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lack the will and ability to fully open avenues for
social development and progress.
Cuba needs a profound change, which is why we
embrace and defend liberalism as a viable and
safe path for the Cuban people. For this reason,
we work till exhaustion in our attempt to unify
citizens, to make them aware of the idea of
change and to offer the appearance and consolidation of groups within civil society in our search
for a transition towards democracy devoid of violence.
The arrival of a truly democratic system in Cuba
will depend on our influence and peaceful participation in political life while avoiding any increase in the suffering and fear of the Cuban people in the transition. Be it as it may, with the
changing phase will come the ability of democratic forces to work through its leadership and
negotiation. It will also involve strategic planning.
Currently, Cuba is an extremely poor country as
far as economics is concerned; it has obsolete industrial installations, high levels of unemployment, and an undervalued work discipline. In addition to the high levels of corruption and embezzlement, the population has been full of hate and
repressed desires for over 50 years.
When the time comes, we liberals will work so
that different, pro-democracy initiatives result
from a consensus between modernity’s political
forces and have respect for the Cuban nation’s
sovereignty.
We irrefutably believe that the spreading and
adoption into practice of liberal ideas in Cuba will
bring about responsible citizen behavior based on
social discipline. We Cuban liberals advocate for
the transition to democracy respect and be within
the law: we need to revise our current Constitution, adjust and condition it for the transition period, but with necessary limitations so we can go
back to the Constitution of 1940, which should
never have been abandoned, until a Constituent
Assembly gives it definite form.
We liberals will keep defending the enjoyment of
all the freedoms that the Constitution and all other
laws protect with support and compliance of the

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all the guarantees established by the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, the International
Pact on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Pact on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights.
Civil society is a genuine representative of the
people’s live power. Its action will serve as a
guarantor of public freedoms in the context of the
country, as defined by José Martí, as a “community of interests: unity of traditions, goals, a truly
sweet and consolidating fusion of loves and
hopes.” We liberals accept that groups that build
civil society are an important p