionaries and encyclopedias. These terms reflect the legal principles and objectives pursued by lawmakers when drafting legislation.<br /><br />Expropriation is broadly understood as a public phenomenon, constitutionally regulated and governed by specific laws. It pertains to administrative law and allows the State, under the framework of public administration, to take ownership of property from natural or legal persons. This process includes fair and proportional compensation for the property taken, and the property is then used either by the State or by a third party designated by the State.<br /><br />Confiscation, on the other hand, arises from criminal proceedings. It involves the State, acting in its judicial capacity, taking property from individuals or entities as a penalty for criminal offenses. Confiscation serves as a primary sanction, while forfeiture or seizure acts as an accessory sanction, involving the goods used in committing the crime. These goods are confiscated to determine their subsequent disposition.<br /><br /><strong>Comparative Analysis</strong><br /><br />In global legal systems, expropriation is addressed differently depending on the legal tradition. Under the Roman law tradition, expropriation is seen as a public right exercised in the interest of society.<br /><br />The purpose is to meet a public need by occupying property, with fair compensation provided to the owner. A notable safeguard in this tradition is the possibility of reversion: if the declared public use is not achieved within a specified timeframe, the property must be returned to its original owner along with compensation.<br /><br />In contrast, the common law tradition views expropriation as a dominant power exercised to acquire property for public purposes. This approach emphasizes negotiation, aiming for a "win-win" outcome that satisfies all parties involved, whether natural or legal persons.<br /><br /><strong>Historical Context</strong><br /><br />In 1960, Cuba expropriated properties owned by U.S. citizens, an action that contributed to the breakdown of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States. At the time, Cuban authorities offered fair compensation to U.S. citizens whose private properties were nationalized in the public interest.<br /><br />However, these offers were rejected under the assertion that the properties remained under U.S. ownership. Despite this, former property owners have continued to file claims in international courts, seeking compensation at current market values&mdash;often ten or more times higher than the values offered at the time of expropriation.<br /><br /><strong>Administrative Expropriation</strong><br /><br />Forced expropriation in Cuba can follow one of three administrative procedures: urgent, ordinary, or joint assessment. These procedures share the goal of reaching mutual agreement on fair compensation between the parties involved.<br /><br />The urgent administrative procedure is the most common. It requires the declaration of public utility or social interest for the project, public notification, identification of the properties affected, and strategic location analysis.<br /><br />It also involves paying a prior deposit and compensation for damages, physically occupying the property, and paying the agreed-upon price. If agreement cannot be reached, administrative measures are used to resolve the matter.<br /><br />The ordinary and joint assessment procedures differ in that property occupation occurs only after a ruling by the competent Administrative Tribunal. These procedures are less commonly used.<br /><br /><strong>Expropriation for Public Utility or Social Interest in Cuba</strong><br /><br />Cuban law on expropriation dates back to the 1976 Constitution, which has been amended three times. The Constitution addressed expropriation in Article 25, requiring compensation for reasons of public utility or social interest, and confiscation in Article 60, as a penalty imposed by competent authorities.<br /><br />The General Housing Law of 1998 complemented these principles, stating that properties in areas of high tourism significance could be assigned to the Ministry of Tourism, and the State could negotiate with property owners to purchase, relocate, or compensate them for properties to be used for tourism development.<br /><br />The 2019 Constitution revisited these issues, reaffirming in Article 58 the possibility of expropriation for public utility or social interest with proper compensation and reiterating in Article 59 confiscation as a penalty imposed by authorities.<br /><br />In 2022, Law 159 on Expropriation for Reasons of Public Utility or Social Interest was enacted to address gaps in prior legislation. This law ensures that expropriation is carried out according to legal standards and provides fair compensation. It allows for the reversion of expropriated property if the declared public utility or social interest is not fulfilled within three years.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusion</strong><br /><br />Law 159 addresses previous regulatory gaps concerning expropriation in Cuba and balances individual rights with the State&rsquo;s expropriatory powers. However, questions remain about the adequacy of compensation. The law mandates compensation based on appraised commercial value, determined by the Ministry of Finance and Prices. This value may not align with market realities, which depend on factors such as the property's location, technical condition, and size.<br /><br />When expropriation serves tourism-related purposes, feasibility studies and technical assessments must be conducted to expedite the process and ensure completion within three years to avoid claims for reversion. Compensation must correspond to the property's technical state, area, and geographic location. The sentimental or historical value of the property to the owner, which cannot be quantified, remains a significant issue in compensation disputes.</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[America and Germany Must Act Decisively to Secure the Release of Their Hostages in Iran]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/america-and-germany-must-act-decisively-to-secure-the-release-of-their-hostages-in-iran]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/america-and-germany-must-act-decisively-to-secure-the-release-of-their-hostages-in-iran#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:57:04 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/america-and-germany-must-act-decisively-to-secure-the-release-of-their-hostages-in-iran</guid><description><![CDATA[Ms. gazelle Sharmahd, RN, BSN. Daughter of Jimmy Sharmahd from California, a hostage in Iran  Jimmy Sharmahd Facing Death Sentence in Iran, Needs Urgent ActionThe #SaveSharmahd Campaign  On Monday, March 11th, 2024, the Islamic regime in Iran released a press article in their state controlled media and TV stating that Jamshid Sharmahd, together with the US government, were charged with alleged &ldquo;terror plots&rdquo; and fined 2.478 billion dollars to the regime as reparations and as a &ldquo [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="blog-author-title">Ms. gazelle Sharmahd, RN, BSN.</h2> <p><em>Daughter of Jimmy Sharmahd from California, a hostage in Iran</em></p>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="font-weight:bolder">Jimmy Sharmahd Facing Death Sentence in Iran, Needs Urgent Action</span></em><em><br /><span style="font-weight:bolder">The #SaveSharmahd Campaign</span></em></div>  <div class="paragraph">On Monday, March 11th, 2024, the Islamic regime in Iran released a press article in their state controlled media and TV stating that Jamshid Sharmahd, together with the US government, were charged with alleged &ldquo;terror plots&rdquo; and fined 2.478 billion dollars to the regime as reparations and as a &ldquo;penalty.&rdquo; At the same time, the articles emphasize that Mr. Sharmahd, or Jimmy as we call him, has been sentenced to death and that his death sentence is upheld. <br /><br />&#8203;Once again, the regime is using lies and propaganda to extort concessions from Western powers, using innocent Western nationals and trying to silence critics of the regime and their families with fear of murder. Though, this is he first time that the Islamic regime is sentencing and fining an entire government extending their propaganda from dissidents onto the administration.</div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/screenshot-2024-03-15-at-1-40-10-pm_orig.png" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption">Gazelle Sharmahd was on Capitol Hill this week meeting with US lawmakers to discuss her dad's case and plead for more assistance from the US and German governments.</span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"><span style="font-weight:bolder">Fabricated charges against critics</span><br />As with prior kangaroo courts, the regime uses fabricated charges without a shred of evidence against regime critic and software engineer Jamshid Sharmahd. He developed a highly secure website for the people of Iran to give them an outlet to have their voices heard by the world. Mr Sharmahd is a man of science and information, not a terrorist. The same way, thousands of innocent activists inside of Iran are set up by the regime, like Mojahed KourKour, who is falsely accused of murdering 9-year old Kian Pirflak, while his family and Kian&rsquo;s family state that the real perpetrators were members of the regime.<br /><br />But the issue is even more complicated and sinister than just false accusations and a crooked legal system devoid of the rule of law. This is at least the second time Jamshid Sharmahd has been the victim of transnational terrorism. In 2009, after receiving death threats to take down Jimmy&rsquo;s website, the regime sent assassins to murder him on US soil. The FBI foiled the plot and saved Jimmy&rsquo;s life.<br /><br />In 2020, Jimmy became the victim of an international kidnapping plot, where the regime of the islamic Republic of Iran snatched him during a flight overlay and took him through two state borders into Iran, where they are holding him hostage for 3.5 years. This is not an isolated incident.<br /><br />We can see the assassination of hundreds of dissidents all over the globe, assassination and kidnapping plots against US and European officials, and of course the kidnapping and hostage crisis of more than 250 people from Israel by terror proxy Hamas into Gaza. That is on top of hundreds of European and American nationals that have been held hostage by the regime inside of Iran in the last decades. Many like Jimmy are still held there up until today.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bolder">Failure to respond by US and European governments</span><br /><br />Unfortunately, the US and European governments have failed to respond adequately to these threats and have put their citizens&rsquo; lives in great danger. This is going to keep happening unless the democratic governments work together to put a stop to it. The first and crucial step is to unconditionally secure the release of all innocent foreigners held hostage by the regime, and red lines be set as part of this process so that this never happens again. The lack of focused action by the United States, Germany and other democratic countries has failed to stop transnational terrorism of the Islamic Regime and nations, who support them.<br /><br />The Sharmahd family and the <a href="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/jamshid-sharmahd-kidnapped-into-iran.html" target="_blank">#SaveSharmahd campaign</a> - an international effort to secure the unconditional release of Mr. Sharmahd and raise awareness of Iran's transnational crimes - has pleaded for over three years to German and US officials to respond appropriately. Still, the traction has seemed minimal to effectively none.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bolder">Strategies to stop hostage diplomacy</span><br /><br />Yet we have not been still. The family of Jimmy has filed a lawsuit in Germany against the Islamic regime for crimes against Jimmy and crimes against humanity in the case of the recent revolutionary uprising. They have built a case through the United Nation&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/jamshid-sharmahd-kidnapped-into-iran.html" target="_blank">Working Group of Arbitrary Detention (WGAD)</a>, which in fall 2022 determined that Jimmy Sharmahd is innocent, kidnapped, arbitrarily detained, tortured and must be released back home. The family and campaign have also for years advocated for either a european or even a global task force to find strategies to not only save the hostages but to stop the inhumane business of hostage diplomacy.<br /><br />At this moment Jimmy is spending more than 1300 days and nights in a torture chamber at an unknown location inside of Iran. He has been completely isolated, without human contact, phone calls or proper medical attention. His teeth have been knocked out, with untreated advanced-stage Parkinson&rsquo;s disease, severe chest pain, and shortness of breath. Even if he is strong enough and does not go into complete heart failure the regime is threatening to hang him to death. We are not naive in thinking this is a bluff.<br /><br />A kidnapped Swedish national, who was executed last year, a kidnapped French blogger, who was executed 3 years ago, and the latest sudden death of Alexei Navalny are sobering proof that such terrorist regimes does not bluff when it comes to forcefully silencing critics.<br /><br />If our governments had not failed in responding to the increasing transnational terror plots on Jimmy and others, we would not be finding ourselves in this desperate situation today where Jimmy and his family are facing the abyss, and his life is hanging by a straw. The Sharmahd family and legal team have requested to speak to US authorities and German authorities, and the #SaveSharmahd campaign is standing by their side to ask the responsible administrations to do their job and protect their people from torture and planned execution!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bolder">Demands to the United States Administration and the German Federal Government.</span><ol><li>We expect both the United States and Germany to ask the Islamic Regime in Iran to demand the immediate release of Jamshid Sharmahd, German and American dual national, in addition to overturning of the death sentence, issued by a "regime court."</li><li>Both the US Administration and the German Government should immediately initiate sovereign measures regarding the Islamic Republic including&nbsp; stopping all payments and financial transfers&nbsp; to Iran, withdrawing landing permits from Iranian airlines and closing Iranian banks until Jamshid Sharmahd is completely free.</li></ol></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Justice in Action: Tackling Iranian Transnational Terrorism and Hostage Diplomacy]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/january-30th-2024]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/january-30th-2024#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:56:32 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/january-30th-2024</guid><description><![CDATA[Jason I. Poblete  On January 29, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Iranian Naji Sharifi Zindashti and Canadians Damion Patrick John Ryan and Adam Richard Pearson with conspiracy in a complex murder-for-hire scheme. This case, highlighting Iranian transnational terrorism, underscores the threat to the US and the effectiveness of NATO partnerships in curbing Iran's hostage diplomacy.      On January 29, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Iranian Naji Sharifi Zindashti and Canadians Damion [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><strong>Jason I. Poblete</strong></div>  <div class="paragraph"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">On January 29, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Iranian Naji Sharifi Zindashti and Canadians Damion Patrick John Ryan and Adam Richard Pearson with conspiracy in a complex murder-for-hire scheme. This case, highlighting Iranian transnational terrorism, underscores the threat to the US and the effectiveness of NATO partnerships in curbing Iran's hostage diplomacy.</span></div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph"><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">On January 29, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Iranian Naji Sharifi Zindashti and Canadians Damion Patrick John Ryan and Adam Richard Pearson with conspiracy in a complex murder-for-hire scheme. This case, highlighting Iranian transnational terrorism, underscores the threat to the US and the effectiveness of NATO partnerships in curbing Iran's hostage diplomacy. The indictment is posted at the end of this article.<br />&#8203;</span></span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">From December 2020 to March 2021, these individuals allegedly planned to assassinate two Maryland residents, utilizing advanced technologies for secure communication. Their precise orchestration of this plot emphasizes the increasing sophistication of such operations.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The case demonstrates the strength of international counterintelligence collaboration, particularly between the FBI and Canadian authorities. It reflects a concerning trend of Iranian entities attempting extraterritorial assassinations, with Zindashti currently in Iran and Ryan and Pearson detained in Canada on unrelated charges.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Additionally, the <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2052" target="_blank">Treasury Department also sanctioned yesterday</a> Zindashti's network, known for targeting Iranian dissidents, in coordination with the UK. This action against the network, linked to Iran&rsquo;s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), addresses significant human rights abuses under Executive Order 13553.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The MOIS is notoriously involved in covert operations, including the abduction of civil society leader Jamshid Sharmahd from California and other high-profile cases. The U.S. Treasury's proactive approach underscores its dedication to combating state-sponsored terrorism and protecting human rights.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Sharmahd's case exemplifies Iran's pursuit of its critics across borders. In 2009, he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, only to be kidnapped in 2020 and sentenced to death in Iran by the infamous "Hangman Judge," Abolqasem Salavati. This case highlights the regime's audacity and the international community's challenge in responding effectively.<br /><br />Sharmahd's death sentence is based on</span></span><span>&nbsp;fabricated charges and he was not allowed to defend himself, nor have an attorney of his choosing. His family does not know where he is being held and is being subjected to very sophisticated forms of physical and psychological torture. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (WGAD) has demanded his release and the family and legal team have been advocating internationally&nbsp;to secure his release.</span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The recent sanctions and indictments signal a strong stance against Iranian transnational terrorism, involving NATO allies. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at the UN, commended Canada's lead in the global fight against arbitrary detention, reflecting a growing international coalition of over 70 nations committed to this cause.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">These developments, including the indictments and the global declaration against arbitrary detention, are crucial steps in deterring state-sponsored hostage diplomacy. To learn more about Sharmahd's case and support efforts for his release, visit the <a href="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/jamshid-sharmahd-kidnapped-into-iran.html" target="_blank">Global Liberty Alliance website page for this case</a>.</span></span></div>  <div class="wsite-spacer" style="height:50px;"></div>  <div class="wsite-scribd">			  			  			 			<div title="Scribd: zindashti_et_al._indictment" id="doc_702455500" style="background-color:#fff"></div> 			 			 			</div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuba 2021: diagnosis and shock therapy]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/cuba-2021-diagnosis-and-shock-therapy]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/cuba-2021-diagnosis-and-shock-therapy#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:29:30 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/cuba-2021-diagnosis-and-shock-therapy</guid><description><![CDATA[Antonio Gonzalez Rodiles&nbsp;&#8203; Antonio Gonzalez Rodiles&nbsp;is a Cuban political activist and a member of "Estado de SATS", an independent project that promotes discussion on Cuban politics and persecution in Cuba.  The year 2021 on our Island will be sealed by the cruelty of Castroism, the rebelliousness of the people, and the abandonment they have faced. We Cubans, against all odds and fatalism, show that the spirit of freedom is still alive. July 11 left no doubt that the end of tyran [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="blog-author-title"><strong><em>Antonio Gonzalez Rodiles</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em>&#8203;</h2> <p><strong><em>Antonio Gonzalez Rodiles</em></strong><em>&nbsp;is a Cuban political activist and a member of "Estado de SATS", an independent project that promotes discussion on Cuban politics and persecution in Cuba.</em></p>  <div class="paragraph">The year 2021 on our Island will be sealed by <a href="https://www.elnuevoherald.com/opinion-es/opin-col-blogs/opinion-sobre-cuba/article220242835.html" target="_blank">the cruelty of Castroism</a>, the rebelliousness of the people, and the abandonment they have faced. We Cubans, against all odds and fatalism, show that the spirit of freedom is still alive. July 11 left no doubt that the end of tyranny is our dream, no reforms to the socialist system or cohabitation with <a href="https://panampost.com/gabriela-moreno/2021/10/20/castrismo-usa-el-escaso-acceso-a-tarjetas-internacionales-para-segregar-cubanos/" target="_blank">neo-Castroism</a>. The protests took the regime by surprise and found the opposition at its lowest point in several decades. Many, during the demonstrations, believed that the nefarious tyranny would end. The regime promptly launched its elite troops with the order to raze. The popular catharsis crashed against that crude reality, denouncements and tokens of symbolic support were seen from abroad, although manipulative, demagogic and empty speeches also abounded.<br /></div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph">Some of the media had a field day with what happened, although they were a loudspeaker against the brutality of the regime, many maintained false expectations and triumphalism even though they knew that the peaceful protests had been quickly and with impunity crushed by the repressive forces.<br />&#8203;<br />Castroism came with a wave of violent arrests as a way of punishment, since maintaining the reign of terror has always been its objective. It did not care about possible condemnations from international organizations or the reaction of other governments. There has been no firm response beyond a select few and perfunctory statements of support, the sort of statements that seem to flood social media when needed for domestic U.S. political reasons, but out of touch with our reality in Cuba.<br /><br />The year ends with hundreds of political prisoners, summary judicial farces and cruel sentences. The actual numbers are very difficult to determine, as many families prefer not to report their cases due to the pressures of the political police. Castroism will seek another negotiation process where it can exchange prisoners for a relaxation of economic sanctions. Once again.<br /><br />What happened showed hundreds of Cubans and families the dramatic situation that the opposition is experiencing daily. Confronting a totalitarian regime that deeply despises the people carries a high personal cost, but the lack of support and real commitment from those who are supposed to be allies and part of the struggle generates boundless frustration among activists &ndash; new and old &ndash; who have put their lives on the line for a larger purpose.<br /><br />In recent times it has become evident that it is not only this beast called Castroism that crushes or decimates the opposition. The very mechanisms supposed to help have affected projects and individuals on the island. Scores of NGOs based outside Cuba and orbiting our conflict are today part of the problem and not part of the solution.<br /><br />Very similar can be said of political actors who, in the search for easy votes or prominence, enter a manipulative dynamic where they sell false expectations and triumphalist speeches that soon end up in oblivion and sow disappointment, discouragement, and apathy.<br /><br />The <a href="https://panampost.com/elcato/2021/11/19/la-cancion-cubana-de-libertad/" target="_blank">tyranny</a> continues to use another fundamental element: the permanent exodus as an escape valve and future source of income through remittances. A method of bloodletting, social atomization, and parasitism of the system.<br /><br />Both the Castro family and their supporters have declared the need to get in tune with the international left in terms of the globalist or neo-Marxist agenda. Within this, the absorption of group identity ideologies, such as gender, racial, or environmental, among others. Most stakeholders outside of Cuba do not want to challenge these socially offensive agendas, and some groups are even promoters of them. For different reasons, gender ideology by both adherents of Castroism and groups that claim to be anti-Castro is not condemned.<br /><br />On the economic front, the crisis is one of the worst in 62 years. The regime announced certain actions that have not yet materialized in practice. The much-vaunted micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are balloons that have yet to take off. Meanwhile, inflation continues to spiral, and production barely exists.<br /><br />All the above is mixed in the deceptive game of construction and staging of neo-Castroism. Disguise the rancid totalitarianism, tailor-made for the Castro brothers, to be used by the heirs and faithful. Those who know no matter what smokescreens they use, only violence can keep them in power.<br /><br />Although today tyranny controls our lives, it is still far from consolidating the mutation from one system to another. This provides freedom supporters a unique opportunity. Wasting this potentially once in a lifetime chance to steer a new way could prove fatal to the cause of freedom. So what can we do in these difficult and challenging political environment?<br /><br />We should be clear about one thing to people here and outside of Cuba: there are no shortcuts to freedom when facing an enemy like Castroism. Creating false hopes among the people of Cuba, in some cases lies and false expectations, lack of professionalism by some groups and people in exile and in Cuba, eccentricities, and stridencies must fade into the background if we want to succeed. The common goal is freedom, the rest must wait.<br /><br />There is nothing exotic or unknown about the road to freedom. Faced with a regime driven by cynicism, lies, cruelty and impunity, we must urgently appeal to truth, experience, knowledge, our values and morals as a people, free expression and debate, articulation, concrete and determined support, effective sanctions, boycott, and, above all, consistent, professional, and sustained work.<br />&nbsp;<br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[EXPOSICIÓN: ACTUALIDAD JURÍDICA EN CUBA]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/exposicion-actualidad-juridica-en-cuba]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/exposicion-actualidad-juridica-en-cuba#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:31:56 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rule of Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unjust Laws]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/exposicion-actualidad-juridica-en-cuba</guid><description><![CDATA[GRUPO JURÍDICO AYUDA CIUDADANALa Habana, 10 de agosto de 2021.​​El que suscribe Lic. Edilio Hernández Herrera, inscripto en el Registro General de Juristas del Ministerio de Justicia al número 20443, Abogado del Grupo Jurídico de Ayuda Ciudadana, a tenor de lo establecido en la Resolución 44/2002 del Ministerio de Justicia, sobre la “Metodología para la Elaboración del Dictamen Legal de un Caso o Asunto”, se analiza el asunto cívico relacionado con la actualidad jurídica institu [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span class='imgPusher' style='float:right;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:201px;position:relative;float:right;max-width:100%;;clear:right;margin-top:7px;*margin-top:14px'><a><img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/2021-08-12-dictamen-estado-de-derecho-y-democracia-en-cuba-edilio-2.jpg?1628789362" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image"></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span><div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"><strong>GRUPO JUR&Iacute;DICO AYUDA CIUDADANA</strong><br><em>La Habana, 10 de agosto de 2021.<br>&#8203;<br>&#8203;</em><br>El que suscribe Lic. Edilio Hern&aacute;ndez Herrera, inscripto en el Registro General de Juristas del Ministerio de Justicia al n&uacute;mero 20443, Abogado del Grupo Jur&iacute;dico de Ayuda Ciudadana, a tenor de lo establecido en la Resoluci&oacute;n 44/2002 del Ministerio de Justicia, sobre la &ldquo;Metodolog&iacute;a para la Elaboraci&oacute;n del Dictamen Legal de un Caso o Asunto&rdquo;, se analiza el asunto c&iacute;vico relacionado con la actualidad jur&iacute;dica institucional cubana, sometida a la consideraci&oacute;n del GLAC (Grupo Jur&iacute;dico de Ayuda Ciudadana), por Global Liberty Alliance (GLA).</div><hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"><div><!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div><div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><strong><font size="5">DICTAMEN _2_ / 2021</font></strong><br><strong><font size="5">HECHOS:</font></strong><br>El 11 de julio del a&ntilde;o en curso, sucedieron en nuestra Isla, las mayores manifestaciones pac&iacute;ficas de descontento popular en 62 a&ntilde;os. Vale destacar su espontaneidad en m&aacute;s de 30 territorios del pa&iacute;s, desde Occidente hasta el Oriente, en peque&ntilde;as y en grandes ciudades. En la Habana por ejemplo, acontecieron en 5 grandes barrios, fundamentalmente en lugares con gran pobreza y desatenciones gubernamentales acumulados por tanto tiempo.<br><br>Las principales causas y condiciones acumuladas por tantos a&ntilde;os como el subdesarrollo, bajos salarios, falta de empleos dignos y sustentables, debacle sanitaria por falta de medicamentos, infraestructuras hospitalarias y profesionales de salud, unido a ausencia de proyectos y estrategias de Gobierno para convertir el pa&iacute;s en pr&oacute;spero y sustentable. La elevada inflaci&oacute;n, bajos salarios, incremento abusivos de precios, insuficiente abastecimientos alimentarios, donde los principales productos se ofertan en monedas extranjeras que solo reciben el 30% de una poblaci&oacute;n de 11 millones. Y la elevada Corrupci&oacute;n oficial al beneficiarse solamente un Partido Comunista en el poder con menos de 10% de los electores y una&nbsp;C&uacute;pula militar (GAESA), due&ntilde;a de las principales riquezas y empresas del Pa&iacute;s, incluido el Turismo y los Bancos.<br><br>A&ntilde;adiendo la falta de libertades fundamentales como expresi&oacute;n, manifestaci&oacute;n, asociaci&oacute;n, creaci&oacute;n, Prensa y una ausencia de Garant&iacute;as y Control Constitucional, donde cualquiera de esas violaciones tenga una institucionalizada estructura para denunciar, restablecer e indemnizarlas; Un real y efectivo Estado de Derecho y una verdadera Democracia, convierten a los ciudadanos cubanos en v&iacute;ctimas de un Sistema Totalitario fallido, expresados en un perenne estado de indefensi&oacute;n, donde a trav&eacute;s de los a&ntilde;os la &uacute;nica soluci&oacute;n es emigrar o permanecer en esclavitud y pobreza generaci&oacute;n tras generaci&oacute;n.<br><br><strong><font size="5">ACCIONES REALIZADAS:</font></strong><br><strong>PRIMERA</strong>, se procedi&oacute; al estudio y an&aacute;lisis de los siguientes documentos,<br><strong>SEGUNDO,</strong> se consult&oacute; y colegi&oacute; este caso con los abogados del GLAC, (Grupo Jur&iacute;dico de Ayuda Ciudadana);<br><strong>TERCERO,</strong> se revis&oacute; el C&oacute;digo Penal Cubano, Ley No. 62/87;<br><strong>CUARTO,</strong> se revis&oacute; el C&oacute;digo Civil cubano, Ley No. 59/89;<br><strong>QUINTO,</strong> se revis&oacute; la Ley de Procedimiento Penal, Ley 5/77;<br><strong>SEXTO</strong>, se revis&oacute; la Instrucci&oacute;n No. 238 /2017 del CGTSP, referido a los juicios sumarios;<br><strong>S&Eacute;PTIMO</strong>, se revis&oacute; las Constituciones cubanas de 1940, 1976, 2002, 2019 y Ley Fundamental de 1959;<br><strong>OCTAVO,</strong> se revisaron las Leyes No.80/1996 &ldquo;Reafirmaci&oacute;n de la Dignidad y Soberan&iacute;a cubana&rdquo;; Y Ley No.88/1999 &ldquo;Protecci&oacute;n de la Independencia Nacional y la Econom&iacute;a de Cuba.&rdquo;;<br><strong>NOVENO,</strong> se revis&oacute; Decreto Ley n&uacute;mero 389 de 8 de octubre de 2019, Modificativo del C&oacute;digo Penal, de la Ley Contra Actos de Terrorismo y de la Ley de Procedimiento Penal.<br><strong>D&Eacute;CIMO,</strong> se revis&oacute; Decreto Ley 370 &ldquo;Sobre la Informatizaci&oacute;n de la sociedad en Cuba&rdquo;, de fecha 17 dic de 2018.<br><strong>UND&Eacute;CIMO,</strong> se consultaron los documentos de las Naciones Unidas siguientes:<br>Declaraci&oacute;n sobre la Protecci&oacute;n de Todas las Personas contra la Tortura y Otros Tratos o Penas Crueles, Inhumanos o Degradantes,<br>Declaraci&oacute;n Universal de Derechos Humanos.<br>Pactos econ&oacute;micos, sociales, culturales, civiles y pol&iacute;ticos de la ONU.<br>Conjunto de Principios para la protecci&oacute;n de todas las personas sometidas a cualquier forma de detenci&oacute;n o prisi&oacute;n.<br>Reglas M&iacute;nimas para el Tratamiento de los Reclusos.<br>Declaraci&oacute;n sobre los Principios Fundamentales de Justicia para las V&iacute;ctimas de Delitos y del Abuso de Poder.<br>Consejo de Derechos Humanos. Grupo de Trabajo sobre el Examen Peri&oacute;dico Universal. Ginebra, mayo/2013 y 2018.<br><br><strong><font size="5">CONCLUSIONES:</font></strong><br>Existen argumentos probatorios que ciertamente demuestran el inexistente <span style="color:rgb(255, 38, 0)">Estado de Derecho, Democracia y Legalidad</span> en Cuba. Tratamos de exponerlos cronol&oacute;gicamente desde nuestro criterio, relacionado con la Constituci&oacute;n, la Jurisprudencia y la Libertad de expresi&oacute;n.<br><br><strong><u><font size="4">CONSTITUCIONALES.<br></font></u></strong><br><u></u><strong>&#9679;&nbsp;<u>No se recoge la discriminaci&oacute;n por opini&oacute;n pol&iacute;tica como un derecho constitucional.</u><br></strong><br>Estos derechos existieron en la Constituci&oacute;n de 1940 y en la Ley Fundamental de <em>7 de febrero de 1959</em>,(que rigi&oacute; hasta la Constituci&oacute;n Comunista de 1976).