Oswaldo Payá
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title:
Oswaldo Payá
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Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was a Cuban political activist. A devout Catholic, he founded the Christian Liberation Movement in 1987 to oppose the one-party rule of the Cuban Communist Party. He attracted international attention for organizing a petition drive known as the Varela Project, in which 25,000 signatories petitioned the Cuban government to guarantee freedom of speech and freedom of assembly as well as to institute a multi-party democracy. In recognition of his work, he received the European
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Cuban activist (1952–2012)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswaldo_Pay%C3%A1
date created:
2004-11-03T21:05:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T00:44:26Z
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