CUBA
Cuban exile group cleared of violating U.S. laws
BY PABLO BACHELET
pbachelet@MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON --
The Federal Election Commission has dismissed allegations that an
influential Cuban-American political action committee broke U.S. laws.
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a
watchdog group, filed a complaint last year alleging that U.S. Cuba
Democracy Political Action Committee had illegal ties to a foreign
citizen and a nonprofit organization.
Since its creation in 2003, the PAC has raised about $1.5 million, most
of it in South Florida, to lobby Congress to keep the sanctions against
the island nation in place.
CREW alleged several members of the nonprofit Cuba Democracy Advocates
Inc. had illegal links to the PAC, which is supposed to operate
independently of any other organization.
Cuba Democracy Advocates was founded by Leopoldo Fernández-Pujals, a
Spanish national who CREW alleged had made indirect contributions to the
PAC.
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