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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Cuba Brief


To promote a peaceful transition to a Cuba that respects human rights
and political and economic freedoms

 
San Isidro Movement raided four years ago today by secret police in Cuba. A look at its continuing nonviolent legacy

San Isidro Movement HQ, where a hunger strike took place following the arrest of one of its members. Courtesy/ Movimiento San Isidro

Today, we remember the nonviolent protests in November 2020 that were the prelude to the nationwide protests of July 2021 that shook the communist dictatorship in Cuba.

Four years ago today, on November 26th, the secret police dressed as healthcare workers raided the San Isidro Movement’s headquarters in Havana and took all the Cuban protesters away.

It marked the midpoint of a sequence of events that started in early November. After sharing a video of a police officer entering his home without a warrant and harassing him on November 6, 2020, Denis Solís González, a rapper, activist, and member of the San Isidro Movement, was arrested in Havana on November 9, 2020.

Members of the San Isidro Movement demonstrated outside the Cuba y Chacón police station on November 12, 2020, calling for Denis Solís’ release. The nonviolent activists received international attention after being brutally attacked by Cuban police the next evening. According to the International Society for Human Rights, a human rights organization with headquarters in Frankfurt, a police motorcycle patrol viciously beat prominent Cuban professor Omara Ruiz Urquiola on November 13th while she was participating in “a peaceful sit-in strike in front of a police station.” She posted a video of the attack on Facebook along with a picture of the blood-stained dress she was wearing at the time. A wider audience was reached when footage of the attack was shown on Telemundo 51.

On November 15, 2020, protesters from the San Isidro Movement arrived at the movement’s headquarters with the intention of performing a number of cultural events in order to secure Denis Solís González’s freedom. In a chemical attack, regime agents tainted the cistern’s water with acid, depriving the occupants of the San Isidro Movement headquarters of potable water. Neighbors, family and friends were prevented from reaching them, and providing water or food.

Ultimate non-violent escalation

Both Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Anamely Ramos González were held after the raid on the San Isidro Movement’s HQ.
 

The San Isidro Movement protesters responded with an escalation in their nonviolent protest that drew more international attention by organizing a sit-in. On November 18, 2020, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Esteban Rodríguez, Maykel Castillo, and Humberto Mena initiated a hunger and thirst strike, and Iliana Hernández, Yasser Castellanos, Adrián Rubio, Oscar Casanella, and Osmani Pardo started a hunger strike. They found ways to organize virtual press conferences, and provide upates on their situation.

The dictatorship responded with more violence.

On November 22, 2020 at 12:08am Cuban independent journalist Iliana Hernández posted over Twitter, “they attacked San Isidro Movement headquarters sent by state security repressors, who gave the criminal time to break down the door (approximately 10 minutes), and after a while the patrol appeared.” She added that Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara had been beaten. Later that same day, in response to the provocation, the San Isidro Movement called for protests in parks across Cuba. State security started making preventative arrests of activists and independent journalists. In order to violently targetanyone who managed to get past the security perimeter and enter parks throughout the island, the secret police formed paramilitary groups.

The regime organized a rapid response brigade and cut off the dissident’s phones and internet access on November 26 at 8:00 p.m. Everyone inside the San Isidro Movement headquarters was arrested, beaten, and forced out when secret police, disguised as doctors, raided the building.

Initial list following the raid identified 15 activists detained or missingas follows: Luis M. Otero, Maikel Castillo, Omara Urquiola, Anamely Ramos, Esteban Rodríguez, Abu Duyanah, Katherine Bisquet, Osmani Pardo, Carlos Manuel, Iliana Hdez, Jorge Luis, Yasser Castellanos, Oscar Casanella, Adrian Rubio, and Anyel Valdes.

Most were released the next day, but not all. Michel Matos, a spokesperson for the San Isidro Movement, reported that both Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Anamely Ramos González were detained again at 6:00am on November 27, 2020 by Castro’s secret police and were still missing that afternoon. State security did not want Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara to return to his home, the headquarters of the San Isidro Movement, and Anamely refused to remain under house arrest knowing the plight of Luis Manuel.

 
 

The dictatorship thought the matter was resolved. They were wrong.

The Castro regime found itself dealing with far more than 14 protesters in a modest home in Havana’s San Isidro neighborhood. Young people, mostly artists and academics, began gathering in front of the Ministry of Culture on November 27th early in the day, and their numbers grew into the evening, demanding that the Minister meet with the protesters to negotiate terms of a dialogue. Over three hundred dissidents waited outside of the Ministry of Culture when night fell.

Thirty representatives elected by the hundreds gathered went in and met with the officials, and emerged with a commitment to dialogue and to consider the points raised by the protesters. Meanwhile the dictatorship sent truckloads of plainclothes security to surround the demonstrators, and to intimidate them. They also closed off the path to the Ministry of Culture, and began using tear gas and physical force to prevent others from continuing to join the protesters.

