Sylvia Iriondo
Mothers and Women Against Repression
Sylvia Iriondo, a Cuban exile, is president of Mothers and Women Against Repression, a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring fundamental liberties and rights of the Cuban people. The following is from the September 18, 2008, hearing, “Families Torn Apart: Human Rights and U.S. Restrictions on Cuban–American Travel Hearing. Today, Cuba is facing two monumentaldisasters: The natural disaster caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and themanmade disaster brought about by nearly 50 years of totalitarian rule andneglect under a brutal dictatorship intent on remaining in power at all costsand responsible for the thousands of Cuban families torn apart. Thedevastation…
