Ramon Sanchez
Ramon Sanchez
Ramón Alfredo Sánchez Paredesis a Salvadoran football player...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth25 May 1982
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Cuba is a nation divided by its government. Almost 20 percent of the population lives in exile. Almost every family unit has been stricken by that division, and it is time for that to end and the barriers that divide the Cubans to be brought down.
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God has heard our prayers and the doors have been opening in Washington for the government of the United States to listen to all our concerns and suggestions about the wet foot-dry foot policy.
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Not only the court has decided it's wrong, but I think in general, the public believes that the building is part of the United States.
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Our expectation is to make the wet foot/dry foot policy more humane. We're not asking the government to commence an open-door policy that would encourage people leaving Cuba to risk their lives in the Straits of Florida.
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Cuba is the most crucial issue that motivates us. Each family has been divided.
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We have called off the protest for the moment, following the comments by the attorney general.
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We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
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We dropped anchor for a while to wait out the weather. But it got worse. We don't feel very good about this. We have put a lot of efforts behind this, but we can't beat the weather.
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We have used civil disobedience in the past, but only when it has been absolutely necessary.
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We can't abandon this place because if we do anyone can pick up the boy.
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People would prefer to risk death rather than continue living there. People just get so fed up with the system they leave and risk their lives on the high seas.
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We're not calling the people out as long as we see that Elian's case remains in the courts and the government is not moving to suddenly take Elian back to Cuba.
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I feel very happy. I feel that a principle right of citizens to ask the government to be heard has been granted, and the first victory is the government's for having listened to us.
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This will give them visas within 10 days. The other process could take 10 months, or a year or two.