News Releases

IRI Statement on the Death of Prominent Cuban Dissident Oswaldo Payá

07/23/2012

Democracy’s Hero: Andrés Carrión Álvarez

06/21/2012

Prior to March 26, 2012, Carrión was simply another unemployed, 38 year-old Cuban. All of this changed when he attended attended Pope Benedict XVI’s public mass at Antonio Maceo Square and shouted out “libertad” (freedom) and “abajo el Comunismo” (down with Communism).

IRI Releases Survey of Cuban Public Opinion

06/05/2012

IRI Publica los Resultados de la Encuesta de Opinión Pública Cubana

06/05/2012

IRI Saddened by Death of Wilman Villar Mendoza

01/20/2012

IRI Releases Survey of Cuban Public Opinion

11/21/2011

IRI Publica los Resultados de la Encuesta de Opinión Pública Cubana

11/21/2011

Democracy’s Hero: Laura Pollán Toledo

10/21/2011

Laura Pollán Toledo, a leader for human rights in Cuba and founder of the Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), passed away on Friday October 14, 2011. Her legacy, one of leadership and strength in the face of oppression, provides inspiration in the struggle for freedom in Cuba.

IRI Statement on the Death of Laura Pollan

10/15/2011

IRI Vice President Testifies on the State of Democracy in the Americas

06/30/2011

IRI Releases Survey of Cuban Public Opinion

04/14/2011

Freedom to Connect in Cuba?

02/18/2011

Democracy’s Hero: Orlando Zapata Tamayo

04/28/2010

“On the eve of the second anniversary of Raul Castro coming to power, Orlando Zapata Tamayo has died. We decree national mourning” tweeted Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez. Zapata died following an 86-day hunger strike for better prison conditions.