Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat

Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat was born in Havana, Cuba in 1965. Gutierrez-Boronat is an author,[1] spokesperson for the Cuban Democratic Directorate,[2] member of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (a coalition of Cuban anti-communist groups inside and outside Cuba),[3] invited lecturer at Georgetown University, and community leader.

Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat
Born1965  (age 57)
Havana 
EducationDoctor of Philosophy 
Alma mater
OccupationWriter, visiting scholar 
Websitehttps://gutierrezboronat.com/ 
Position heldsecretary (Cuban Democratic Directorate) 

Biography

His family settled in the United States from Cuba in 1971 seeking freedom. In 1990, he co-founded Cuban American NGO, Directorio Democratico Cubano[4] "Directorio" seeking human rights and democratic change in Cuba. In 2005, Gutierrez-Boronat launched Radio República,[5] a radio station offering uncensored news and information to Cubans on the island that transmits every day via shortwave, and also through AM frequencies and social media.[6] Radio República recently launched a podcast driven website allowing for programming to be downloaded and heard world-wide. The DDC receives funding from [NED].[7][8] The NED funds also went toward the Directorio’s Radio Republica operation.

Gutierrez-Boronat holds a PhD in the Philosophy of International Relations from the University of Miami (2005),[9] and a Master’s degree in Political Science (2001) and undergraduate degrees in Communications and Political Science from Florida International University.[10]

Dr. Gutierrez Boronat has served as an international diplomat for the cause of a Free Cuba. In the past few years, he has met with President Donald J. Trump[11] and Vice President Mike Pence of the United States; with President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil;[12] with President Tsai-ing wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan);[13] with the Foreign Ministers of Costa Rica,[14] Chile,[15] and Peru;[16] and with members of Congress of the United States[17] and several Latin American countries.[18]

Recently, in October of 2020, he organized the Anti-Communist and Anti-Socialist Caravan and Seminar in Miami, Florida, that according to observers drew about 30,000 vehicles and thousands of participants.[19][20]

Dr. Gutierrez Boronat has been instrumental in the creation of the Justice Cuba Commission,[21] composed of human rights experts from ten countries, which has investigated crimes against humanity of the Cuban government against the Cuban population, as well as in other nations.[22][23][24] The Justice Cuba Commission advocates for an international tribunal to try these crimes.

Gutierrez-Boronat signed the Madrid Charter, a document drafted by the far-right Spanish political party Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of Ibero-America involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".[25]

References
  1. "2005 Latin America Dissertation John Barrett Prize". demdigest.org. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  2. "Directorio Democratico Cubano – Home". directorio.org. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. "Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat dedica emotivas palabras a Cuba". Radio y Televisión Martí | RadioTelevisionMarti.com (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  4. "Directorio Democratico Cubano – About Us". directorio.org. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  5. "Directorio Democratico Cubano – Radio República". directorio.wildapricot.org. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  6. https://directorio.org/page-18369
  7. "Democracy, Inc. – Cuba Money Project".
  8. "Directorio.PDF".
  9. https://scholarship.miami.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Cuban-exile-nationalism/991031447107202976
  10. https://adncuba.com/noticias-de-cuba/actualidad/orlando-gutierrez-boronat-un-filosofo-cubano-que-el-regimen-acusa-de
  11. https://www.c-span.org/person/?126783/OrlandoGutierrezBoronat
  12. https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/a/presidente-electo-de-brasil-recibe-a-uno-de-los-lideres-del-exilio-cubano/223520.html
  13. https://www.caribbeannewsglobal.com/taiwan-latin-america-an-encounter-for-freedom/
  14. https://www.diariolasamericas.com/america-latina/costa-rica-abre-sus-puertas-promotores-del-enjuiciamiento-al-regimen-cubano-n4172552
  15. https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/a/comisi%C3%B3n-justicia-cuba-se-reune-con-el-canciller-de-chile/259794.html
  16. https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2018-04-11-u1-e129488-s27061-grupo-exiliados-cubanos-se-reune-vicepresidenta-peru-cumbre
  17. https://www.cubacenter.org/articles-and-events/2021/8/5/republican-congressional-and-state-of-florida-leaders-meet-with-cuban-pro-democracy-activists
  18. https://directorio.org/news/6402890
  19. https://adncuba.com/sur-de-la-florida/caravana-anticomunista-paraliza-miami
  20. https://www.efe.com/efe/america/sociedad/la-caravana-en-miami-apoyo-del-15n-cuba-quiere-ser-latinoamericana/20000013-4671824
  21. https://www.cubanet.org/noticias/anuncian-comision-para-investigar-crimenes-del-castrismo/amp/?print=print
  22. https://www.diariolasamericas.com/florida/oea-se-vincula-enjuiciamiento-del-regimen-cubano-delitos-lesa-humanidad-n4167680
  23. https://adncuba.com/sur-de-la-florida/exiliados-repasan-crimenes-de-lesa-humanidad
  24. https://www.cubanet.org/noticias/el-regimen-estuvo-y-esta-dispuesto-a-destruir-al-pueblo-cubano/?print=print
  25. "Carta de Madrid". Fundación Disenso (in Spanish). Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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