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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Afro-Cuban dissident seeks US lawmakers' help
Laura Wides-Munoz, the Associated Press' Hispanic Affairs writer, notes that, "An
Afro-Cuban dissident on Wednesday urged members of the Congressional Black Caucus who recently met with Fidel Castro to pressure
Cuban officials to stop harassing opposition leaders on the island. Jorge
Luis Garcia Perez
"Berta Antunez
delivered a letter in Washington on behalf of her brother, who spent 17 years in prison in Cuba. Since his release last year,
Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez remains under heavy surveillance on the island. He also recently spent a month on a hunger
strike protesting treatment of political prisoners."
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Meets with Brazilian Leaders to Discuss Civil Rights Journalist Maggie Owner writes about how the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) is
working with the U.S. government and Brazilian officials who "make up the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan Memorandum on Race and Civil Rights steering committee to discuss ways to further implement the agreement's goals. "As
the two largest democracies in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. and Brazil signed the agreement in 2008, outlining both
countries' goals for promoting racial equality and equal opportunity for all their citizens and as an example for the
rest of the Americas. "After remarking on the parallels in the U.S. and Brazil regarding race, LCCR President
Wade Henderson noted that even though 'rampant inequality based on race' still exists, the example of the U.S. civil
rights movement demonstrates that 'transformational change is possible.' "
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