<br><br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 1.</em></strong> <em>Cuba es un Estado independiente y soberano organizado como rep&uacute;blica unitaria y democr&aacute;tica, para el disfrute de la libertad pol&iacute;tica, la justicia social, el bienestar individual y colectivo y la solidaridad humana.</em><br><br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 10.</em></strong> <em>El ciudadano tiene derecho: a) a residir en su patria sin que sea objeto de discriminaci&oacute;n ni extorsi&oacute;n alguna, no importa cu&aacute;les sean su raza, clase, opiniones pol&iacute;ticas o creencias religiosas.</em><br><br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 102.</em></strong> <em>Es libre la organizaci&oacute;n de partidos y asociaciones pol&iacute;ticas. No podr&aacute;n, sin embargo formarse agrupaciones pol&iacute;ticas de raza, sexo o clase&hellip;&rdquo;. &ldquo;..Para la constituci&oacute;n de nuevos partidos pol&iacute;ticos es indispensable presentar, junto con la solicitud correspondiente, un n&uacute;mero de adhesiones igual o mayor al dos por ciento, del censo electoral correspondiente, seg&uacute;n se trate de partidos nacionales, provinciales o municipales...&rdquo;</em><br><br><strong>Constituci&oacute;n de 2002.</strong> Comienzan los cambios&hellip;<br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 1</em></strong><em>. Cuba es un Estado socialista de trabajadores, independiente y soberano, organizado con todos y para el bien de todos, como rep&uacute;blica unitaria y democr&aacute;tica, para el disfrute de la libertad pol&iacute;tica, la justicia social, el bienestar individual y colectivo y la solidaridad humana.</em><br><br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 41.</em></strong> <em>Todos los ciudadanos gozan de iguales derechos y est&aacute;n sujetos a iguales deberes.</em><br><br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 42.</em></strong> <em><font color="#8640AE">La discriminaci&oacute;n por motivo de raza, color de la piel, sexo, origen nacional, creencias religiosas</font> y cualquier otra lesiva a la dignidad humana est&aacute; proscrita y es sancionada por la ley. Las instituciones del Estado educan a todos, desde la m&aacute;s temprana edad, en el principio de la igualdad de los seres humanos.</em><br><u>*Aqu&iacute; eliminaron la discriminaci&oacute;n pol&iacute;tica.</u><br><u>*Y eliminaron la creaci&oacute;n de Partidos y Asociaciones pol&iacute;ticos.</u><br><br><strong>Constituci&oacute;n 2019</strong><br><em>Art&iacute;culo</em> <strong><em>1.</em></strong> <em>Cuba es un Estado socialista de derecho y justicia social, democr&aacute;tico, independiente y soberano, organizado con todos y para el bien de todos como rep&uacute;blica unitaria e indivisible, fundada en el trabajo, la dignidad, <font color="#8640AE">el humanismo y la &eacute;tica de sus ciudadanos para el disfrute de la libertad, la equidad, la igualdad, la solidaridad.</font></em><br><br>IGUALDAD.<br><em>Art&iacute;culo</em> <strong><em>42.</em></strong> <em>Todas</em> las personas son iguales ante la ley, reciben la misma protecci&oacute;n y trato de las autoridades y gozan de los mismos derechos, libertades y oportunidades, <font color="#8640AE">sin ninguna discriminaci&oacute;n por razones de sexo, g&eacute;nero, orientaci&oacute;n sexual, identidad de g&eacute;nero, edad, origen &eacute;tnico, color de la piel, creencia religiosa, discapacidad, origen nacional o territorial</font>, o cualquier otra condici&oacute;n o circunstancia personal que implique distinci&oacute;n lesiva a la dignidad humana.<br><br><u>*Aqu&iacute; eliminaron&hellip;</u> <em><u>&ldquo;disfrute libertad pol&iacute;tica&rdquo;.</u></em><br><u>*Aqu&iacute; eliminaron...</u> <em><u>&ldquo;discriminaci&oacute;n por opini&oacute;n pol&iacute;tica&rdquo;.</u></em><br><br><ul><li><strong>Aunque est&aacute;n reconocidos los derechos de libertad de expresi&oacute;n, asociaci&oacute;n y manifestaci&oacute;n, no hay legislaci&oacute;n complementaria, ni procedimientos que garanticen esos derechos.</strong></li><li><strong>Tambi&eacute;n existe una Ley de Asociaciones, pero No permite ni garantiza la conformaci&oacute;n de otros Partidos o Asociaciones civiles o pol&iacute;ticas contrarias al r&eacute;gimen comunista, con derecho a representaci&oacute;n en el Parlamento ni la Sociedad civil del pa&iacute;s.</strong></li><li><strong>Tampoco recoge la Constituci&oacute;n Corte, Tribunal o Sala(del Supremo) para el Control y Garant&iacute;as de derechos fundamentales refrendados en la misma.<span>&nbsp;</span></strong></li><li><strong>Tampoco existe refrendado la Defensor&iacute;a del Pueblo.<span>&nbsp;</span></strong></li><li><strong>La Ley de Reclamaci&oacute;n ante Tribunales de violaciones constitucionales prometida y programada, est&aacute; atrasada su aprobaci&oacute;n y promulgaci&oacute;n hace tres(3) a&ntilde;os.<span>&nbsp;</span></strong></li></ul><br><u><strong><font size="5">LEGALIDAD.<span>&nbsp;</span></font></strong></u><ul><li><strong><font size="4">Se comenz&oacute; por la prohibici&oacute;n del ejercicio de la Abogac&iacute;a privada o Bufetes de abogados en la siguiente Ley:&nbsp;</font></strong><strong><font size="4">&#8203;</font></strong></li></ul><u>La Ley 1250, del 23 de Junio de 1973; &ldquo;Ley de Organizaci&oacute;n del Sistema Judicial&rdquo;.<span>&nbsp;</span></u><br><br><strong>&#10003;&nbsp;</strong>Elimin&oacute; la Sala de Garant&iacute;as Constitucionales y Sociales (art&iacute;culo 33).<span>&nbsp;</span><br><strong>&#10003;&nbsp;</strong>Se elimin&oacute; la abogac&iacute;a privada,( Disposici&oacute;n Transitoria Und&eacute;cima y art&iacute;culo 17).<span>&nbsp;</span><br><strong>&#10003;&nbsp;</strong>Se crean los Bufetes Estatales, como &uacute;nica opci&oacute;n para defender a un ciudadano, (art&iacute;culo&nbsp; &nbsp; 172).<span>&nbsp;</span><br><strong>&#10003;&nbsp;</strong>Se crea por la Uni&oacute;n Nacional de Juristas (art. 177) como &uacute;nica representantes de los abogados nacional e internacionalmente.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><strong>&#10003;&nbsp;</strong>Introduce la figura del &ldquo;Juez lego&rdquo;, un Juez no profesional para justificar justicia popular, cuya finalidad es qu&oacute;rum para las injusticias.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br><ul><li><strong><font size="4">&nbsp;Institucionalmente no se cumple los principios del Debido Proceso.&nbsp;</font></strong></li></ul><br>1- <u>En la Constituci&oacute;n no recoge el derecho al abogado desde el principio de la detenci&oacute;n de un ciudadano</u>.&nbsp;<br><strong>Art&iacute;culo 95.</strong> En el proceso penal las personas tienen, adem&aacute;s, las siguientes garant&iacute;as: a) no ser privada de libertad sino por autoridad competente y por el tiempo legalmente establecido; <font color="#8640AE">b) disponer de asistencia letrada desde el inicio del proceso;&nbsp;</font><br><br><span style="color:rgb(45, 41, 41)"><strong>2-</strong></span> <u>Tampoco la Ley de Procedimiento Penal,(Ley No. 5, agosto 1977</u>. El Fiscal procesa e impone prisi&oacute;n cautelar sin la presencia del abogado ni la aprobaci&oacute;n de un Juez.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br><strong>Art&iacute;culo 247</strong>.- <em>En la resoluci&oacute;n decretando la prisi&oacute;n provisional del acusado, podr&aacute; excepcionalmente disponerse, por razones de seguridad estatal, que aquel reserve (el Fiscal), la proposici&oacute;n de pruebas para el tr&aacute;mite a que se refiere el Art&iacute;culo 281. En estos casos <font color="#8640AE">el acusado y su Abogado no tendr&aacute;n acceso a las actuaciones correspondientes a la fase preparatoria del juicio oral mientras &eacute;stas se est&eacute;n practicando.</font><span><font color="#8640AE">&nbsp;</font></span></em><br><br><strong>Art&iacute;culo 249.-</strong> <em>Desde el momento en que se dicte la resoluci&oacute;n decretando cualquiera de las medidas cautelares que autoriza esta Ley, el acusado ser&aacute; parte en el proceso y podr&aacute; proponer pruebas a su favor. <font color="#8640AE">El Defensor, a partir del momento procesal a que se refiere el p&aacute;rrafo anterior, podr&aacute;:</font></em> <font color="#8640AE"><strong><em>1.</em></strong> <em>Establecer comunicaci&oacute;n con su representado y entrevistarse con el mismo con la debida privacidad, si se hallare detenido;</em> <strong><em>2.</em></strong></font> <em><font color="#8640AE">examinar las actuaciones correspondientes al expediente de fase preparatoria, excepto en el caso a que se refiere el &uacute;ltimo p&aacute;rrafo del art&iacute;culo 247;</font><span><font color="#8640AE">&nbsp;</font></span></em><br><br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 281.</em></strong> <em><font color="#8640AE">Formuladas las conclusiones por el fiscal o, en su caso, por el acusador particular, el Tribunal,</font> de estimar completas las diligencias necesarias para proceder, abrir&aacute; la&nbsp;</em><em>causa a juicio oral, teniendo por hecho la calificaci&oacute;n y dispondr&aacute; se requiera a los acusados y terceros civilmente responsables, con entrega de las copias presentadas, <font color="#8640AE">a fin de que designen Abogados para su defensa.</font><span>&nbsp;</span></em><br><br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 245.</em></strong> <em>La Polic&iacute;a no podr&aacute; mantener una persona detenida por m&aacute;s de veinticuatro horas. Dentro de ese t&eacute;rmino estar&aacute; obligada a adoptar alguna de las decisiones siguientes: &hellip;. &ldquo;2. imponerle alguna de las medidas cautelares previstas en la Ley, <font color="#8640AE">excepto la de prisi&oacute;n provisional, que s&oacute;lo podr&aacute; aplicarse por el Fiscal que corresponda.&rdquo;</font><span>&nbsp;</span></em><br><br><span style="color:rgb(45, 41, 41)"><strong>3-</strong></span> <u>Dudosa Imparcialidad de los Tribunales.</u><span>&nbsp;<br>&#8203;</span><br>El Tribunal debe ser visto como un tercero imparcial, o sea, no puede ser parte involucrada con los intereses de estas y estar comprometido con sus posiciones, debe mantener durante el proceso la misma distancia de la hip&oacute;tesis acusadora y de la defensa, hasta el acto mismo de la sentencia.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br>En nuestra Ley de Procedimiento Penal existen varios preceptos que comprometen el planteamiento anterior, pues al tener conocimiento previo de las actuaciones, el Tribunal en la mayor&iacute;a de las Causas, se inclinar&aacute; a fortalecer la posici&oacute;n acusatoria del Fiscal con el prop&oacute;sito de ampliar las investigaciones previas, contaminando el proceso, <strong>art&iacute;culo 263,2 y 4.</strong> Y los <strong>art&iacute;culos 340 y 341,</strong> donde permite la facultad concedida en la Ley adjetiva, de aportar al proceso pruebas de oficio o hacer suyas las renunciadas por las partes, bajo el argumento de la comprobaci&oacute;n de los hechos, aumentando la pena del acusado. Pudiendo incluso instar al Fiscal(aunque &eacute;ste desee desestimarla), a mantener la acusaci&oacute;n de acuerdo a lo preceptuado en los <strong>art&iacute;culos 268 y 350</strong> de propio cuerpo legal, as&iacute; como agravar la conclusi&oacute;n y petici&oacute;n fiscales, sancionando por encima del marco de tiempo del delito, regulado en el C&oacute;digo penal.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br><u><strong><font size="5">DEMOCRACIA.<span>&nbsp;</span></font></strong></u><ul><li><strong>Sistema Parlamentario de Democracia representativa.<span>&nbsp;</span></strong></li></ul><br>El Parlamento (diputados), es elegido por los ciudadanos. Pero el Presidente del pa&iacute;s es elegido por el Parlamento o Asamblea Nacional<span style="color:rgb(255, 38, 0)">, No por los ciudadanos</span>.