The Democratic Solidarity Party (''Partido Solidaridad Democrática'') was a political
liberal party
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Cuba
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. Although changes to the
Cuban constitution
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in 1992 decriminalized the right to form political parties other than the
Communist Party of Cuba
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, these parties are not permitted to campaign or engage in any public political activities on the island. The Democratic Solidarity party described itself as "an organization from within Cuba promoting democracy and the respect for
human rights
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by the peaceful route." The last President of the party was Fernando Sánchez López. The party was a full member of
Liberal International
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.
It merged with the
National Liberal Party of Cuba in February 2014 to form the
Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party ( es, Partido Solidaridad Liberal Cubano, PSLC).
Membership
In February 2007 the following persons were elected to the national executive committee of PSD:
# Fernando Sánchez López, President.
# Antonio Torres Justo, Vice president pro tempore and executive secretary
# Carlos Aitcheson Guzmán, international relations pro tempore
# Marcos Fiallo Samper, Finances
# Ignacio Padrón Navarro, Organizer
# Osmar Laffita, public relacions and spokesperson
# Orestes Cartaya Lirio, youth issues
# Juan de Dios Duke, human rights and attention to political prisoners
# Raúl Chávez Valdivia, Representative of the oriental provinces Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo.
# Wilber Hernández Acosta, epresentantive of the oriental provinces Ciego de Avila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín
# Rolando Delgado, epresentantive of the occidental provinces
# Jorge Verrier Rodríguez, epresentantive of the central provinces
# Rafael Arias Carmona, workers and farmers issues
# Adolfo Fernández Sainz, international relations, imprisoned in the
Black Spring of 2003
# Margarita Cienfuegos, women's secretary
Provincial delegates
# Rolando Delgado Ramos, Pinar del Río
# Ignacio Padrón Navarro, Havana province
# Hermes Diago Gómez, Matanzas
# Ricardo Filgueira Fajardo, Cienfuegos
# Juan de Dios Ortueta, Villa Clara
# Rubén Mulén Torno, S.Spíritus
# Israel Savigñon Revé, Camagüey
# Amauri Peña Rodríguez, Las Tunas
# Raúl Chávez Valdivia. Granma
# Eidy Graña Toledo, Holguín
# Dr. Arnoldo de la Cruz Bañobre, Santiago de Cuba.
# Argos Alejandro Matos Ricardo, Havana city
See also
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List of political parties in Cuba
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Contributions to liberal theory
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* ''Contribution'' (album), by Mica Paris (1990)
** "Contribution" (song), title song from the album
*Contribution (law), an agreement between defendants in a suit to apportion liability
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Liberalism worldwide
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Introduction
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List of liberal parties
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Introduction
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Liberal democracy
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Liberalism in Cuba
References
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2014 disestablishments in Cuba
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