Elizardo Sanchez Quotations

What we have today is the departure of the first group ... which is going to travel to Canada.

I think it's a humanitarian gesture on the part of the Canadian government and we now hope our government will continue the process of prisoner releases. Right now, 110 people have been released, which means that the number of political prisoners in Cuba is diminishing.

He is demanding that there be Internet access in Cuba like in the other countries of this hemisphere, a free access to the Internet.

Never in the history of Cuba has there been these kinds of meetings between foreigners and representatives of the opposition.

We have to get used to this because it seems that human rights activists and dissidents are not well liked by governments, especially those that maintain their nation's human rights in the appalling situation that Cuba does.

The accusations are totally unfounded. My worry is that this could be a preamble to more drastic measures by the government toward a peaceful internal movement.

They committed no crime in holding this meeting ... the Cuban government is violating civil rights here.

We want change with or without the embargo. In general, the Cuban government treats (dissidents) like people who do not exist.

Although, regretfully, I'm not expecting a miracle. Nor do I believe that the Holy Father thinks that there will be a miracle. Because our country needs more than a miracle to solve its problems.

They have been bothering Martha for months, but this is the first time she has been treated so brutally.