MIAMI, FL — June 15, 2026 — The Freedom Accord (Acuerdo de Liberación)—the broad coalition uniting the Cuban opposition—today announced a landmark partnership with the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) to recruit, vet, and activate legal advisors from the Cuban legal community on the island and in the diaspora.
CABA will serve as one of the strategic partners for legal advisory for the transition working groups and the proposed transitional government, supporting the preparation of the legal foundation for Cuba’s democratic transition.
As the Freedom Accord operationalizes its three-phase roadmap for Cuba's future (Liberation, Stabilization and Reconstruction, and Democratization), legal professionals on and off the island are called to serve. This partnership is a decisive move to marshal the specialized legal talent, expertise, and resources required for the transition coalition and the proposed transitional government to guide the dismantling of the current political system and the repressive apparatus by establishing the rule of law.
The partnership advances these core initiatives:
Transition Law: Adapt CABA’s transition law and others to be consistent with the Freedom Accord’s structure, mandate, and policies. Legal Infrastructure: Source, rigorously vet, and support a robust pipeline of qualified legal advisors to serve the transition working groups and a transitional government. Embedded Commission Counsel: Deploy specialized attorneys directly into the coalition's working commissions to provide technical expertise and legal counsel.
"This is what operational readiness looks like," said Rosa María Payá, from the Freedom Accord transition coalition. "We are moving from a unified political roadmap to assembling the institutional governing capacity to execute it with volunteer attorneys from across the diaspora joining this effort through CABA. The transition coalition and the future provisional government will need to be prepared from day one to secure the release of political prisoners, dismantle the regime's repressive apparatus, guarantee fundamental rights, manage the essential functions of the state, and restore the rule of law in Cuba."
"The Cuban American Bar Association has spent decades advocating for human rights and the rule of law in our homeland," said Jordi Martinez-Cid, President of CABA. "By aligning our vast network of legal professionals with the Freedom Accord's operational mandate, we are moving beyond advocacy into concrete preparation. We stand ready to provide the structural legal architecture necessary to ensure a just, orderly, and permanent transition to democracy."
Through this partnership, the Freedom Accord will have access to the volunteer legal talent required to enforce civil peace, replace totalitarian law with legitimate legal order, and stand up a functioning government from the first day of liberation. | 
Today, Raúl Castro marks his 95th birthday. There is a grim contrast between the celebration of his long life by Cuba’s Communists and their allies and the birthdays he has denied so many. 
