By james art 
The leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Unpacu) Jose Daniel Ferrer was one of the nominees for the fourth edition of the Oswaldo Payá: Liberty and Life Award, announced this Tuesday Latin American Democracy Network (Juventudlak) and foundation and foundation CubanetS
Ferrer was elected a candidate “for his courage to the island’s democracy, which he paid with the fierce pursuit he was subjected to,” according to Juventudlak.
In addition to the prominent Cuban opposition figure, which has been imprisoned in the island for five months, the nominees also include the temporary President of Bolivia, Jeanin Anees, the Brazilian Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro, the European Parliament and the Brazilian Justice, the Brazil Moro, the European Parliament and the Brazilian Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro, the European Parliament and the Brazilian Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro, the European Parliament and the Brazilian Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro, the European Parliament and the Brazilian Minister of Justice, Moro, Sergio, Sergio Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro, the European Parliament and the Brazilian Minister of Justice, the European Parliament and the Brazilian Chargé d’Affials of the United States Embassy in Cuba Mara Tekak, who was emphasized for “her constant solidarity with the victims of repression” Country.
Another candidate is Argentine journalist and writer Andres Oppenheimer, who stood out as “a leading voice in the defense of democracy through their platforms in continental and global media.”
The announcement of the winner will be held after the vote of the executive bodies of the two organizations that organize the award and the details of the presentation of the ceremony and the award will be announced later.
The Oswaldo Payá Award was named after one of the founders of the Christian Liberation Movement in 1988, who died in 2012, along with dissident Harold Zepper, in strange circumstances, in a road accident in Cuba, which many believe is not a coincidence , but an incident planned by Castro’s regime to kill the opposition leader.