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December 10, 2003:
A day of fasting and prayer is held in the Dominican Republic to support Cuban political prisoners.

 

 

 

 

 

November 24, 2003:
Lorenzo de Toro III of the Directorio participates in the Third Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Forum of Political Parties in the OAS, held at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

October 12, 2003:
Javier de Céspedes and Orlando Gutiérrez participate as special guests in the Assembly of the ARENA Party in El Salvador. The Castro-backed FMLN party, who objects to the presence of Directorio’s representatives, holds a press conference to demand their deportation.

September 20, 2003:
Javier de Céspedes and Orlando Gutiérrez address the Pacific Democratic Assembly in Taipei, Taiwan, chaired by the highest authorities of the Republic of China.

 

 

 

 

August 5, 2003:
Philip Dimitrov, Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria during its transition to democracy, presents the third Pedro Luis Boitel Freedom Award in Miami. It is awarded to the Cuban political prisoner Roberto de Miranda, president of the Cuban Association of Independent Teachers.

 

 

 

July 24-27, 2003:
The Directorio, together with the Dominican Patriotic Youth, hosts a conference on Fidel Castro’s unsuccessful attack on the Moncada barracks. Former rebel commander turned political prisoner during Castro’s consolidation of power Huber Matos is the featured speaker.

At Florida International University, another conference on the same topic takes place with veterans of the attack in attendance as well as academic experts and intellectuals.

June 17, 2003:
The Directorio’s Communications Director Marilú del Toro, represents Cuban political prisoners Jorge Luis Garcia Perez “Antúnez,” Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet and Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva as they are awarded the 6th International Human Rights Award, presented by the Hispano-Cuban Foundation of Madrid, Spain.

May 25, 2003:
The first World Day in Reclamation for Cuba’s Liberty takes place in various cities throughout nine countries in the Americas: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and The United States. These events commemorate the death of Pedro Luis Boitel, one of Cuba’s nonviolent civic leaders who died on a hunger strike protesting his unjust imprisonment.

During Castro’s visit to Argentina, Senator Pablo Walter hands the dictator a copy of the Varela Project and demands the release of Cuba’s political prisoners.

May 22, 2003:
The Argentine Senator Pablo Walter, member of the Federal Recreation Party, visits Miami, FL reiterating his commitment to the Cuban pro-democracy internal civic movement at a press conference.

 

 

 

 

May 15, 2003:
The parliamentarian Alvaro Dubón, member of Guatemala’s National Advance Party and leader of the conservative block in the Central American Parliament, participates in a series of press events in Miami to share the latest efforts that he and other parliamentarians had undertaken to advance the Cuban internal opposition’s democratic cause.

 

 

May 10, 2003:
Through the joint efforts of the Directorio and the organization New Generations of Peru, the first Peruvian Solidarity Committee for Democracy in Cuba is founded in Lima. Castro regime sympathizers and envoys coordinated by the Cuban embassy in Peru attack this project.

 

 

May 3, 2003:
Lorenzo de Toro III participates in a Cuban pro-democracy demonstration in Rome, Italy.

April 3, 2003:
As the Cuban government begins its show trials of scores of human rights activists arrested in its wave of repression, two members of the Directorio, Jannet Rivero and John Suarez, take the floor five times at the Human Rights Commission in Geneva, denouncing the crackdown and other acts of oppression.

The Directorio participates as a special guest at the XVI Meeting for Pluralism in Warsaw, Poland, organized by the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe.

February 2003:
The Directorio publishes its annual report on human rights violations in Cuba for the period spanning 2002-2003.

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