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br>Existe una Comisi&oacute;n de Candidatura nacional que propone el 50% de los diputados entre los &ldquo;ciudadanos destacados de diversos sectores de la poblaci&oacute;n ac&oacute;litos al r&eacute;gimen&rdquo;. El otro 50% (de 600), otra mitad la eligen los electores.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br>Por el art&iacute;culo 5 de la Constituci&oacute;n, el PCC es la fuerza pol&iacute;tica dirigente superior de la sociedad y del Estado<span style="color:rgb(255, 38, 0)">. (Totalitarismo).<span>&nbsp;</span></span><br>Los dirigentes del PCC tienen cargo en todos los &oacute;rganos superiores del Gobierno y del Estado, pertenecen a la Asamblea Nacional (son parlamentarios), al Consejo de Estado y al Consejo de Ministros. Esa concentraci&oacute;n del poder, la llaman Unidad o &ldquo;Centralismo democr&aacute;tico&rdquo;. <span style="color:rgb(255, 38, 0)">(Totalitarismo).<span>&nbsp;</span></span><br><br>Existe una Comisi&oacute;n de Asuntos jur&iacute;dicos y constitucionales dentro de la Asamblea Nacional quien posee esa funci&oacute;n, pero que nunca est&aacute; en desacuerdo con el r&eacute;gimen. <span style="color:rgb(255, 38, 0)">(Totalitarismo).<span>&nbsp;</span></span><br><br>Las leyes y decretos-leyes, no son consultadas con el pueblo. Las iniciativas ciudadanas para reformas deben ser aprobadas por m&aacute;s de 2/3 del parlamento. <span style="color:rgb(255, 38, 0)"><strong>Por tanto no real hay democracia.<span>&nbsp;</span></strong></span><br><br><ul><li>Constituci&oacute;n reconoce solo la prensa estatal.&nbsp;</li><li>No existe Ley de Prensa.&nbsp;</li><li>No existen Medios de Difusi&oacute;n privados e independientes.&nbsp;</li></ul><font size="4">&#8203;</font><strong><br></strong>&#9679;<strong><font size="4">&nbsp;Normas Legales contra la libertad de Expresi&oacute;n.&nbsp;</font></strong><br><br><strong>1-</strong> <u>Leyes No.80/1996 &ldquo;Reafirmaci&oacute;n de la Dignidad y Soberan&iacute;a cubana&rdquo;.</u><span><u>&nbsp;</u></span><br><br><strong>Art&iacute;culo 8</strong>,&hellip; <em>Se declara il&iacute;cita cualquier forma de colaboraci&oacute;n directa o indirecta para favorecer la aplicaci&oacute;n de la Ley "Helms-Burton"&hellip;.., buscar o suministrar informaci&oacute;n, solicitar, recibir o beneficiarse de recursos extranjeros, difundir o ayudar a la distribuci&oacute;n&hellip;&rdquo;<span>&nbsp;</span></em><br><br><strong>2-</strong> <u>Y Ley No.88/1999 &ldquo;Protecci&oacute;n de la Independencia Nacional y la Econom&iacute;a de Cuba.&rdquo;<span>&nbsp;</span></u><br><br><strong>Art&iacute;culos 4 al 12<em>,</em></strong><em>&hellip;..&ldquo;El que suministre, directamente o mediante tercero, al Gobierno de Estados Unidos de Am&eacute;rica, sus agencias, dependencias, representantes o funcionarios, informaci&oacute;n para facilitar los objetivos de la Ley "Helms-Burton",</em> <span>&hellip;.&rdquo;</span> <em>&ldquo;El que, busque informaci&oacute;n clasificada para ser utilizada en la aplicaci&oacute;n de la Ley "Helms-Burton", el bloqueo y la guerra econ&oacute;mica contra nuestro pueblo, incurre en sanci&oacute;n de privaci&oacute;n de libertad de siete a quince a&ntilde;os&hellip;&rdquo; &hellip;</em><span>.</span><em>&ldquo;El que colabore por cualquier v&iacute;a con emisoras de radio o televisi&oacute;n, peri&oacute;dicos, revistas u otros medios de difusi&oacute;n extranjeros, incurre en sanci&oacute;n de privaci&oacute;n de libertad de dos a cinco a&ntilde;os o multa de mil a tres mil cuotas o ambas&hellip;.</em> <span>Etc., etc.</span><span>&nbsp;</span><br><br><strong>3-</strong> <u>Decreto Ley 370 &ldquo;Sobre la Informatizaci&oacute;n de la sociedad en Cuba&rdquo;, de fecha 17 dic de 2018</u>. De las Contravenciones asociadas a las tecnolog&iacute;as de la Informaci&oacute;n y la comunicaci&oacute;n; <strong>el art&iacute;culo 68 inciso i)</strong> <em>&ldquo;&hellip;.difundir, a trav&eacute;s de las redes p&uacute;blicas de transmisi&oacute;n de datos, informaci&oacute;n contraria al inter&eacute;s social, la moral, las buenas costumbres y la integridad de las personas.</em> Y Cap&iacute;tulo II. De las Sanciones; <strong><em>el art&iacute;culo 70.</em></strong> <em>&ldquo;&hellip;A la persona natural que contravenga lo dispuesto en los restantes incisos del Art&iacute;culo 68 se le impone una multa de tres mil pesos ($ 3 000 CUP).<span>&nbsp;</span></em><br><br><strong>4-</strong> <u>Decreto Ley n&uacute;mero 389 de 8 de octubre de 2019</u>, Modificativo del C&oacute;digo Penal, de la Ley Contra Actos de Terrorismo y de la Ley de Procedimiento Penal.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br><strong><em>Art&iacute;culo 110.1.</em></strong> <em>Son t&eacute;cnicas especiales de investigaci&oacute;n, a los efectos de esta ley, la investigaci&oacute;n encubierta, el colaborador eficaz, el empleo de la vigilancia electr&oacute;nica o de otro tipo y las entregas vigiladas; se emplean siempre que resulten id&oacute;neas o necesarias para la investigaci&oacute;n de hechos delictivos que por su gravedad, connotaci&oacute;n u organizaci&oacute;n lo requieran, incluyendo operaciones cuyo origen o destino sea el exterior del pa&iacute;s.<span>&nbsp;</span></em><br><em>2. El instructor penal es el encargado de solicitar al fiscal la aprobaci&oacute;n para el empleo de dichas t&eacute;cnicas, mediante escrito en el que debe fundamentar la necesidad y el alcance de su aplicaci&oacute;n a partir de las particularidades del hecho investigado, los participantes y peligrosidad, as&iacute; como las razones que justifican su utilizaci&oacute;n.<span>&nbsp;</span></em><br><em>3. Corresponde al Fiscal General de la Rep&uacute;blica autorizar la aplicaci&oacute;n de dichas t&eacute;cnicas&hellip;&rdquo;. &hellip;</em><strong>ESTO ES ILEGAL.<span>&nbsp;</span></strong><br><em><font color="#C23B3B">*Deber&iacute;a aprobarse por un Juez o el Tribunal actuante.&nbsp;</font></em><br><br><font size="5"><strong style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">RECOMENDACIONES.<span>&nbsp;</span></strong></font><ul><li>Aprobar Protocolo Facultativo de la Convenci&oacute;n contra la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanas o degradantes.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Ratificar el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Econ&oacute;micos, Sociales y Culturales.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Ratificar el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Pol&iacute;ticos.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Aprobar una nueva Constituci&oacute;n o Pacto Social inclusivo y justo. Eliminar los art&iacute;culos 4 y 5 en la nueva Constituci&oacute;n.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Aprobaci&oacute;n nuevas Leyes de Procedimiento Penal y el C&oacute;digo Penal Cubano con elementos que garanticen la democracia, debido proceso y libertad de expresi&oacute;n.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>La inclusi&oacute;n de la no discriminaci&oacute;n por opini&oacute;n pol&iacute;tica como un derecho constitucional.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Concluir Ley de Reclamaciones ante Tribunales por violaciones constitucionales incumplida desde octubre-2020 y pospuesta sin justificaci&oacute;n alguna.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Aprobar un Tribunal de garant&iacute;as constitucionales y sociales.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Divisi&oacute;n de Poderes e independencia real del Poder Judicial, como aparece en todos las Constituciones de pa&iacute;ses de Am&eacute;rica y el Caribe.(Los funcionarios del Orden Interior, subordinado al Gobierno, No a los militares, como funciona en resto del mundo).<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Establecer en la Constituci&oacute;n y en la Ley de Procedimiento penal los verdaderos requerimientos para el cumplimiento real y efectivo del Debido Proceso.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Aprobar la Defensor&iacute;a del Pueblo en la Constituci&oacute;n.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Aprobar una Ley de Prensa.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Aprobar otros Partidos y Asociaciones pol&iacute;ticas.<span>&nbsp;</span></li><li>Aprobar los Bufetes privados de Abogados.<span>&nbsp;</span></li></ul><br>Este trabajo es nuestro modesto aporte a se&ntilde;alar y tratar de revertir las causas y condiciones desde el punto de vista jur&iacute;dico, de porqu&eacute; el deterioro y subdesarrollo de la naci&oacute;n cubana, su nulo avance econ&oacute;mico, cultural, social, c&iacute;vico y pol&iacute;tico. Es un trabajo incompleto que pudiera enriquecerse con otras opiniones y otras experiencias. Todo por el bien de Cuba.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br>&ldquo;<em>Patria es comunidad de intereses, unidad de tradiciones, unidad de fines, fusi&oacute;n dulc&iacute;sima y consoladora de amores y esperanzas&rdquo;</em> (I.93).<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br>Notif&iacute;quese a la Organizaci&oacute;n Internacional GLA, y cuantas personas est&eacute;n interesadas en este conocimiento.<span>&nbsp;</span><br><br>Dado en La Habana, 10 de agosto de 2021.<span>&nbsp;</span><br>Lic. 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font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"><a title="View 2021-08-12 Dictamen Estado de Derecho y Democracia en Cuba on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/document/519921873/2021-08-12-Dictamen-Estado-de-Derecho-y-Democracia-en-Cuba#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;">2021-08-12 Dictamen Estado ...</a> by <a title="View Global Liberty Alliance's profile on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/user/500300697/Global-Liberty-Alliance#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;">Global Liberty Alliance</a></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[La Economía Cubana]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/la-economia-cubana]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/la-economia-cubana#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:39:56 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/la-economia-cubana</guid><description><![CDATA[Camag&uuml;ey, CUBA - En d&iacute;as recientes, en la visita gubernamental efectuada a nuestra Provincia de Camag&uuml;ey el Ministro de Econom&iacute;a Alejandro Miguel D&iacute;az Fern&aacute;ndez, planteo en una reuni&oacute;n con cuadros de direcci&oacute;n de la Provincia de Camag&uuml;ey, &ldquo;Cuba es el pa&iacute;s mejor preparado del mundo para enfrentar los problemas econ&oacute;mico y financiero derivados de la compleja coyuntura internacional debido a la pandemia que asola el planet [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><span>Camag&uuml;ey, CUBA - En d&iacute;as recientes, en la visita gubernamental efectuada a nuestra Provincia de Camag&uuml;ey el Ministro de Econom&iacute;a Alejandro Miguel D&iacute;az Fern&aacute;ndez, planteo en una reuni&oacute;n con cuadros de direcci&oacute;n de la Provincia de Camag&uuml;ey, &ldquo;Cuba es el pa&iacute;s mejor preparado del mundo para enfrentar los problemas econ&oacute;mico y financiero derivados de la compleja coyuntura internacional debido a la pandemia que asola el planeta.&rdquo;</span></div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/dollar-bill-1873670-1920.jpg?1624466774" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"><span>Adicionalmente, el ministro se&ntilde;alo: &ldquo;Como resultado de nuestro sistema socialista, libre de una moneda que pueda emplearse con fines especulativos en el mundo, as&iacute; como los efectos de la bolsas de valores, los altibajos que hoy padece la econom&iacute;a de mercado repercuten aqu&iacute; con menor cuant&iacute;a&hellip;&rdquo;<br /><br />&#8203;De estos criterios se desprende el absurdo que es elemento de estabilizaci&oacute;n tener una moneda nacional desvalorizada, con poder liberatorio interno extraordinariamente limitado, y que carecer de mecanismos de canalizaci&oacute;n del ahorro para potenciar el desarrollo como hacen naciones de econom&iacute;a centralizada (Viet-nam y China) &ldquo;protege&rdquo; contra la incidencia negativa de la desaceleraci&oacute;n econ&oacute;mica global.