Instead of following through with the dialogue they had pledged to conduct to resolve the differences that had generated the protests the dictatorship launched a media assault against the San Isidro Movement, and against the 27N protesters. Less than a year later these frustrations, combined with others, would lead to nationwide protests in Cuba.

The nonviolent legacy

Four years later and most of the San Isidro Movement is now in exile, and two of its founding leaders, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo Pérez, also known as Maykel Osorbo are now prisoners of conscience, but they continue to nonviolently defy the dictatorship.

Luis Manuel is continuing, from prison, to carry out performance art pieces that draw international attention such as “Proof of Life” and “The Blood that is Spiled.” Maykel Castillo Pérez continues to send messages of defiance and calls for solidarity from his prison cell.  Both are Amnesty International prisoners of conscience, and their plight draws active support for them around the world.

The San Isidro Movement exposed the racist nature of the Cuban dictatorship, and the shortcomings of those in the Black Lives Matter movement who for ideological reasons remain enamored with the Cuban dictatorship. Both the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Amnesty International, Human Rights WatchPen International, and others went on the record to document the human rights violations carried out against the San Isidro Movement by the communist regime.

 
 
 
 

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The Greatest Team Ever Fielded

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Commentary on Cuba's Future, U.S. Foreign Policy & Individual Freedoms - Issue 384B
 
José Azel's latest books "On Freedom" and "Sobre La Libertad" are now available on Amazon. 

The Greatest Team Ever Fielded (Previously published)

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No, this is not a column about the 1972 Miami Dolphins team who went on undefeated to win Super Bowl VII in a perfect 17-0 season. The greatest team ever fielded is a phrase used by historian Walter Isaacson to describe the incredible collection of patriotism, brilliance, passion, vision, and rectitude that is the Founding Fathers. 

Among the Founding Fathers we find John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin who were members of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay who authored The Federalist Papers advocating ratification of the Constitution; and, of course, George Washington, Commander-in Chief of the Continental Army and President of the Constitutional Convention. 

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison went on to serve as presidents, Jay served as our first Chief Justice; Hamilton as first Secretary of the Treasury, and Franklin as our most senior diplomat. Their contributions to American constitutionalism and citizenship are incalculable as when Washington, attending the inaugural ceremonies of John Adams as his successor, insisted on walking behind Adams, thus demonstrating the peaceful transfer of power under the new Constitution. 

Washington’s most magnificent legacy is that he did not perpetuate himself in power as other victorious revolutionaries had done before, and have done since. He willingly gave up power, in an era of kings, when there was no precedent of a former head of state. When Washington left the presidency, he established the principle that the power of the presidency is vested in the office and not in its occupant. 

Historically less understood are the core ideas that informed the political thinking of the Founders. In his book “The Political Theory of the American Founding”, Thomas G. West argues that natural rights doctrine is the centerpiece of the Founders’ political theory. Indeed, the Founders declared independence with natural rights theory as their justification. 

In their simplest formulation, natural rights are the rights to life, liberty, and property that every person has. Natural rights do not come from government, and cannot be denied by government. 

Natural rights are fundamentally different from legal rights which are granted by government and can be taken away by government. Natural rights derive from our human nature and are inalienable as the Founders stated. Liberty and property are natural rights because they are indispensable for a happy life. And, for the first time in human history, the Founders team created a government organized around our natural rights. 

Rights are connected to liberty and the Founders understood that, any government embodies restrictions on liberty. Consequently, they sought to design a government that was capable, yet remained constrained by the people. However, they were also fearful of too much popular participation in government and thus conceived the Electoral College to elect the president and, at that time, the indirect election of senators by state legislatures. 

Also central to the Founder’s political vision was the civic virtues needed for a free society. As Franklin put it: “only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more needs of masters.” Or, in Jefferson’s words, “if a nation expects to be ignorant and free...it expects what never was and never will be.” Or Madison, “...a government must be fitted to a nation as much as a coat to the individual.” In other words, whereas liberty may be a basic aspiration of all human beings, political freedom may not be possible for all societies. 

So, what is government for? What should government do? The Founders’ answer was that the fundamental purpose of government is to secure and defend our natural rights. Thus, any government constructed in harmony with our natural rights must be limited, and subject to the consent of the governed. 

It is unfortunate that today we no longer guide our political vision by the limited government philosophy of the Founders, and we unthoughtfully ascribe to government almost limitless functions. This endangers our freedoms. The alternative to a government limited to protecting our life, liberty and property is one that delivers death, repression, and destitution. 

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José Azel, Ph.D.

José Azel left Cuba in 1961 as a 13 year-old political exile in what has been dubbed Operation Pedro Pan - the largest unaccompanied child refugee movement in the history of the Western Hemisphere.  

He is currently dedicated to the in-depth analyses of Cuba's economic, social and political state, with a keen interest in post-Castro-Cuba strategies. Dr. Azel was a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) at the University of Miami, Jose Azel has published extensively on Cuba related topics.

