Hector Palacios
Hector Palacios is a Cuban pro-democracy activist. He is the Director of the Center of Social Studies, and Secretary of TODOS UNIDOS. The following is from the September 18, 2008, hearing “Families Torn Apart: Human Rights and U.S. Restrictions on Cuban–American Travel. Almost 50 years ago, the rulers in Havanaimposed an ironclad blockade on the people of Cuba, doing away with theireconomic, civil, and political rights. Later, the Government of the UnitedStates decreed an economic embargo against the rulers of Cuba that has beenmaintained for many years. In1999, when the ninth Ibero-American Summit meeting was held in Havana,democratic-minded Cuba,…