<br /><br />&#8203;Por esta v&iacute;a podr&iacute;a inferirse que es suerte para los cubanos estar inmersos hace m&aacute;s de sesenta&nbsp; a&ntilde;os en la interminable crisis que los afecta, que el pa&iacute;s tenga deuda externa per c&aacute;pita de las m&aacute;s altas del planeta, qu&eacute; los salarios que devenga los trabajadores son insuficientes para vivir, a pesar de la reforma salariar que tanta expectativa creo dentro de la poblaci&oacute;n, que exista tremenda dependencia respecto al exterior en materia alimenticia mientras cientos de miles de hect&aacute;reas de tierra permanecen sin cultivar o subcultivadas, que apenas haya acceso al cr&eacute;dito internacional por morosidad en los pagos, que el pa&iacute;s no pertenezca a organismos financieros internacionales que pudieran ayudar con sus pr&eacute;stamos en casos de apuros como en estos momentos que nos azota la pandemia y ser&iacute;a interminable la lista de los problemas que afronta actualmente la econom&iacute;a cubana.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Lejos de ser m&aacute;s independiente y por tanto m&aacute;s protegida de factores externos adversos, la econom&iacute;a cubana se hizo m&aacute;s dependiente en los &uacute;ltimos a&ntilde;os al efectuarse aperturas en cuanto al turismo, la recepci&oacute;n de remesas y las inversiones extranjeras, al tiempo que mantiene bloqueado el desarrollo de las fuerza productivas internas.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Las consecuencias de esta pol&iacute;tica econ&oacute;mica se est&aacute; sintiendo principalmente entre los trabajadores y familias de bajos ingresos que son la mayoria. Los efectos del agravamiento de la situaci&oacute;n mundial inmediatamente se sintieron en Cuba. Esto se aprecia en la escases de los productos b&aacute;sicos, el incremento paulatinos de los cortes del servicio electricidad, falta de transporte p&uacute;blico en las principales ciudades del pa&iacute;s, escases de medicamentos y falta de especialistas en hospitales estos &uacute;ltimos enviados a otros pa&iacute;ses, la creciente desvalorizaci&oacute;n del peso cubano, el cierre total o parcial de centros de trabajo, muchos de ellos relacionados con el turismo y en la consiguiente p&eacute;rdida del trabajo &ndash;al menos moment&aacute;neamente- para muchas personas.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Todo esto causa incredulidad de la ciudadan&iacute;a ante un futuro incierto e inestable, que augura calamidades y sufrimientos adicionales. La perspectiva real de la sociedad cubana empiece a padecer el segundo &ldquo;periodo especial&rdquo;, sin que haya terminado el primero, convierte en l&oacute;gica del sin sentido las declaraciones del Ministro de Econom&iacute;a.</span></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dialéctica Artificial en la Cuba de 2021]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/dialectica-artificial-en-la-cuba-de-2021]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/dialectica-artificial-en-la-cuba-de-2021#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 17:53:29 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/dialectica-artificial-en-la-cuba-de-2021</guid><description><![CDATA[De acuerdo al ensayista e historiador Brit&aacute;nico Isa&iacute;as Berl&iacute;n el mayor aporte del r&eacute;gimen de Josef Stalin a la maldad que caracteriza a las revoluciones comunistas y su permanencia en la sociedad fue el m&eacute;todo de dominaci&oacute;n de la &ldquo;Dial&eacute;ctica Artificial&rdquo;.      &ldquo;La Dial&eacute;ctica artificial es un instrumento garantizado para corregir las incertidumbres de la naturaleza y la historia y preservar el &iacute;mpetu innato, la atenci [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph">De acuerdo al ensayista e historiador Brit&aacute;nico Isa&iacute;as Berl&iacute;n el mayor aporte del r&eacute;gimen de Josef Stalin a la maldad que caracteriza a las revoluciones comunistas y su permanencia en la sociedad fue el m&eacute;todo de dominaci&oacute;n de la &ldquo;Dial&eacute;ctica Artificial&rdquo;.</div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <blockquote><span>&ldquo;La Dial&eacute;ctica artificial es un instrumento garantizado para corregir las incertidumbres de la naturaleza y la historia y preservar el &iacute;mpetu innato, la atenci&oacute;n perpetua, la condici&oacute;n de movilizaci&oacute;n b&eacute;lica permanente que por s&iacute; solo permite llevar una forma de vida tan poco natural y lo hace no dejando nunca que el sistema devenga demasiado renqueante o ineficaz, que se sobrecargue o se vuelva destructivo, se trata de una versi&oacute;n extra&ntilde;a e ir&oacute;nica de la revoluci&oacute;n permanente de Trotski y obliga al gobierno sovi&eacute;tico a deambular por un sendereo serpenteante al tiempo que engendra para su pueblo una situaci&oacute;n de tirantez sin remisi&oacute;n a no ser que quede atrapado en unos de los giros abruptos realizados siempre que una operaci&oacute;n determinada comienza a generar resultados insuficientes o indeseables&rdquo;, concluy&oacute; Berl&iacute;n.</span></blockquote>  <div class="paragraph">Una vez establecido el sistema comunista y habiendo adoptado y adaptado el estalinismo como su mejor expresi&oacute;n en todos los &aacute;mbitos de la estructura gubernamental y comunicacional de forma medida y premeditada la realidad del pa&iacute;s ha sido llevada de manera pendular recorriendo desde el extremo de la represi&oacute;n brutal en las diferentes &eacute;pocas hasta el relajamiento de medidas y regulaciones en otras etapas de manera que ni represi&oacute;n ni relajamiento sean permanentes.<br />&nbsp;<br />Este m&eacute;todo de control crea una dependencia psicol&oacute;gica fuerte y un sentido de conformidad inexorable en los ciudadanos, al mismo tiempo que esto ocurre los medios de comunicaci&oacute;n controlados en su totalidad por el r&eacute;gimen proponen un lenguaje nuevo inversamente proporcional a la realidad.<br />&nbsp;<br />Ya George Orwell lo denunciaba en su novela <em>1984</em>. &ldquo;El odio es amor, La guerra es la paz&rdquo;, este es el lenguaje utilizado para llamar a la libreta de racionamiento de los alimentos, libreta de abastecimiento, a los campos de trabajos forzados de la UMAP, Unidades Militares de Ayuda a la Producci&oacute;n, a los campesinos del Escambray, Alzados, a los cubanos que decidieron irse por el Mariel llamarlos escorias o gusanos, estas son algunas de las muestras del lenguaje de la dominaci&oacute;n.<br />&nbsp;<br />El ser humano se ve atrapado en este juego de condicionamiento psicol&oacute;gico y logra acostumbrase a los vaivenes del p&eacute;ndulo de la dial&eacute;ctica artificial, una dial&eacute;ctica creada de forma falsa para poder manipular y controlar cuerpo y conciencia.<br /></div>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/government-control-photo.png?1620669653" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; border-width:0; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"><span>Vivimos en una &eacute;poca en la que las ciencias sociales afirman ser capaces de predecir con una mayor precisi&oacute;n cada vez el comportamiento de grupos e individuos, gobernadores y gobernados. Por eso resulta extra&ntilde;o descubrir que unos de los procesos pol&iacute;ticos que sigue provocando la mayor de las perplejidades se encuentra no en la profundidad de un territorio de naturaleza ind&oacute;mita ni en las oscuras simas del alma humana, intratable mediante el an&aacute;lisis psicol&oacute;gico, sino en una esfera de apariencias dominadas por las f&eacute;rreas leyes de la raz&oacute;n, de las cuales parece haberse eliminado sin piedad todo rastro de factores aleatorios, caprichos humanos, oleadas imprescindibles de emociones, espontaneidad, irresponsabilidad y todo lo que tiende a suavizar el nexo l&oacute;gico riguroso.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>El &eacute;xito de este m&eacute;todo depende completamente de la capacidad de organizaci&oacute;n de todos los recursos naturales y humanos disponibles en aras de controlar por completo la opini&oacute;n p&uacute;blica, y en imponer una disciplina f&eacute;rrea a toda la poblaci&oacute;n y, sobre todo, de una sensibilidad temporal por parte de los manipuladores individuales en especial del dictador supremo, que exige una gran habilidad, rayana en la genialidad.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Este procedimiento est&aacute; seguido por la teor&iacute;a marxista donde es posible distinguir entre monta&ntilde;as y valles, periodos en los que la historia por un lado parece hallarse en un estado de fermentaci&oacute;n y avanzar hacia un cl&iacute;max revolucionario, y otros, m&aacute;s frecuentes, en los que la situaci&oacute;n tiende, o al menos parece tender a la quiescencia y la estabilidad.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Tambi&eacute;n por el establecimiento del control total de la sociedad por parte de los &oacute;rganos de inteligencias, como &uacute;nica posibilidad de poder llegar a todo el pa&iacute;s, expropiando los medios de difusi&oacute;n masivas y el sistema educacional, y as&iacute; llevar a cabo el programa de adoctrinamiento y propaganda comunista.</span><br /><br /><span>La comunicaci&oacute;n con el mundo exterior pr&aacute;cticamente se suspende. La prensa es llamada a atacar a sus objetivos primordiales e insuflar aliento moral a la poblaci&oacute;n y pronunciar sermones claros y reiterados hasta la saciedad sobre los modos de vidas y pensamientos adecuados. Cuando esta situaci&oacute;n deviene demasiado l&oacute;brega, la l&iacute;nea, oscila de nuevo y durante un lapso la vida vuelve a ser un poco m&aacute;s pintoresca.</span><br /><br /><span>Este es el brazo de la pol&iacute;tica que m&aacute;s apabulla a sus propios ciudadanos, en especial a aquellos que sus profesiones los obliga a expresarse en p&uacute;blico, escritores, artistas, cient&iacute;ficos, acad&eacute;micos e intelectuales de toda &iacute;ndole, puesto que sus carreras y m&aacute;s a&uacute;n, sus vidas, dependen de su capacidad de amoldarse de manera r&aacute;pida y adecuada a las alternantes formas de esta entidad proteica de movimientos caprichosos.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Una vez establecido este planteamiento, la esencia consiste en un cronometraje preciso y en el c&aacute;lculo del grado adecuado para oscilar el p&eacute;ndulo social y pol&iacute;tico en aras de obtener el resultado deseado.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Los resultados dependen de la fuerza con que se impulse el p&eacute;ndulo. Una de las consecuencias de llevar el terror demasiado lejos es que la poblaci&oacute;n se acobarde y se suma a un silencio casi sepulcral. Este silencio atemorizado encierra sus propios peligros para el r&eacute;gimen. En primer lugar, mientras que el terror a gran escala garantiza una obediencia generalizada y la ejecuci&oacute;n de las &oacute;rdenes, es posible que asuste demasiado a la poblaci&oacute;n si se mantiene a un nivel alto la represi&oacute;n violenta y esta acaba entumeciendo a las personas. Se instala entonces la par&aacute;lisis de la voluntad y una especie de desespero cansino que aplaca los procesos vitales y disminuye la productividad econ&oacute;mica.