CARTA DE MADRID: IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IN THE IBEROSPHERE More than 700 million people live in the Iberosphere,a community of free and sovereign nations that share a deep-rooted cultural heritage and possess a significant economic and geopolitical potential to tackle the future. The Iberosphere has all the conditions to be a region offreedom, prosperity and equality under the law. Its people are not condemned by any kind of historical determinism. However, a part of the region is kidnapped by totalitarian regimes inspired by communism, supported by drug trafficking and allied countries. All of them, under the umbrella of Cuba and initiatives such as the São Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group, infiltrate the circles of power to impose their ideological agenda. The threat is not limited exclusively to countries suffering from the totalitarian yoke. The ideological and criminal project that is suppressing the liberties and rights of the people of the region seeks to advance in other countries and continents, with the goal of destabilizing liberal democracies and the Rule of Law. May this Charter of Madrid,supported by political and social leaders with different and even divergent visions and ideas, serve to affirm that: • The advance of communism poses a serious threat to the prosperity and development of our nations, as well as to the freedoms and rights of our fellow countrymen. • The Rule of Law, the separation of powers, freedom of expression and private property are essential components that guarantee the well-functioning of our societies, and therefore must be especially protected against those who seek to undermine them. • The defense of our liberties is a task not only for the political sphere, but also for institutions, civil society, the media, academia, etc. • The future of the countries of the Iberosphere must be based on the respect for democracy, human rights, pluralism, human dignity and justice, and therefore the undersigned,express their commitment to work together in defense of these values and principles. Madrid, October 26, 2020. SIGNATORIES Adriana Tudela, Congresswoman-elect for Avanza Antonio Rodiles, Cuban oppositionist. País (Peru). Aquiles Martini Pietri, Member of SoyVenezuela. Alberto Assef, National Deputy for the Partido Nacionalista Constitucional, UNIR (Argentina). Arturo Murillo, Minister of Government of Bolivia. Alberto Fernández, Vicepresident of MEMRI, Middle Bia Kicis, Federal Deputy of Brazil. East Media Research Institute (USA). Biagio Pilieri, Head of the parliamentary faction 16 of Alberto Franceschi, member of Repúblicos Venezuela. July (Venezuela). Aldo Mariategui, journalist and writer (Peru). Carla Piccolomini, National Deputy for PRO (Argentina). Alejandra Noemí Reynoso Sánchez, Senator of the Republic of Mexico. Carlos Bastardo, National Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela. Alejandrina Castro, Deputy for ARENA (El Salvador). Carlos Hamann, lawyer and member of the Center for Alejandro Chafuen, International General Director of Public Policy Innovation (Peru). The Acton Institute (Argentina/USA). Carlos Leal, Deputy in the State Congress of Nuevo Alejandro Fargosi, Counselor of the Judiciary and Leon, Mexico. member of the Valores Para Mí País party. Carlos Ortega, President of the syndicate Alejandro Muñante Barrios, Congressman-elect for Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela. Renovación Popular (Peru). Carlos Salazar, Coordinator of Coalición Sindical de Alfonso Aguilar, President of the Latino Partnership Venezuela. for Conservative Principles and former Chief of the Office of U.S. Citizenship under President George W. César Combina, Spokesman and Congressman for Bush (USA). Alianza para el Progreso (Peru). Alfonso Baella, communicator (Peru). César E. Benítez, Lawyer (Ecuador). Alfredo Mago, National Labor Commissioner of Vente Cristian Álvarez, Deputy of Congress of the Republic Venezuela. of Guatemala. Alfredo Schiavoni, National Deputy for PRO Cristina López, Secretary General of the SUMA party (Argentina). (Ecuador). Álvaro Guerrero, former criminal judge and member of Dan Schneider, Executive Director of the American Repúblicos Venezuela. Conservative Union (USA). Amparo Medina, General Coordinator of Red Vida y Daniel Córdova, Former Minister of Production of Peru Familia (Ecuador). and member of Alianza por el Progreso (Peru). André Santos Espinoza, Lawyer (Ecuador). Daniel Garza, Executive Director of The Libre Initiative (USA). Andrés Barrientos, Executive Director of Fundación Ciudadano Austral (Chile). Daniel Pipes, President of the Middle East Forum (USA). Antonio Ledezma, former Metropolitan Mayor of Caracas. Dannia Ríos, President of the Partido Nacional Vida y Fernando Doval, Secretary of Studies and Strategic Familia (Paraguay). Analysis of Partido de Acción Nacional (Mexico). Dardo Lopez-Dolz, Former Vice Minister of the Interior Fernando Marcelo Balda Flores, politician and activist of Peru. (Ecuador). David Schlereth, National Deputy for PRO (Argentina). Francisco Sánchez, National Deputy for PRO (Argentina). Diana Seminario, journalist and political analyst (Peru). Francisco Tudela, Former Vice President of the Diego Arria, former Governor of Caracas and former Government and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs President of the UN Security Council. (Peru). Diego Marías, Counselor of the Judiciary and former Gabriela Weber, National Congresswoman for PSC Deputy of Buenos Aires for PRO (Argentina). (Ecuador). Dignora Hernández, Deputy of the National Assembly Giorgia Meloni, President of Fratelli d'Italia. of Venezuela. Grover Norquist,President of Americans for Tax Dragos Dolanescu Valenciano, Congressman for the Reform (USA). Partido Costa Rica Justa (Costa Rica). Gustavo Nakamura,Director of the Center for Public Eduardo Bolsonaro, Federal Deputy for the State of Policy Innovation (Peru). Sao Paulo (Brazil). Héctor Yepes, Former Congressman (Ecuador). Eduardo Flores, Member of Repúblicos and university professor (Venezuela). Helen Fernandez, former Metropolitan Mayor of Caracas. Eduardo Verástegui, actor and advisor to the White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, promoted by Henry Kronfle, Member of the National Assembly for President Trump (Mexico). Partido Social Cristiano (Ecuador). Edwin Luzardo, Deputy of the National Assembly of Hermann Tertsch, MEP and patron of Fundación Venezuela. Disenso (Spain). Elsa Méndez Álvarez, local Deputy in the State Hernán Berisso, National Deputy for PRO (Argentina). Congress of Querétaro, Mexico. Hilda Molina, physician and former Deputy in the Enrique Aristeguieta Gramcko, Political leader and National Assembly (Cuba). Member of the Patriotic Board of 1958 (Venezuela). Humberto Calderón Berti, former Minister of Energy Enrique Ghersi Silva, academic, authorand former and Mines and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Congressman (Peru). (Venezuela). Esteban Torres Cobo, Member of the National Humberto González, coordinator of Repúblicos Assembly of Ecuador. Venezuela. Fabricio Alvarado, Secretary General of the Nueva Ignacio de León, Economist and member of República Party (Costa Rica). Repúblicos Venezuela. Felipe León, President of Libres Ecuador (Ecuador). Inés Liendo, Director of Unión Republicana Fernando Cillóniz, Former Presidential Candidate and (Argentina). Former Governor of Ica (Peru). Jairo Darío Lalaleo Valencia, lawyer (Ecuador). Léo Juvier-Hendrickx, artist (Cuba). Javier Bedoya Denegri, Deputy Mayor of San Isidro Lorenzo Montanari, Executive Director of Property and President of PRO (Peru). Rights Alliance (USA). Javier Milei, economist (Argentina). Luis Barragán, National Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela. Jesús Petit DaCosta, former Magistrate and former Attorney General of the Republic of Venezuela. Luis Espinosa Goded, professor and economist (Ecuador). Johanna Montenegro, psychologist and member of Repúblicos (Venezuela). Luis Rosales, journalist and politician (Argentina). John D. Fonte, Senior Fellow and Director of Center for Margarita Restrepo, Senator of the Republic of American Common Culture of the Hudson Institute Colombia. (USA). María Clara Escobar, doctor and Executive Director of Jorge Buxadé, Head of the Vox delegation in the ICP (Colombia). European Parliament (Spain). María Corina Machado, National Coordinator of Vente Jorge Montoya Manrique, Admiral and Member of Venezuela. Congress of the Republic of Peru. María Fernanda Cabal, Senator of the Republic of Jorge Villena, Secretary of Political Formation PRO Colombia. (Peru). María Zaldívar, university professor and politician José Antonio Kast, President of the Republican Party (Argentina). of Chile. Mario Cuvi, Dean of the Faculty of Law and José Cueto Aservi, Congressman-elect of Renovación Governance at ECOTEC University (Ecuador). Popular (Peru). Mario Duarte, President of Unión Conservadora de José Luis Espert, economist and politician Guatemala. (Argentina). Mario Romo, President of Red Familia (México). José Luis Pirela, National Deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela. Marion Maréchal, French politician and Founder of ISSEP (France). Juan Aicega, National Deputy for PRO (Argentina). Martín Pugliese, lawyer and founder of Unión Juan Bosco Hermoza, Arbitrator of the Chamber of Republicana (Argentina). Commerce of Lima (Peru). Matt Schlapp, President of American Conservative Juan Carlos Bolívar, National Deputy of the National Union (USA). Assembly of Venezuela. Mauricio Villeda, Deputy for Partido Liberal Juan Pablo García, National Deputy of the National (Honduras). Assembly of