Events

"13 de Marzo" Tugboat Protest

Press Release

Thursday, July 13, 2000 marks the 6th year anniversary of the sinking of the "13 de Marzo" tugboat by the Castro regime. Justice has yet to be served for this atrocity.

NoCastro.com invites all organization and individuals to join us in protest at the Cuban Interest Section in Washington, DC.

We seek the following :

1.      The recovery of the 41 victims as well as the recovery of the “13 de Marzo” tugboat.

2.      The suspension of the May 1995 Migration Accord with Cuba by the Clinton administration.

3.      That justice is served for this and all other atrocities committed by the Castro regime.

We must not allow the memory of those who died as a result of the sinking of the “13 de Marzo” to be forgotten.   For this reason on Thursday July 13, 2000 a protest will be held in front of  the Cuban Interest Section located at 2630 16th St., NW Washington, DC. The protest will be held in remembrance of this heinous crime committed by Castro’s regime. The protest will commence at 5:00 PM and continue until 8:00 PM.

Please bring your posters and flags to the protest.

Please email at cuba@NoCastro.com to let us know if you will be attending.

Miami, Florida, July 10, 2000

M.A.R. commemorates the sixth anniversary of the sinking of the 13th of March tugboat by Castro’s gunboats off the coasts of Havana, where 41 Cubans where drowned -- men, women and children -- for attempting to reach freedom. Their bodies still lie in the bottom of the ocean, and the crime has gone unpunished.

We invite you to join us in prayer in memory of these victims and for the survivors of this horrible massacre -- one of many in the long list of crimes committed by the longest tyranny in the history of our hemisphere.

The suffering of the Cuban family and the sacrifice of the lives of these Cubans will be remembered with a floral offering, as a symbol of a people's determination to be free.

When: Wednesday, July 12, 2000

Place: Our Lady Of Charity Shrine - by the sea 3609 So. Miami Avenue

Time: 6:00 P.M.

We will wear black as a sign of mourning.

 SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2000 (Mother's Day)
In Memory of those Mothers who lost their lives at sea fleeing Castro's repression in the "13 DE MARZO" tugboat tragedy. 

1:00 PM at the Cuban Interests Section

Following the memorial service, we will caravan to the Wye Plantation where Elian is staying (approximately 4:00 PM).

 Free Elian Caravan!

Wednesday, May 10, 2000 at 4:00pm
Meeting Place: SW 107 Ave & 8 St.
The theme is FREE ELIAN!

The purpose of this caravan is to protest the actions taken by the Clinton Administration against Elian and the Gonzalez family. The intent is to also show the community that the only enemy of the Cuban Community and the American values of democracy is Castro and the communists. The Cuban Americans are pro-democratic and are protecting the values of democracy in the American Society.

4/27/2000 - Liberty for Elián by Organizations of United Cubans (OCU) 

Cuban Americans from New York and New Jersey will be demonstrating in front of the White House on Thursday, APRIL 27 at 12 P.M.

Meeting place: In front of the White House, on the Pennsylvania Ave. 

For those living in the NJ/NY area, buses will be provided at the 35^th Street parking lot between Bergenline and Kennedy Boulevard In order to ride on the buses please be there at AT 7:00 A.M. sharp.

4/26/2000 - Silent Vigil by MAR

Mothers Against Repression (MAR) will be holding a series of silent vigils throughout the day in the Washington, DC area.  

MAR will be holding a press confrence at Dulles airport at 7 AM. At that time they will release the locations of all the vigils. At this point the first vigil is to be held at 8:30 AM at the Department of Justice located at 950 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Those wishing to attend MUST dress in black. Do not bring posters or flags. MAR will be providing all materials for the vigil.

4/25/2000 - Protest

March 25th 2000 from 2-5 PM
at Hunter College, Lecture Hall, 615 Hunter West

The infamous Pastors for Peace, International Action Center, front groups and other communist sympathizers  will hold a propaganda symposium in New York City to help Fidel Castro and to undermine future democracy in Cuba. Congressman José Serrano, Lucius Walker, Ramsey Clark and Teresa Gutierrez (A prime organizer of all pro Castro marches in New York City) are part of this "symposium".  The event is to be an all out celebration of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, and efforts to send Elián González back to communist Cuba.

The Cuban American community will have a group to protest this event. The media is expected.

We will stress: non violence, democracy, future civil society in Cuba, the crimes of the Castro dictatorship, and the plight of Cuban political dissidents within the island today and yesteryear. We will do everything within our legal rights to turn this hypocritical event around and confront the Castro supporters in an aggressive debate and protest. Furthermore José Serrano must be put to task for his hypocritical support to Castro repressive and corrupt dictatorship.

Please contact us at stop_castro@iname.com and let us know if you can help the Cuban American community in New York City.

We are acting as messengers to get everybody involved.

