Carlos Wotzkow, Jonathan A. Kemp, Alexis Molina, Jaums Sutton and Agustin Blazquez
Monday, May 12, 2003

We are determined to start a campaign to publicize the abduction of children by Castro's Cuba. Castro, as a matter of course, holds children against the will of their parents for the purpose of molding them into "communist personalities" as stated in his Cuban "Constitution."

This technique is used to maintain his hold on power, his No. 1 priority since his takeover in 1959. His masquerade as a communist is to hide his daily life as a criminal.

Making his extensive activities against children public, we believe, is a powerful way to bring to an end this abominable behavior. But for this effort to succeed, we need your help.

Please send us any and all information about Cuba's kidnapping, abducting and withholding of children from their parents. Send names of kids and parents, photographs in JPG, dates of birth, time and details, along with the answers of the Cuban authorities. Include cases of efforts to get the children out of Cuba and reunited with their parents.

We are convinced that these are among Castro's highest crimes and his biggest folly, which can swing the tide of world opinion and result in the end of his reign of terror against innocent children.

Unresolved Cases

In order for our effort to be able to assist with the reunification of a separated family, details of each case must be documented. Very precise information is required, from which a comprehensive list can be made. This list of well-documented cases, including a photo of each child (and – why not? – the parents as well) would allow us or the concerned international organizations to help each and every case.

It is not necessary for the parents to provide an "ideological declaration," but they must give us a vote of confidence and authorize us to publish some of the explicit information they provide. We are more interested in their problems than their political affiliations and we want to help all the Cubans in an unbiased and honest way.

When their information and e-mail addresses are published, parents will be able to contact each other and discuss privately the particularities of their cases. Every parent will have access to people in similar situations as well as organizations with the ability to help. Power will result from the cooperative efforts of all involved.

Resolved Cases

As important as the unresolved cases are the resolved cases. The list of solved cases, indicating the name of the child, photo in JPG format, the years that they were separated and the steps they took to achieve the successful reunification has a priceless value.

This list will become the first tool in support of the unresolved cases, and implies a significant gesture of solidarity of those families who are reunited with those who are not. The organizations interested in helping would see that it is a matter of a long struggle, often endured silently by the people of Cuba. The success list will stimulate them further.

Every method to solve a case might be read by separated parents and would serve to generate new ideas in the search for a solution. We cannot liberate your children; the most we can do is help. And for this we rely on the generosity of the concerned Web masters of the world.

Silent Cases

For parents who do not wish to publish their information for fear or any other reason, we ask that they send us their cases anyway, asking us to include them in the list of "Silent Cases." This would allow us to know that there is another child separated from their parents and that these can be contacted (privately, by mutual agreement, with us serving as go-between) only for those who want or believe they can be helped.

This list would publish only the number of children, gender, country where the parents are located and the years of separation (e-mail addresses and the address of the kids in Cuba will not be divulged).

If you know of a child in any of these situations, please send us your data NOW!

If your answer is in English, send it to: jakemp@lightspeed.net, molinaalexis@hotmail.com or molinaalexis@utvinternet.com

If your answer is in Spanish, send it to: cwotzkow@dplanet.ch, molinaalexis@hotmail.com or milinaalexis@utvinternet.com

Thank you.

Carlos Wotzkow is an Ornithologist who has written dozens of papers in scientific publications in Europe and the U.S. He is a veterinary technician and a consultant in human behavior, alcohol, ethics and deontology, author of the books "Natumaleza Cubana" (1998) and "Covering and Discovering" (2001) with Agustin Blazquez, and hundreds of articles on the destruction of the environment, politics and human rights in Cuba. His articles are distributed monthly in magazines and via the Internet. He has lived in exile in Switzerland since 1992, in Bienne since 1994.

Jonathan A. Kemp is an author and pilot and was a U.S. Air Force officer. He was the director of the American Society of Aerospace Pilots (ASAP) Youth Summer Camp. His interests and activities include politics, nature and the environment. He is an advocate of and investor in solar energy, fuel cells and synthetic fuel. He was born and raised in California and has lived in Washington, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, Hawaii and Alaska.

Alexis Molina graduated in economics, he works in computer systems and information processing, digital video editing and graphic design. He is interested in marine ecology, politics and human rights. In exile since 1992, he has been living in Longford, Ireland, since 2000.

Jaums Sutton is an editor and collaborator on articles and books with various authors. He is a researcher and technical adviser on computer video production as well as an interviewer and assistant director of documentary productions.

Agustin Blazquez is an artist, a writer, an author and a documentalist specializing in Cuban issues. His 200-plus articles about Cuba have been published and circulated all over the world in various newspapers, books, magazines and Internet periodicals. He has been featured on radio and television talk shows. He wrote with Carlos Wotzkow the book "Covering and Discovering" (2001). He recently wrote the introduction and collaborated with author Luis Grave de Peralta in the translation to English of the upcoming book "The Mafia of Havana: The Cuban Cosa Nostra." He has produced and directed more than 35 video productions, mostly artistic and musical. His better-known documentaries are "COVERING CUBA" (1995), "CUBA: The Pearl of the Antilles" (1999), "COVERING CUBA 2: The New Generation" (2000) and "COVERING CUBA 3: Elian" (2002), premiered in Miami on Feb. 20, 2003.

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