In 2012 and 2015, Dr. Azel testified in the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Cuba Policy, and U.S. National Security.  He is a frequent speaker and commentator on these and related topics on local, national and international media.  He holds undergraduate and masters degrees in business administration and a Ph.D. in International Affairs from the University of Miami.

José along with his wife Lily are avid skiers and adventure travelers.  In recent years they have climbed Grand Teton in Wyoming, trekked Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Machu Pichu in Peru.  They have also hiked in Tibet and in the Himalayas to Mt. Everest Base Camp.

They cycled St. James Way (
El Camino de Santiago de Compostela) and cycled alongside the Danube from Germany to Hungary and throughout southern France.  They have scuba dived in the Bay Islands off the Honduran coast and in the Galapagos Islands. Most recently, they rafted for 17 days 220 miles in the Grand Canyon. 

Their adventurers are normally dedicated to raise funds for causes that are dear to them. 

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Books by Dr. José Azel
José Azel’s writings are touched with the wisdom of a master, and the charm of an excellent communicator. Anyone who wishes to understand why countries do, or do not, progress will find in this book the best explanations. And, from these readings emerge numerous inferences: How and why do the good intentions of leftist collectivism lead countries to hell? Why is liberty not a sub product of prosperity, but rather one of its causes?

If it was in my power, this work would be required reading for all college and university students, and I would also recommend its reading to all politicians, journalists, and policymakers. With his writings Azel accomplishes what was achieved in France by Frédéric Bastiat, and in the United States by Henry Hazlitt: Azel brings together common sense with intelligent observation, and academic substance. Stupendous,

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Los escritos de José Azel están tocados por la sabiduría de un maestro y la amenidad de un excelente comunicador. Cualquiera que desee entender por qué los países progresan, o no, encontrará en este libro las mejores explicaciones. De estas lecturas surgen numerosas inferencias: ¿Cómo y por qué las buenas intenciones del colectivismo de izquierda llevan a los países al infierno? ¿Por qué la libertad no es un subproducto de la prosperidad, sino una de sus causas?

Si estuviera en mis manos, esta obra sería de obligada lectura de todos los estudiantes universitarios, pero además, le recomendaría su lectura a todos los políticos, periodistas y policy makers. Con sus escritos Azel logra lo que Frédéric Bastiat consiguiera en Francia y Henry Hazlitt en Estados Unidos: aunar el sentido común, la observación inteligente y la enjundia académica. Estupendo.

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"Liberty for beginners is much more than what the title promises. It is eighty themes touched with the wisdom of a master, and the charm of an excellent communicator. Anyone that wishes to understand why countries do, or do not progress, will find in this book the best explanations. Stupendous"

Carlos Alberto Montaner

"Libertad para novatos es mucho más de lo que promete el título. Son ochenta temas tocados con la sabiduría de un maestro y la amenidad de un excelente comunicador. Cualquier adulto que desee saber por qué progresan o se estancan los pueblos aquí encontrará las mejores explicaciones. Estupendo."

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In Reflections on FreedomJosé Azel brings together a collection of his columns published in prestigious newspapers.  Each article reveals his heartfelt and personal awareness of the importance of freedom in our lives.  They are his reflections after nearly sixty years of living and learning as a Cuban outside Cuba. In what has become his stylistic trademark, Professor Azel brilliantly introduces complex topics in brief journalistic articles.
En Reflexiones sobre la libertad José Azel reúne una colección de sus columnas publicadas en prestigiosos periódicos. Cada artículo revela su percepción sincera y personal de la importancia de la libertad en nuestras vidas. Son sus reflexiones después de casi sesenta años viviendo y aprendiendo como cubano fuera de Cuba.  En lo que ha resultado ser característica distintiva de sus artículos, el Profesor Azel introduce con brillantez complejos temas en  breves artículos de carácter periodístico.
Mañana in Cuba is a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Cuba with an incisive perspective of the Cuban frame of mind and its relevancy for Cuba's future.
Pedazos y Vacíos is a collection of poems written in by Dr. Azel in his youth. Poems are in Spanish.
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THE JFK ASSASSINATION

By Pedro V. Roig, JD

Fifty-nine years ago on November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The President was shot twice and slumped over toward First Lady Jackie Kennedy who was sitting by his side in a convertible limousine.. At 1:00 pm Central Standard Time, the President was pronounced dead.
At 1:51 pm Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested at the Texas Theater. In the police station Oswald was interrogated by several detectives. He was sitting at a table in a delusional state of satisfaction until he was asked; "Have you ever been to Mexico? “Yes, I’ve been to Tijuana when I was in the Marine Corps”.

Then the next question deeply disturbed Oswald ``Have you been to Mexico City?”. He was surprised and asked the interrogator.” “How did you know? I-I-I’ve never been there.” [Interview with Jim Hosty, June 22,1993 (Frontline)].

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