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>M&aacute;s a&uacute;n, si las personas no hablan o interact&uacute;an, el amplio ej&eacute;rcito de agentes de inteligencias a cargo del gobierno no ser&aacute; capaz de informar con claridad pertinente de todo lo que pasa por sus cabezas, ni de como responder&iacute;an a tal o cual pol&iacute;tica gubernamental. El sistema no puede funcionar a la perfecci&oacute;n sin saber m&iacute;nimamente que piensan sus ciudadanos.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>De ah&iacute; que sea imprescindibles adoptar medidas para estimular a la poblaci&oacute;n a expresarse, se eliminan las prohibiciones y se incita con insistencia a la autocr&iacute;tica comunista.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Los gobernados, un reba&ntilde;o manso, pueden ser profundamente c&iacute;nicos a su manera y embrutecerse poco a poco, pero mientras la l&iacute;nea avance serpenteando por su camino y permita momentos de respiro alternados con la terrible rutina diaria, continuar&aacute;n, pese al sufrimiento, encontrando un modo de que sus vidas sean al menos lo bastante soportables como para continuar existiendo, trabajando sin descanso e incluso hasta disfrutando de algunos placeres.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Entretanto, este asombroso invento merece por s&iacute; solo, el m&aacute;s atento de los an&aacute;lisis, aunque solo sea, porque se trata de un instrumento mec&aacute;nicamente poderoso y exhaustivo para la dominaci&oacute;n de los seres humanos, y para quebrantar sus voluntades, a tiempos que estos desarrollan sus m&aacute;ximas habilidades para la producci&oacute;n material organizada, pues emerge de una represi&oacute;n aun mayor a la libertad y de los ideales de humanidad. Esto de dominar la vida de los seres humanos constituye el fen&oacute;meno m&aacute;s importante, inhumano y a&uacute;n el m&aacute;s incomprendido de nuestros tiempos.</span></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allegations of "COVID Camps" in Cuba: GLA Investigates]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/allegations-of-covid-camps-in-cuba-gla-investigates]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/allegations-of-covid-camps-in-cuba-gla-investigates#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:24:39 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[COVID 19]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/allegations-of-covid-camps-in-cuba-gla-investigates</guid><description><![CDATA[In recent months, rumors have circulated of COVID-19 isolation centers in Cuba.&nbsp;&nbsp;Today, Cuban newspaper Cubanet published a photo of food from an &ldquo;isolation center&rdquo; in Havana.&nbsp;             Nasalferon drops from camp Over the last several days, our organization has received firsthand testimony from one of these camps, run out of the L&aacute;zaro C&aacute;rdenas School in Santa Clara.&nbsp;This is what we&rsquo;ve learned.&nbsp;A government &ldquo;survey taker&rdquo; (e [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph">In recent months, rumors have circulated of COVID-19 isolation centers in Cuba.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;<br />Today, Cuban newspaper <em>Cubanet </em>published a photo of food from an &ldquo;isolation center&rdquo; in Havana.&nbsp;<br /></div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-medium " style="padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:10px;text-align:left"> <a href='https://twitter.com/CubanetNoticias/status/1367852606429728779?s=20' target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/screen-shot-2021-03-05-at-10-31-35-am_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:right;height:223px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:right;max-width:100%;;clear:right;margin-top:20px;*margin-top:40px'><a><img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/2021-03-01-covid-camp-nasalferon-drops.jpeg?1614972927" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:0; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption">Nasalferon drops from camp</span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"><span>Over the last several days, our organization has received firsthand testimony from one of these camps, run out of the L&aacute;zaro C&aacute;rdenas School in Santa Clara.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><em>This is what we&rsquo;ve learned.</em><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>A government &ldquo;survey taker&rdquo; (</span><em>encuestadora</em><span>), allegedly connected to the Ministry of Public Health, knocks on citizens&rsquo; doors daily, asking how many people live in each home and whether they are experiencing respiratory or fever-like symptoms. They take down respondents&rsquo; full names.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Suspected COVID-positive cases are being transported to an &ldquo;isolation center,&rdquo; which is a minimally converted school. They are isolated for 5 days, given the PCR COVID-19 test, and if tested positive, are sent to the Military Hospital. If they test negative, they must remain 5 more days before being PCR tested again.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><strong>Treatment Failings.&nbsp;</strong><span>In the military hospital, COVID-positive patients are given&nbsp;</span><a href="https://cubaarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PART-III-Interferon.pdf">Cuba&rsquo;s experimental interferon treatment</a><span>&nbsp;every other day. In some cases, a COVID-negative person can accompany patients in the hospital. The COVID-negative companions are given drops of Nasalferon (pictured) twice daily to prevent contagion, while the COVID-positive patients are given interferon shots.</span></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>  <div class="paragraph"><span>&nbsp;According to reports, however, the medical professionals are not documenting people&rsquo;s health conditions and status accurately. They have tried to give interferon to COVID-negative companions instead of the COVID patient, and have tried to give excessive doses of Interferon to patients, allegedly due to poor documentation.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>There have also been cases of individuals in the isolation center feeling sick and being ignored by medical staff until the doctor&rsquo;s nightly visit.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>Food and water, while provided, are only given when requested, and food is described as consistently &ldquo;awful.&rdquo; Personnel claim to be offering a special strawberry drink, which patients identify as water.</span><br /></div>  <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> 	<table class="wsite-multicol-table"> 		<tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> 			<tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> 				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-medium " style="padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:10px;text-align:left"> <a> <img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/2021-03-01-covid-camp-food.jpeg?1614973497" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%">COVID camp food</div> </div></div>   					 				</td>				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/2021-03-01-covid-camp-mystery-drink.jpeg?1614973563" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%">"Strawberry" mystery drink</div> </div></div>   					 				</td>			</tr> 		</tbody> 	</table> </div></div></div>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:right;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:right;max-width:100%;;clear:right;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/2021-03-01-covid-camp-5.jpeg?1614973401" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:0; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption">Bunk beds 3 ft. apart</span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"><strong>Facilities and Hygiene Failings.&nbsp;</strong><span>The facilities are crowded, not ideal conditions for limiting the spread of disease: in the detention center, there are 10 people to a room. In the COVID-positive Military Hospital, there are even more. Newly suspected COVID-positive patients are brought in and live alongside people who have just tested negative via PCR. Bunk beds are only separated by 3 feet (1 meter), not the recommended 6 feet (2 meters).</span></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>  <div class="paragraph"><span>The cleanliness in the center is &ldquo;awful,&rdquo; with patients having to clean most spaces themselves, which further contributes to contamination, The only space cleaned by staff is the common walkway between beds; everything else is left dirty. No bleach is available unless patients befriend cleaning staff.</span></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/2021-03-03-covid-camp-testimony-photo-of-1-cleaned-area.jpg?1614974574" alt="Picture" style="width:179;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%">Unclean floors (arrow points to area cleaned by staff)</div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph"><span>Hot water is entirely unavailable, which means poor hygiene and no ability to bathe regularly. In one case, a small girl only bathed once in the 10-day period. In another instance, a baby could not be bathed at all, only wiped with a moist towel.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>When discharged, detainees must wait for government transport. Like prisoners, they cannot leave of their own accord. A final reminder that Cubans are not truly free.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>The Global Liberty Alliance will continue looking into this matter and will update this summary as events warrant.</span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><em>Note:</em><br /><em>Medical isolation camps are not new to the Communist regime. In the 1980s, Cuba sent AIDS-positive individuals to camps, called &ldquo;sanitariums,&rdquo; where they were required to spend the rest of their lives.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/health/cubas-aids-sanitariums-fortresses-against-a-viral-foe.html">According to the New York Times</a></em><em>, as of 2012, three of those sanitariums still existed.</em><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><strong>References:</strong><br /><span>&ldquo;Cuba&rsquo;s AIDS Sanitariums: Fortresses against a Viral Foe&rdquo; (</span><em>New York Times,&nbsp;</em><span>May 8, 2012):&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/health/cubas-aids-sanitariums-fortresses-against-a-viral-foe.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/health/cubas-aids-sanitariums-fortresses-against-a-viral-foe.html</a><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span>&ldquo;Cubanos secuestrados de Mariel piden ayuda&rdquo;</span><em>&nbsp;(Despierta Cuba,&nbsp;</em><span>Aug. 14, 2020):</span><br /><a href="https://despiertacuba.com/cubanos-secuestrados-de-mariel-piden-ayuda/">https://despiertacuba.com/cubanos-secuestrados-de-mariel-piden-ayuda/</a></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cómo vivir ciento veinte años, con una calidad de vida adecuada]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/como-vivir-ciento-veinte-anos-con-una-calidad-de-vida-adecuada]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/como-vivir-ciento-veinte-anos-con-una-calidad-de-vida-adecuada#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:29:20 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/como-vivir-ciento-veinte-anos-con-una-calidad-de-vida-adecuada</guid><description><![CDATA[Para tener "calidad de vida" el anciano debe tener garantizado una serie de elementos de los que actualmente carece: alimentaci&oacute;n adecuada, medicamentos, atenci&oacute;n m&eacute;dica, preocupaci&oacute;n de la familia en algunos casos, o de personas encargadas de su cuidado, dificultad en los tr&aacute;mites en oficinas o establecimientos. Se alerta que sobre el a&ntilde;o 2050 seremos una de las naciones con el mayor n&uacute;mero de adultos mayores en el mundo.