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{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = #0000FF
| name = Christian Liberation Movement
| native_name = Movimiento Cristiano Liberación
| logo = 
| leader = Eduardo Cardet
| founder = [[Oswaldo Payá]]
| foundation = 1988
| headquarters = Velasco, Holguín, [[Cuba]]
| think_tank = [[Varela Project]]
| ideology = {{nowrap|[[Christian democracy]]}}
| national = 
| international = [[Centrist Democrat International]]
| affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
| affiliation1 = [[Christian Democrat Organization of America]]
| colors = {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]
| website = [http://www.oswaldopaya.org/es/movimeinto-cristiano-liberacion/ www.movimeinto-cristiano-liberacion.org]
| country = Cuba
}}
The '''Christian Liberation Movement''' ({{langx|es|Movimiento Cristiano Liberación}} or simply '''MCL''') is a [[Cuban dissident movement|Cuban dissident]] [[political party|party]] advocating political change in [[Cuba]]. MCL was founded in 1987 by a group of secular [[Catholics]] belonging to the Parish of [[Cerro, Havana|Cerro]], in [[Havana]]. From the movement's founding and until his death, it was led by [[Oswaldo Payá]].  At present (2018), it is led by Eduardo Cardet. 

MCL has urged the governments, parliaments, citizens of the [[European Union]] to support:{{quote| "in a public and sustained manner the release of those jailed in Cuba for defending, promoting and exercising peacefully their human rights; the dialogue between Cubans as a path toward achieving the changes the Cuban people desire and national reconciliation; and our demands for changes in the laws so that the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of all Cubans are respected".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cubademocraciayvida.org/web/article.asp?artID=6890|title=The Christian Liberation Movement: The members of the Coordinating Council of the Christian Liberation Movement, Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas and Minervo Chil Siret, met with representatives of the European Union Presidency in the French Embassy.|website=cubademocraciayvida.org}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2023}}}}

The Christian Liberation Movement is a member of the [[Centrist Democrat International]], the international organization promoting [[Christian democracy]].

==See also==
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*[[Varela Project]]
*[[Christian democracy]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004406/http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y99/feb99/22e2.htm Statement by the Christian Liberation Movement]
* https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/18564/political-prisoners-in-cuba-suffering-same-fate-as-mandela-reveal-dissidents
* https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/cuba-nombran-a-eduardo-cardet-como-coordinador-nacional-del-mcl-30996/
* https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/cuba-nombran-a-eduardo-cardet-como-coordinador-nacional-del-mcl-30996/

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[[Category: Political parties established in 1988]]
[[Category: Catholic political parties]]
[[Category: Christian democratic parties in North America]]
[[Category:Political parties in Cuba]]
[[Category:Opposition to Fidel Castro]]
[[Category: Human rights organizations based in Cuba]]


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