# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oswaldo-paya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:33:02.347Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oswaldo-paya"
name: "Oswaldo Payá"
slug: "oswaldo-paya"
description: "Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was a Cuban opposition leader. A devout Catholic, he founded the Christian Liberation Movement in 1987 to oppose the one-party rule of the Cuban Communist Party. He attracted international attention for organizing a petition drive known as the Varela Project, in which 25,000 signatories petitioned the Cuban government to guarantee freedom of speech and freedom of assembly as well as to institute a multi-party democracy. In recognition of his work, he received the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize and People in Need's Homo Homini Award."
tagline: "Cuban activist (1952-2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Oswaldo_Paya_headshot.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-02-29"
deathDate: "2012-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.53726266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump