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Brothers to the Rescue ((スペイン語:Hermanos al Rescate)) is a Miami-based activist nonprofit organization headed by José Basulto. Formed by Cuban exiles, the group is widely known for its opposition to the Cuban government and its former leader Fidel Castro. The group describes itself as a humanitarian organization aiming to assist and rescue raft refugees emigrating from Cuba and to "support the efforts of the Cuban people to free themselves from dictatorship through the use of active nonviolence".〔(Website of Brothers to the Rescue - Background and information )〕 Brothers to the Rescue, Inc., was founded in May 1991 "after several pilots were touched by the death of" fifteen-year-old Gregorio Perez Ricardo,〔http://paxety.com/2008/02/22/murder-in-the-florida-straits/〕 who "fleeing Castro's Cuba on a raft, perished of severe dehydration in the hands of U.S. Coast Guard officers who were attempting to save his life.".〔http://www2.fiu.edu/~fcf/background.html〕 The Cuban government accuses them of involvement in terrorist acts,〔Annex to the letter dated 29 October 2001 from the Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. Summary of principal terrorist actions against Cuba (1990-2000). ()〕〔"The Cuban Downing of the Planes. The News We Haven't Been Hearing...." Article from Cuba Solidarity ()〕 and infiltrated the group (see Juan Pablo Roque and the Wasp Network). In 1996 two Brothers to the Rescue planes were shot down by the Cuban Air Force, leading to international condemnation. ==Rafting missions== In its early years, the group actively rescued rafters from Cuba and claims to have saved thousands of Cubans who were emigrating from the country.〔 Eventually, the group's focus shifted after changes in U.S. immigration policy meant that rafters would be sent back to Cuba. The group's founder has stated that after August 1995 it stopped seeing rafters in the water. Heavily dependent on funding for rafting activities, the group's funding rapidly dropped to $320,455 in 1995, down from $1.5 million the year before. As a result, the group focused more on civil disobedience against the Cuban government. At least once, the group's founder dropped leaflets on Cuba.〔Court testimony from the Cuban spy trial, referred in ''The Miami Herald'' March 13, 2001 at ("Basulto testifies" ). Latin American Studies.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brothers to the Rescue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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