Thank you - we hope you answer this call!

CUBAN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT - NY
http://www.cadp-nyc.org

Demand freedom for Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet now task force NYC
http://welcome.to/dr_biscet

Artists Against Castro Brutality - new york (web page coming soon)

NoCastro.com Nor His Regime

Cuba si - Castro No!

URGENT / URGENT / URGENT

Considering the request by Miami exiles organizations that the protests are suspended for now, we thought we should comply until and if the judge rules against us, early next week. However, we should be ready to go at a moment's notice!

A peaceful demonstration will be held Monday, January 10^th starting at 4PM (until about 6PM) 26 Federal Plaza, corner of Broadway and DUwayne St. downtown Manhattan in front of the INS offices (Federal Bldg.), (2 blocks north of City Hall) New York, NY

The group coordinating the event is a group of concerned citizens -Citizens for Just Treatment for Elián-, which invites all organizations and members of the Cuban-American community as well as all freedom-loving citizens of this great country to join in our effort.

The demonstration will call for:

• Due process for Elián.

• Elian’s father, accompanied by his family, to come to state his case in this country, without duress, free of blackmail.

• Worldwide condemnation of Cuba’s communist governments systematic violations of the rights of parents, children and families in Cuba.

More information, stamen for the media and text of press release will follow.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

-Make attending a priority.  The media from the whole world is following this story. This is a unique opportunity, one we seldom have to counter Castro's propaganda, call for Cuba's freedom, and alert the world of the tragedy that for so long has affected Cuba's families and children.

-Please notify as many people as possible, urging them to attend (by phone, e-mail, fax, etc.).  You may cut and paste from this message.  Particularly call on the area's Cuban-American community, which understands what is at stake here and knows this to be a Communist propaganda ploy and crude political blackmail on Castro's part.

-Prepare and bring posters calling attention not only to the facts about the Elián case, but also to the Castro totalitarian regime's systematic violations of the rights of children and families, the 4-decade long tragedy befallen on Cuba's people, especially the forceful division of families by the Communist regime, its brutal and senseless killing of innocent children or their parents, the use of political and socio-economic blackmail to control people's livelihoods and minds, the forced removal of the young to work-study in the countryside, the usurpation of the right of parents to educate their children and make the important decisions regarding their well-being, etc., etc.

-Urgently needed:

1.Please find and contact people who can provide real testimonials - especially family stories involving children separated by the Castro regime from their parents, kids who were sent to "escuelas del campo" and others.

2.We need blown up photos of the tugboat massacre and other pertinent real life incidents and cases.

To volunteer pleas call at any of the following tel. numbers:
(973)635-5631 <> (973)701-9534 <> (973)701-0520 <> (973)219-7000

Pastors for Peace is staging another very well prepared demonstration at the Federal Bldg. on Tuesday. Let's not let them be the only voice heard in New York!

Freedom YES, Van Van NO!!!

In a direct attack of Cuban exiles, the musical group "Los Van Van" will be appearing in Miami. The group named itself in honor of the sugar cane harvest whose goal of 10 million tons was never achieved, and more specifically the phrase "Fidel los 10 milliones van van".  Loosely speaking this phrase was used to tell Castro, "Fidel the 10 million tons were going going".

The group "Los Van Van", a political arm for the tyranny, is an organization used to raise funds.

On October 9  "Los Van Van" and the ACLU will try to raise funds, at $50 per person, for Fidel Castro.

However the exile community will present the movie "Libertad"(Freedom), at $10 per person, at the Knight Center. At the end of the movie the exile community will go to protest the presentation of Castro's puppets better known as "Los Van Van.  We will offer  more details in the next couple of days. 

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En un ataque frontal al exilio cubano "Los Van Van", un grupo que se dió ese nombre en homenaje a la llamada "Zafra de los 10 millones" - que nunca se produjeron - de la cual decía "Fidel los 10 millones van van" se presentarán en Miami.

Los Van Van, arma política de la tiranía, son una organización para levantar fondos.

El día 9 de octubre, los Van Van y la ACLU tratarán de levantar fondos, a $ 50 por entrada,  para Fidel Castro.

Pero el exilio presentará la película "Libertad" (Freedom), a $10 por entrada, en el Knight Center, al final de la película iremos a protestar la presentación de los esbirros. Le ofreceremos más detalles en los próximos días.

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Thanks
NoCastro.com

PRESS RELEASE

Tuesday, July 13, 1999 marks the 5th year anniversary of the sinking of the "13 de Marzo" tugboat by the Castro regime. Justice has yet to be served for this atrocity.

NoCastro.com invites all organization and individuals to join us in protest at the Cuban Interest Section in Washington, DC.

We will meet at The Cuban Interest Section located at 2630 16th St., NW Washington, DC this Tuesday, July 13 at 5:00 PM. The protest will last until 8:00 PM

Please bring your posters and flags to the protest. We are also looking for at least one volunteer to bring a floral arrangement in the shape of a cross.

