Cuba Archive is an initiative of the Free Society Project, Inc., a non-profit, tax-exempt organization incorporated in 2001 in Washington, D.C., to promote the understanding, recognition, and observance of human rights particularly through research and scholarship. Its main office is in the greater New York city area. A distinguished group of academics, human rights' activists, and successful professionals leads this effort.

Board of Directors of the Free Society Project, Inc.

Manuel Pérez. Software industry executive living in New Jersey.

María E. Pérez. Treasurer of the Board. Former computer industry executive and founder of Cuba Art New York, a not for profit organization dedicated to promoting Cuban exile art.  She lives in New Jersey.

Alexis Romay. President of the Board. Holds a B.S. in Art Education in Havana and a Masters of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature from the City University of New York. He contributes to the quarterlies Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana and Artima(ñ)a. His novel, Salidas de emergencia, was selected a Finalist in a literary contest in Puerto Rico and will be published in Spanish by Baile del Sol and in Italian by NonSoloParole. Mr. Romay left Cuba in 1999 and lives in New Jersey.

María C. Werlau. Secretary of the Board & Cuba Archive Executive Director. Consultant in private practice (Orbis International), policy analyst, author of wide-ranging writings on Cuban affairs, and longtime human rights' advocate. Formerly a Second Vice President of the Chase Manhattan Bank, Ms. Werlau holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Masters in International Relations from Universidad de Chile. She lives in the greater New York city area. 

Our beloved co-founders passed away in 2008.

Armando Lago, Ph.D. 1939-2008. Please see our section "News" for media coverage and his biographical information.

María C. Pino Cañizares. 1934-2008. Former Administrator of H.U.D. project and human rights’ activist, Director of M.A.R. (Mothers Against Repression) for Cuba. 

Board of Advisors

Ricardo Bofill. Founder of the Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos), former Cuban political prisoner. Juan Clark, Ph.D. Author, Professor of Sociology at Miami Dade Community College. Pedro Corzo. Journalist, filmaker and researcher. Former political prisoner and President of the Instituto de la Memoria Histórica Cubana contra el Totalitarismo. Ernesto Díaz Rodríguez. Author, human rights activist, former Cuban political prisoner. Enrique Encinosa. Researcher, author, and radio commentator. Ángel de Fana. Former political prisoner, President of the Association of Former Political Prisoners of Cuba. Ambassador Dennis K. Hays. Director of Government Relations, Tew, Cardenas, LLC, former U.S. Ambassador to Suriname and career diplomat. Father Miguel Loredo. Vice President of the Center for Human Rights, former Cuban political prisoner, author of a prison memoir, and artist. Carlos Alberto Montaner. Author, editorialist and journalist, President of the Union Liberal Cubana. Eduardo Palmer. TV executive, Cinematographer. Ambassador Otto J. Reich. Former Assistant Secretary of State.