Yo No Coopero Con La Dictadura (English: I Do Not Cooperate with the Dictatorship) is a civil disobedience campaign by Cuban political opposition.
The campaign was launched by political prisoners Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta Jorge Luis García Pérez and Jose Daniel Ferrer in 2005. Activists in Cuba carry out street protests, processions, and fasts as part of this initiative. In 2007, the American political group Cuban Democratic Directorate supported an effort to boycott elections in Cuba called "No a la Farsa Electoral" (No to the Electoral Farce).[1]
The campaign, utilizes the slogan "I do want change", and is articulated in six fundamental points: "I do not repudiate, I do not assist, I do not snitch, I do not follow, I do not cooperate, and I do not repress."[2] Furthermore, as a symbolic gesture of non-cooperation with the Cuban regime, members of the organization cross their arms over their chests.[3]
Multiple Cuban-American artists, such as Lissette Álvarez, Willy Chirino, Jon Secada, Paquito D'Rivera, Boncó Quiñongo,[4] and Amaury Gutiérrez[5] have declared their support for the campaign.
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- ^ "No se encontró la página - Yahoo!". archive.is. 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ "Exile groups call for civil disobedience in Cuba". Directorio. - page dead 14 April 2017
- ^ "Activists' Crossed Arms Mean "YO NO" (Not I)". Directorio Democratico Cubano.
- ^ "Artistas se unen a la campaña "Yo no coopero" con la dictadura". Diario Las Americas (in Spanish). 4 April 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
- ^ "Artistas Cubanos" (in Spanish). - page dead 14 April 2017
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Official website