Europeans in solidarity with Cuba; March 26–27. Madrid, Hotel Wellington

Chairman:

Teófilo de Luis Rodriguez (5 minutes) (Member of Spanish Congress)

Friday, 16:00 – 19:30

Session 1
Voice from the island: Cubans about now and the future.

...on liberty

Antonio Guedes (10 minutes) Unión Liberal de Cubana
Raúl Rivero (10 minutes) Journalist and writer
Joel Brito (10 minutes) Presidente del Consejo de Trabajadores Cubanos
Carlos Paya (10 minutes) Movimiento Cristiano de Liberación
Pablo Díaz (10 minutes) Writer, Diario de Cuba

From Cuba by phone (5 minutes):

Jorge Olivera (Journalist and writer)
Yoani Sánchez (Movimiento Bloguero, Generación Y)

Questions and Doubts (16.55 to 17.25)

In this part of the session European politicians present in the room can make questions to the different persons that have spoken before.

José Ribeiro e Castro (Member of Portuguese Parliament & President of de Commission of Foregin Affairs
Egidijus Vareikis (Member of Lithuanian Parliament)
Maciej Plazaynski (tbc) (Member of Polish Parliament)

Spain, members of the European Parliament

Mr. Antonio López Isturiz (General Secretary of the European Popular Party)
Mr. Pablo Arias (member of the European Parliament).



...on human rights

Blanca Reyes (10 minutes) Damas de Blanco
Alejandro González Raga (10 minutes) Periodista independiente y ex-preso político
Omar López Montenegro (10 minutes) Fundación Nacional Cubano Americano
Silvia Iriondo (10 minutes) Asamblea de la Resistencia

From Cuba by phone ( 5 minutes)

Elizardo Sánchez Santacruz: Comité Pro Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional.

Miriam Leiva Independent journalist, (Cuba)
Rene Gómez Manzano (Cuba)

Questions and Doubts (18.30 a 19.30 hs)

In this part of the session European politicians present in the room can make questions to the different persons that have spoken before.

José Ribeiro e Castro (Member of Portuguese Parliament & President of de Commission of Foregin Affairs)
Egidijus Vareikis (Member of Lithuanian Parliament)
Maciej Plazaynski (tbc) (Member of Polish Parliament)

Spain, members of the European Parliament

Mr. Antonio López Isturiz (General Secretary of the European Popular Party)
Mr. Pablo Arias (member of the European Parliament).


Saturday, 10:00 – 13:00

Session 2

a) Building a Network for Cuba’s Change (From 9.30 to 10.30)

Teofilo de Luis (Member of Spain Parliament)
José Ribeiro e Castro (Member of Portuguese Parliament & President of de Commission of Foregin Affairs)
Egidijus Vareikis (Member of Lithuanian Parliament)
Maciej Plazaynski (tbc) (Member of Polish Parliament)
Mr. Antonio López Isturiz (General Secretary of the European Popular Party)
Mr. Pablo Arias (member of the European Parliament).


b) The Polish experience.

Lech Walesa (Former President of Poland)
Ryszard Shunepf (Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland & Ambassador of Poland in Spain)
Maciej Stasinki (tbc) (Journalist Gazeta Wyboreza)


FINAL ACT

Press Conference

Under the Presidence of Mr. Walesa and with the Europeans politicians to communicate the conclusions as mentioned above.


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