&iquest;Nuestro sistema d [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><span>Para tener "</span><u>calidad de vida</u><span>" el anciano debe tener garantizado una serie de elementos de los que actualmente carece: alimentaci&oacute;n adecuada, medicamentos, atenci&oacute;n m&eacute;dica, preocupaci&oacute;n de la familia en algunos casos, o de personas encargadas de su cuidado, dificultad en los tr&aacute;mites en oficinas o establecimientos. Se alerta que sobre el a&ntilde;o 2050 seremos una de las naciones con el mayor n&uacute;mero de adultos mayores en el mundo.</span><br /><br /><span>&iquest;Nuestro sistema de salud tiene en cuenta acciones serias al respecto?, creo que no.</span></blockquote>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/uploads/1/3/1/0/131088789/published/cuba-public-dining-hall.jpg?1612385003" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption">Ancianos en un comedor social de Sancti Sp&iacute;ritus. Fuente: Escambray.</span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;">&iquest;Qu&eacute; hacer para vivir 120 a&ntilde;os o m&aacute;s con una buena calidad de vida? Es una pregunta que escucho a diario por los medios de difusi&oacute;n masivos todos controlados por el estado. &iquest;C&oacute;mo es posible hablar de calidad de vida? &iquest;C&oacute;mo vivir 120 a&ntilde;os, si ni siquiera los ancianos de 65 o m&aacute;s a&ntilde;os pueden, en la mayor&iacute;a de los casos, disfrutar de calidad de vida?<br /><br />Para tener "<u>calidad de vida</u>" el anciano debe tener garantizado una serie de elementos de los que actualmente carece: alimentaci&oacute;n adecuada, medicamentos, atenci&oacute;n m&eacute;dica, preocupaci&oacute;n de la familia en algunos casos, o de personas encargadas de su cuidado, dificultad en los tr&aacute;mites en oficinas o establecimientos. Se alerta que sobre el a&ntilde;o 2050 seremos una de las naciones con el mayor n&uacute;mero de adultos mayores en el mundo.<br /><br />&iquest;Nuestro sistema de salud tiene en cuenta acciones serias al respecto?, creo que no. El propio Estado, que es el responsable de velar y cuidar la poblaci&oacute;n cubana lo tiene en cuenta. El m&eacute;dico y la enfermera de la familia, si tienen las orientaciones necesarias al respecto de c&oacute;mo proceder en estos casos. &iquest;Lo cumplen?, no siempre.<br />Nuestro pa&iacute;s tiene un por ciento elevado de adultos mayores que viven solos. Muchas son las causas que originan esta alta cifra de personas solas, pero sobre todo los que han emigrado dejando atr&aacute;s sus padres. El flujo de j&oacute;venes que parten hacia otros pa&iacute;ses, en busca de nuevos horizontes sigue creciendo, y parece que no va a cesar por ahora, al no encontrar motivaciones dentro del pa&iacute;s para desarrollar sus carreras y ambiciones. &iquest;Qu&eacute; ser&aacute; de las personas solas cuando no puedan valerse? &iquest;Qui&eacute;nes cuidar&aacute;n de ellas? &iquest;Hay instituciones suficientes para cubrir estas necesidades??<br /><br />Conozco que hubo un tiempo que se implant&oacute; el trabajo de Cuidadores que incluso pagaba el Estado, pero &iquest;esto se mantiene? Seg&uacute;n una trabajadora social esto ha cambiado, y actualmente los tr&aacute;mites se hacen largos, dif&iacute;ciles y en un porcentaje alto no son aprobados. En los a&ntilde;os 70 y 80 del pasado siglo, los ancianos disfrutaban a partir de los 60 a&ntilde;os de edad de dietas especiales de leche y pollo. Eso desapareci&oacute; y actualmente la alimentaci&oacute;n no es la adecuada (critica).<br /><br />Exist&iacute;an comedores del Sistema de Atenci&oacute;n a la Familia (SAF) donde los ancianos recog&iacute;an el almuerzo y la comida a un m&oacute;dico precio, a pesar de que era variada la oferta, no siempre estaba bien elaborados o cercanos al hogar de los abuelos, al implantarse el 1ro de enero el Ordenamiento Monetario donde los precios de esos alimentos aumentaron en un aproximado del 7.5% en comparaci&oacute;n&nbsp; con los anteriores precios y manteni&eacute;ndose una oferta de mala calidad y p&eacute;sima elaboraci&oacute;n en muchos de estos centros, buena parte de estos ancianitos despu&eacute;s de evaluar si con su nuevo presupuesto es factible&nbsp; continuar recibiendo&nbsp; este servicio en estos centros, despu&eacute;s que los precios dejaron de estar subsidiados o buscar el alimentos por su cuenta, en este primer mes en todo nuestro pa&iacute;s un porcentaje elevado de ancianos han dejado de ir a alimentarse, porque no est&aacute;n seguro de cu&aacute;nto dinero le queda para electricidad, medicamentos, aseo y otros productos de primera necesidad.<br /><br />En entrevista efectuada a los administradores y clientes de estos centros, manifestaron lo siguiente:<br />Cafeter&iacute;a La Nueva Pinar del Rio, el administrador Jos&eacute; Luis Ordaz Corrales asegura que en estos d&iacute;as transcurridos del mes de enero, de 63 censados solo como promedio almuerzan 29 y en horario de comida entre 8 y 10. Ese d&iacute;a 11 de enero costaba cinco pesos porque el plato fuerte era huevo y el arroz era donado por el Programa Mundial de Alimentos.<br /><br />En la Cafeter&iacute;a El Puerto de la Ciudad de Cienfuegos, un matrimonio septuagenario discapacitados explico que se acogieron al Sistema de Atenci&oacute;n a la Familia cuando comenz&oacute; la Covid-19 y ahora viene solo de vez en vez: Recib&iacute;amos la comida con mucho amor, pero de verdad estaba mala, no vamos a enga&ntilde;arnos. No mir&aacute;bamos la calidad porque casi era regalada. Ahora la calidad es la misma y est&aacute; muy cara, si dedicamos 25 pesos diarios cada uno son 1500.00 pesos entre los dos, y tenemos que pagar otros productos y servicios.&nbsp;<br /><br />En Sancti Sp&iacute;ritus un maestro retirado desde hace cinco a&ntilde;os, su esposa falleci&oacute; y quedo solo. Entonces acudi&oacute; al SAF: La calidad aqu&iacute; no es mala. A veces la cantidad no llena, pero uno siempre escapaba. Hoy cree que no puede seguir, aunque la jubilaci&oacute;n creci&oacute;, debo tener en cuenta que todos los productos y servicios subieron y la cuenta no me da.&nbsp;<br /><br />En la Provincia de Sancti Sp&iacute;ritus solo est&aacute;n acudiendo el 60 %, en Pinar del Rio&nbsp; y Cienfuegos est&aacute;n asistiendo un 50 % de los 2287 y 3.153 comensales respectivamente.&nbsp;<br /><br />Cuando se enferman el traslado hacia el Policl&iacute;nico y el Hospital es dif&iacute;cil, &iquest;con qu&eacute; transporte se cuentan?,&nbsp; El coche tirado por caballo, si es cercana la ruta al hospital, se hace inc&oacute;modo y en ocasiones imposible para una persona de edad avanzada montar. El bici-taxi con sus precios imposible no es accesible a los pensionados y jubilados.<br /><br />Seg&uacute;n nuestra constituci&oacute;n en el Art. 88 El Estado, la sociedad y las familias, en lo que cada uno corresponde, tiene la obligaci&oacute;n de proteger, asistir y facilitar las condiciones para satisfacer las necesidades y elevar la calidad de vida de las personas adultas mayores. De igual forma, respetar su autodeterminaci&oacute;n, garantizar el ejercicio pleno de sus derechos y promover su integraci&oacute;n y participaci&oacute;n social.<br /><br />Propongo y exijo a las autoridades que se tomen un n&uacute;mero de medidas necesarias y urgentes para que esa calidad de vida de la que tanto hablamos, sea al menos un prop&oacute;sito con resultados alentadores.<ul><li>Aumento de pensiones, en correspondencia a los incrementos de precios.</li><li>Asegurar alimentaci&oacute;n al alcance de todos los ancianos con precios justos.</li><li>Calzado y ropa adecuada a su edad y enfermedades.</li><li>Mejorar y agilizar tr&aacute;mites del Servicio de Cuidadoras, y que estas est&eacute;n capacitadas adecuadamente.</li><li>Promulgar una Ley de Protecci&oacute;n al Adulto Mayor.</li><li>Garantizar medicamentos y las llamadas ayudas t&eacute;cnicas como sillas de ruedas, bastones, andadores, camas folder, colchones anti-escaras, pa&ntilde;ales desechables, patos o cu&ntilde;as, etc.</li><li>Transporte adecuado para traslado a Hospitales e instituciones de salud (taxi).</li><li>Facilitar el cobro de pensiones, eliminando largas colas en bancos y correos.</li><li>Viabilizar gestiones en oficinas de tr&aacute;mites.</li></ul><br />Cuando se cumplan estos indicadores, as&iacute; podremos vivir 120 a&ntilde;os o m&aacute;s.</div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over 15 Catholic Priests, Religious in Cuba Write Open Letter to the People of Cuba: "To Live in Truth and Freedom reveals our real power as citizens"]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/15-catholic-priests-in-cuba-write-open-letter-to-the-people-of-cuba-live-in-truth-and-freedom-reveals-our-real-power-as-citizens]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/15-catholic-priests-in-cuba-write-open-letter-to-the-people-of-cuba-live-in-truth-and-freedom-reveals-our-real-power-as-citizens#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:38:47 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category><category><![CDATA[Free Speech]]></category><category><![CDATA[Religious Freedom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rule of Law]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unjust Laws]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/global-voices-for-liberty/15-catholic-priests-in-cuba-write-open-letter-to-the-people-of-cuba-live-in-truth-and-freedom-reveals-our-real-power-as-citizens</guid><description><![CDATA[On the 23rd anniversary of Pope John Paul II's historic trip to Cuba, fifteen Catholic priests from throughout the island published a letter today to the people of Cuba.&nbsp;Stressing the dignity of the person, they stressed that the "fundamental option to live in truth and freedom reveals our real power as citizens."&nbsp;The letter with an English translation is embedded&nbsp;at the end of this post"Governments exist for the people and by the people. Just as a common citizen has rights and du [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph">On the 23rd anniversary of Pope John Paul II's historic trip to Cuba, fifteen Catholic priests from throughout the island published a letter today to the people of Cuba.&nbsp;<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Stressing the dignity of the person, they stressed that the "fundamental option to live in truth and freedom reveals our real power as citizens."&nbsp;</span><span>The letter with an English translation is embedded&nbsp;at the end of this post</span><br /><br />"Governments exist for the people and by the people. Just as a common citizen has rights and duties, so does the State. It is time to overcome the fallacy that we should be grateful for what in reality are the State&rsquo;s duties. Health, education, social welfare, civil peace, leisure and recreation, democracy and freedom of expression&mdash; among others, they are not gifts but rights, and the State exists to guarantee them," said the Catholic religious leaders, priests from several provinces.</div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph"><span>Among other steps that need to be taken in Cuba by the people, the Catholic religious leaders stressed the urgent need for "a better legal framework. The fact that there are no law firms that work independently of state control promotes impunity for a sector of society tied to the government, while jeopardizing any politically diverse and peacefully presented initiative."</span></div>  <div class="wsite-scribd">			  			  			 			<div title="Scribd: i_have_seen_the_affliction_of_my_people.pdf" id="doc_491905569" style="background-color:#fff"></div> 			 			 			</div>  <div class="wsite-scribd">			  			  			 			<div title="Scribd: 2020-1_cuba.pdf" id="doc_491905712" style="background-color:#fff"></div> 			 			 			</div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>