Cuban Liberty Council

The Cuban Liberty Council (CLC) is a not-for-profit organization whose stated goal is to promote liberty and democracy in Cuba.

Activities

CLC was founded October 10, 2001. Many of the members of the CLC's Board of Directors and Executive Committee have played key roles in shaping US policy towards Cuba and have led diplomatic delegations to the UN Human Rights Commission, where they achieved the passage of key UN Resolutions condemning Fidel Castro's human rights record. They have also played a role in advising foreign governments on their Cuba policy and have met with numerous world leaders, including: Václav Havel, Lech Wałęsa, Ronald Reagan, Boris Yeltsin, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, José María Aznar, Ernesto Zedillo and Felipe González.

It has been called a 'hardline' organization.^[1]

Notable members

• Marcell Felipe
• Feliciano Foyo
• Horacio Garcia
• Alberto Hernandez
• Ninoska Pérez Castellón
• Diego R. Suarez
• Luis Zuniga
• Bruce Osborne

See also

• Cuba-United States relations
• Diaspora politics in the United States
• Ethnic interest groups in the United States
• Lobbying in the United States
• Cuban-American lobby

References

Cuba–United States relations pre-1902 Spanish–American War Teller Amendment Platt Amendment 1902–1959 Cuban–American Treaty of Relations (1903) First Occupation Second Occupation Sugar Intervention Hay-Quesada Treaty Cuban–American Treaty of Relations (1934) 1959–present Bay of Pigs Invasion Balseros (2002 film) Balseros (rafters) Brothers to the Rescue Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba Cuban Five Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Project Elián González affair Cuba–United States aircraft hijackings Luis Posada Carriles Mariel boatlift Operation Northwoods Operation Peter Pan United States embargo against Cuba United States Interests Section in Havana (1977–2015) Cuban Thaw Contemporary Cuban American Cuban-American lobby Embassy of the United States, Havana Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Helms–Burton Act United States Ambassador to Cuba