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Urgent Press Advisory/ Contact: Frank Calzon; (202) 427-3875                        For Immediate Distribution

                                                 Daniel Pedreira; (786) 252-3928                         December 3, 2015

 

 

CENTER FOR A FREE CUBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

PHYSICALLY PREVENTED FROM PROVIDING INFORMATION

AT CUBA SUMMIT HOSTED BY THE ECONOMIST IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

Washington – This morning, Frank Calzon, Executive Director of the Center for a Free Cuba, was physically prevented from providing information relevant to the current situation in Cuba at the Cuba Summit hosted by The Economist at the Four Seasons Georgetown Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Calzon was distributing a report prepared by the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies when he was physically prevented from distributing the report by hotel and conference personnel and was thrown on the floor.

For many years, Mr. Calzon has attended similar conferences in the United States and around the world and has never been prevented from distributing information. As in previous conferences, Calzon wished to exercise his right to free speech, the same right that has been denied to the Cuban people by the Castro regime for over five decades.

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