; Whereas, on July 14, 2011, independent journalist and former political prisoner Jose Daniel Ferrer said, the particular stories, the news selected for A Fondo [a joint Voice of America and Radio Marti program], is what gives the show its quality, very professional. I listened to the show in prison on a daily basis. ; Whereas, on May 30, 2013, Berta Soler, leader of the pro-democracy group the Ladies in White, stated while visiting the Office of Cuba Broadcasting while appearing on the Con Voz Propia ( In Their Own Voice ) program, I feel like I am home. I wake up [in Cuba] with this show every morning, and I can’t believe I am here! ; and Whereas, on August 13, 2013, Afro-Cuban activist and former political prisoner Jorge Luis García-Pérez stated, In the 17 years that I spent behind bars, Radio Martí was, at times, my everything . It was my lifeline. : Now, therefore, be it