[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 101 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 29977-29978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-1296]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 101 / Friday, May 23, 2008 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8258 of May 20, 2008

                
A Day of Solidarity With the Cuban People, 2008

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of 
                worship are among the liberties that Americans cherish. 
                Our Nation fully supports the brave people who work to 
                secure these liberties in the countries where they are 
                denied. And on this Day of Solidarity with the Cuban 
                People, we focus our attention on the men and women 
                working to secure freedom, democracy, and human rights 
                for the citizens of Cuba.

                For half a century, the Cuban people have suffered 
                under oppressive dictatorship. Under the rule of Fidel 
                and Raul Castro, Cubans have seen their political 
                freedoms denied, their economy reduced to shambles, and 
                their families torn apart. The Cuban people deserve 
                better--and the American people stand with them as they 
                work to achieve it.

                The United States is rallying the free world to the 
                cause of Cuban liberty. We continue to shine a bright 
                light on the Castro regime's abuses--and America calls 
                on the Government of Cuba to immediately and 
                unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience.

                We keep these prisoners, their families, and all Cubans 
                in our prayers. Especially on this Day of Solidarity, 
                we ask the Almighty to comfort and strengthen those who 
                suffer under the Castro dictatorship--and to hasten the 
                day when Cuba's suffering comes to an end.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim May 21, 2008, as A Day of 
                Solidarity with the Cuban People to recognize those who 
                are suffering in Cuba, especially Cuba's prisoners of 
                conscience. I call upon the citizens of the United 
                States to mark this observance with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities that demonstrate America's 
                resolute support for those living under the Castro 
                regime.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-second. 
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