The Democratic Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad Democrática) was a political liberal party in Cuba. Although changes to the Cuban constitution in 1992 decriminalized the right to form political parties other than the Communist Party of Cuba, these parties are not permitted to campaign or engage in any public political activities on the island. The Democratic Solidarity party described itself as "an organization from within Cuba promoting democracy and the respect for human rights by the peaceful route." The last President of the party was Fernando Sánchez López. The party was a full member of Liberal International.
It merged with the National Liberal Party of Cuba in February 2014 to form the Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party (Spanish: Partido Solidaridad Liberal Cubano, PSLC).[1]
Membership
In February 2007 the following persons were elected to the national executive committee of PSD:
Fernando Sánchez López, President.
Antonio Torres Justo, Vice president pro tempore and executive secretary
Carlos Aitcheson Guzmán, international relations pro tempore
Marcos Fiallo Samper, Finances
Ignacio Padrón Navarro, Organizer
Osmar Laffita, public relacions and spokesperson
Orestes Cartaya Lirio, youth issues
Juan de Dios Duke, human rights and attention to political prisoners
Raúl Chávez Valdivia, Representative of the oriental provinces Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo.
Wilber Hernández Acosta, epresentantive of the oriental provinces Ciego de Avila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín
Rolando Delgado, epresentantive of the occidental provinces
Jorge Verrier Rodríguez, epresentantive of the central provinces
Rafael Arias Carmona, workers and farmers issues
Adolfo Fernández Sainz, international relations, imprisoned in the Black Spring of 2003[2]