On April 29, 2020, the GLA urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to grant Precautionary Measures on behalf of Dr. Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces (see cover letter below). An independent journalist and former practicing attorney, Dr. Quiñones has been unlawfully imprisoned in Cuba since September 11, 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded Dr. Quiñones’s health status.

The Global Liberty Alliance (GLA) announces collaboration with noted Uruguayan jurist Dr. Sabrina Verónica Peláez Iglesias on rule of law and anti-corruption matters in South America.

On April 19, Medardo Mairena, leader of the Farmers Movement of Nicaragua, commemorated the 2nd anniversary of the April Uprising of 2018. Thousands of Nicaraguans protested the authoritarian Sandinista rule of Daniel Ortega and his vice president/wife Rosario Murillo, and over 300 civilians ended up dead at the hands of government forces.

Click on Read More to read the statements.

On April 16, the Global Liberty Alliance (GLA) called for the Cuban government to free Roberto Quiñones, imprisoned journalist, poet, and lawyer, to the custody of his family. GLA issued this statement in support of Mr. Quiñones's family, who are no longer be able to visit him in prison because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and are concerned for his health.

Click on Read More to see GLA's press release.

​El 3 de abril, el gobierno comunista de Cuba excarceló al activista de la oposición cubana José Daniel Ferrer, presidente de la Unión Patriótica de Cuba (“UNPACU” ), junto a tres también miembros de UNPACU Fernando González Vaillant, José Pupo Chaveco, and Roilan Zárraga Ferrer después de más de seis meses de prisión. Lea el comunicado de prensa completo de la GLA a continuación.

​On April 3, the Communist government of Cuba released Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer, leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (“UNPACU”), along with fellow UNPACU members Fernando González Vaillant, José Pupo Chaveco, and Roilan Zárraga Ferrer, after over six months of imprisonment. The four men have been given four years of house arrest. Mr. Ferrer has been subjected to all forms of torture since his detention. The four men’s March 12 sentence hearing was indefinitely delayed without explanation.

Read GLA’s complete press release below.

​

La Alianza por la Libertad Global (GLA), Nicaragua Primero USA y Movimiento Campesino de Nicaragua emiten esta Declaración Conjunta al Gobierno Ortega-Murillo de Nicaragua: Su manejo de la crisis COVID-19 en el país está perjudicando a su pueblo. Lean el texto completo más abajo.

Global Liberty Alliance (GLA), Nicaragua Primero USA, and the Nicaraguan Farmers Movement issue this Joint Statement to Nicaragua’s Ortega-Murillo government: Your handling of the COVID-19 crisis in your country is endangering your people. Read the full text below.