Secretary of State Marco Rubio on May 29 expressed his support for Rosa María Payá Acevedo’s candidacy for commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the main body of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Payá, a Cuban activist and daughter of Oswaldo Payá, a Cuban leader of the Christian Liberation Movement who died in 2012, was nominated by Rubio in March to be the new head of the IACHR.
“Payá’s unwavering commitment in defense of human rights, freedom, and democracy is a testament to her decades-long pursuit of a more prosperous region,” the secretary of state wrote on May 29, reiterating Payá’s nomination in a post on social media platform X….