Please email at cuba@NoCastro.com to let us know if you will be attending.

MEET TRUE HEROES:

 Survivors of Castro's Gulags

 "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."
 Article 9, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

 Dear Colleague,

 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets forth international  guidelines to protect the rights and dignities of all human beings.  Although a signatory of this document, the Cuban regime has disregarded
 these and other international standards by continuing to systematically  and repeatedly violate the most basic rights of its own people for the  past forty years.  During that time, thousands of innocent people have been subjected to beatings, torture, and arbitrary detentions.

 For some of those lucky enough to have survived Castro's gulags, the  opportunity to inform the international community about the Cuban reality  has become a mission.  Their stories are graphic, violent examples of the oppressive and diabolical nature of the regime that rules Cuba with an iron grip.

We invite you to join us in listening to the testimony of  those who have experienced the horror of Cuba's prisons simply for expressing their rights as free human beings.

 Wednesday, May 19th  12:00pm
 2200 Rayburn building on South Capitol ST.between Independence Ave. and C st.
We encourage you to take advantage of this rare opportunity to meet with Cuban political prisoners:

  Alberto Grau Sierra
 Ana Lazara Rodriguez
 Angel Cuadra
 Carmen Arias

 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Yleem Poblete  or Camila Ruiz at 202-225-3345.

 Sincerely,

 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen    Lincoln Diaz-Balart    Robert Menendez
Member of Congress  Member of Congress   Member of Congress
 
 **Lunch will be served at the event.

Protest to Cigar Aficionado's

AT the Cuban Playground, in front of Cigar Aficionado's offices
387 Park Avenue SO
(between 27 & 28) New York City.

Thursday, May 13th at 4.30 - 6.00 P.M

Cigar Aficionado's condescending, insensitive and deceitful.

We need your support!
Our brothers, in the prison Island, need us to oppose any attempt to get $ in Castro's hands.

TODOS A BALTIMORE

Cubano exiliado tienes una cita para expresarte por nuestros hermanos amordazados en la Isla. Es un deber de todo Cubano exiliado el poner su granito de arena en favor de la libertad de nuestra Patria de la tiranía más perversa del hemisferio y posiblemente de todos los tiempos.

Día: Lunes, 3 de Mayo

Lugar(1): Monumento a Martí (calle Broadway, entre calle Fayette y Orleans) a las 4:00 PM

Lugar(2): Frente a la estatua de Babe Ruth en Camden Yards 4:30 PM

Recomendamos que lleven agua o jugos y letreros en inglés. También le recordamos que la sección de "news Archives" está modificada para fácil acceso a algunos de los artículos escritos por el exilio en protesta de estos juegos.

We invite all organization and individuals to join us in protest

On Friday,  March 26, 1999 the Cuban Interest Section in Washington, DC is holding a  "Cuba Libre Day" (Free Cuba Day) celebration.  This is a farce!  We invite all organization and individuals to join us in protest. The purpose for the protest of this event is to express our opposition toward the deception behind this event.  In Cuba there is no freedom!  

We will meet at The Cuban Interest Section located at 2630 16th St., NW Washington, DC Friday, March 26 at 6:00 PM.

The Cuban Interests Section is hosting a "Cuba Libre Day" on Friday, March 26, 1999, 7-10pm.

The description of "Cuba Libre Day" reads:

The Cuban Diplomatic Community is allowing us into their turn of the century mansion to experience the culture of Cuba.  You will be served a full dinner buffet of authentic Cuban delicacies, a variety of rums to taste and mixed into such traditional drinks as the mojito and the Cuba Libre.  A live Salsa band will get you dancing to the Latin rhythms originated from this island paradise.   

$60 per person, $10 per car valet, business attire.

Please call the offices of Taste of DC to complain about there up-coming event- Cuba Libre Day at the Cuban Interest Section- This is the biggest farce of 1999- 202-333-8992, 202-333-5588. Pass it on to your friends.

Cuba Libre is not just a Drink...it is a cry for freedom!!!!

     Protest Orioles Decision to Play In Havana

Everyone is urged everyone to come out and protest the Baltimore Orioles decision to play baseball in Havana, Cuba.  The protest will take place on Wednesday March 17, 1999 during an Orioles training game at a stadium in Fort  Lauderdale, Florida. Additionally you are urged to either call the Orioles office at (410) 685 - 9800 or fax them at (410) 547 - 6272 and voice your opinion.

You can meet at the parking lot at 2690 Coral Way; Miami, Florida at 3:15 P.M. and from there a group will continue on to the stadium.

or

You can meet at the stadium at 4:00 P.M. at the following address

Stadium Address : 5301 NW 12 Ave; Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Directions : From the southe take I-95 North and get off at the West exit of Commercial Blvd. Head west and look for the stadium.

