Toward a Free Cuba: the Prospect for Democracy after 50 Years of Dictatorship

By Marifeli Pérez-Stable
June 29, 2009

The award presentation of the National Endowment for Democracy was preceded by a roundtable discussion, Toward a Free Cuba: the Prospect for Democracy after 50 Years of Dictatorship. The discussion panelists include notable activists and advocates for basic rights in Cuba, including:

José Azel, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami

Marifeli Pérez-Stable, vice president for democratic governance at the Inter-American Dialogue

Janisset Rivero Gutierrez, a noted human rights activist

José Miguel Vivanco, executive director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch

Bertha Antúnez Pernet, a leader of the National Movement of Civic Resistance Pedro Luis Boitel."