The Cuban Liberty Council (CLC) is a nonprofit organization whose stated goal is to promote liberty and democracy in

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

Activities

CLC was founded in October 2001. Many of the members of the CLC's Board of Directors and Executive Committee have played key roles in shaping U.S. policy towards Cuba and have led diplomatic delegations to the

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, where they achieved the passage of key United Nations resolutions condemning

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president ...

'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

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, and

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. CLC has been called a "hard-line" organization due to its staunch opposition to weakening the U.S. embargo against Cuba.Isabelle Vagnoux, 'Washington-Miami-Havana 1999-2009: Towards the End of a Ménage à Trois?', in '' European Journal of American Studies'', 2009 II, p. 3

Notable members

Marcell Felipe Marcell Felipe is a Cuban American attorney and businessman, and chairman of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora. Felipe founded the Inspire America Foundation, an organization that promotes democracy in Cuba and the Americas. He also founded ...

* Feliciano Foyo * Horacio García * Alberto Hernández *

Ninoska Pérez Castellón Ninoska Pérez Castellón (born 1950) is a prominent member of the Cuban exile community in Miami, and outspoken opponent of Fidel and Raúl Castro. In relation to this mission of hers, she was one of the founding members of the Cuban Liberty Co ...

* Diego R. Suárez * Luis Zúñiga

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Notable members

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