Naturpaz and CTDC Demands Apology for Falsehoods

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We hereby formally request a rectification of the information in the article "Cuba beeft onder de dreiging van VS, terwijl economie op instorten 88"/ "Cuba trembles under the threat of the U.S. while the economy teeters on the verge of collapse" published on January 17, 2026, by Boris van der Spek, NOS correspondent for Latin America, in which false and inaccurate statements are disseminated that negatively affect a group of Cubans belonging to the political opposition. 

In particular, the assertion that there is no opposition in Cuba is particularly serious, since this assertion is not only false, but also has direct and dangerous consequences for people who, within the island, exercise political, social or civic activism in conditions of high risk. 

Denying the existence of the Cuban opposition leaves those who take daily risks unprotected, makes their work invisible, and legitimizes the regime's official narrative, which presents opponents and political prisoners as common criminals or criminals, with the aim of justifying criminal sentences of several years in prison, arbitrary detentions, permanent surveillance, and other forms of repression. 

In the Cuban context, such statements can: 

•  Facilitate the criminalization of political dissent, 
•  Increase the risk of reprisals, persecution and criminal punishment against activists and their families, 
•  Contribute to the international stigmatization of victims of repression, 
•  And to reinforce a discourse that denies fundamental rights such as freedom of expression, association and political participation. 

Therefore, the dissemination of this false information does not constitute a mere journalistic inaccuracy, but content that can directly endanger the safety, freedom and integrity of people who are in a situation of special vulnerability. 

In accordance with the right of rectification (Section 6:167 of the Burgerlijk Wetboek), we request that: 

• incorrect information is corrected, or 
• a clear, precise and visible rectification is published, with a scope equivalent to that of the original article. 

We remain available to provide documentation that supports this request and we trust that the media will act with the responsibility and diligence that this matter demands. 

Sincerely, 

Lic. Yanetsis Cartas 
Vice-President Naturpaz NGO. CTDC Member naturpazeuropa@gmail.com 

Leonel Morejón Almagro. President of Naturpaz 
Adalid Cecilia Martínez Álvarez. Vice President of Naturpaz in Spain 
Jorge Luis Artiles Montiel, Naturpaz Sport, Cuban National Congress. Cuban Political Prisoner on Four Occasions Representative of the Democracy Movement. 
Elena Larrinaga. President of Christian Democratic Party of Cuba (PDC)
Vice President, International Relations, CTDC 
Diana Mendiluza Díaz, Secretary General of Raíces de Esperanza in Spain, Head of the Secretariat of Education of the Christian Democratic Party of Cuba (PDC) and member of the Council for Democratic Transition in Cuba (CTDC). 
Eugenia Gutiérrez, Head of the Communication Secretariat of the Council for the Democratic Transition in Cuba (CTDC), Head of the Communication Secretariat of the Christian Democratic Party of Cuba (PDC) and individual member of the Council for the Democratic Transition in Cuba (CTDC). 
Gerardo Bernal Domenech, Representative in Uruguay of the Council for the Democratic Transition in Cuba (CTDC). 
Manuel Ibrahim Aldama Tamarit. Member of the Community Council of Naturpaz in Las Tunas. Cuba 
Dunia Medina. Red Femenina de Cuba 
Juan A. Francés Garay, Solidarity of Cuban Workers. 
Ivette García González, General Coordinator of Cuba en Familia, for political prisoners, families and freedom in Cuba. 
Luis Valdez UNPACU