El Grito de Baire

En conmemoración del hecho histórico del 24 de Febrero de 1895, conocido por El Grito de Baire, donde se inició la Guerra de Independencia.

Tanto en la Isla como en el exilio debemos hacer el esfuerzo de reunirnos grupos de cubanos en actos sencillos como homenaje a los Mambises y a los esfuerzos del pueblo Cubano para lograr su independencia del imperio más poderoso de la época.

El 24 de Febrero siempre fue un día de Fiesta Nacional, donde nadie trabajaba y todos recibían su salario, en la Cuba anterior al comunismo.

Por favor comuníquese con sus familiares y amigos aquí y en la Isla, haga uso del teléfono, internet,  cartas, y por personas que dan viajes a Cuba. Para que se reúnan el próximo miércoles 24 de febrero, día de extraordinaria trascendencia patriótica.

Cada Cubano en cada pueblo donde nos ha tocado vivir debemos reunirnos en un parque o calle y expresar nuestra solidaridad con el esfuerzo que hacen nuestros hermanos dentro de Cuba. No deje de pasar esta fecha.

La Vigilia

En apoyo a los distintos actos que se celebraran mañana, recordando a todos nuestros muertos, y sobre todo al vil asesinato cometido hace 3 años a nuestros 4 hermanos del Grupo Hermanos al Rescate, Se celebrara una vigilia frente a la Misión Cubana en la ciudad de Nueva York situada en la Avenida Lexington Avenue y la calle 38. A esta vigilia invita un grupo de mujeres y hombres que todos los jueves, desde el año 1990, nos congregamos frente al edificio de la Misión Cubana. Este grupo ya es conocido como La Vigilia.

The "Cuban Community of the Metropolitan DC Area" Invites you to:

A candle light vigil in commemoration of the February 24, 1996 shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft, by Cuban MiGs, in international airspace north of Havana. This resulted in the murder of three U.S. citizens and one legal resident.

Place:  2639 NW. 16 St. Washington DC. in front of Cuba's Interest Section
Date: February, 24 Wednesday, at 7:00 p.m.
Organizations: Casa Cuba (Wash. DC), NoCastro.com, your Org. name here...

send us your organization name to : cuba@nocastro.com

The "Frente Internacional Para la Libertad de Cuba".

Commemoration of the February 24, 1996 shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft, by Cuban MiGs, in international airspace north of Havana, resulting in the death of three U.S. citizens and one legal resident.

Place: Plaza de las Islas (Plaza de la Catedral), San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Date: February, 21 Sunday, at 2:30 p.m.
For more information: Dr. Carlos D. Carbonell, Secretary
510 Cupples Rd.
San Antonio TX 78237 USA
210-433-6452

Actividades de la Unidad Cubana y las organizaciones de su sombrilla patriótica.

• Las organizaciones del exilio en Florida hacen un llamado a participar en la caravana de carros que saldrá del Parque Rubén Darío en la 98 ave y West Flagler en Sweet Water hacia el Monumento de la Brigada 2506 y Playa Girón en la Calle 8 SW y 13 ave. Los participantes comenzarán a reunirse a las 3:00 PM, la caravana saldrá a las 4:00 PM.
  Encienda las luces de su carro todo el día.
  
  
• Las organizaciones, Vigilia Mambisa, Grupo Téctico de Combate, Alpha 66, Humanismo Sin Frontera y muchas más incorporadas a este esfuerzo de rechazar la infiltración, llamada cultural y que sólo es un esfuerzo más de los Castro-comunistas para confundir al exilio cubano, utilizando a los denominados "músicos y cantantes" que sólo buscan divisas, para que el régimen comunista pueda seguir enviando su ideología comunista al mundo entero, sin importar las penurias de nuestro pueblo.

La Unidad Cubana y sus organizaciones afines han convocado a demostraciones, en todas las visitas de estos seudo-embajadores culturales, las cuales se han llevado a cabo frente al "Café Nostalgia", en la calle Ocho, la Discoteca "Amnesia", el Tetro "Cameo", en la ciudad de Miami Beach, en varias oportunidades.

No dejes de asistir a estas demostraciones siempre que puedas.

Nuestra lucha tiene que realizarse en todos los frentes, internos y externos.

Para más información: Teléfono / Phone (305) 649-6950

   A Complete Success!

The Massive Cuban Demonstration After Forty Years of Exile

Read what the Washington Post and the New York Times don't want you to know.

¡EL MONUMENTO A JOSÉ MARTÍ FUE INAUGURADO EL 5 DE SEPTIEMBRE 1998!

Un acto que pasará a la historia por reafirmar nuestra unidad y dar a conocer la obra fecunda del Apóstol José Martí.

La inauguración fue en la calle Broadway, entre calle Fayette y Orleans.