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Juan Carlos Fernández, owner of Ferco Motors in Miami, donated a car to Sissy Abascal, a former political prisoner from Cuba and a member of the Ladies in White, in a gesture of solidarity with those who have spent years in prison for their fight for Cuba's freedom.
The activist José Daniel Ferrer spread the news on social media with words of gratitude: "Juan Carlos Fernández, from Ferco Motors, continues to prove with actions that he is a Cuban with a noble heart: He has just gifted a car to Sissy Abascal, former political prisoner and heroine of the Ladies in White and of Cuba. Thank you, brother, for your generosity and solidarity with those who suffer for fighting for the freedom of our homeland."
Sissi Abascal Zamora, 27 years old, is regarded as the youngest Dama de Blanco in Cuba.
She was sentenced to six years in prison for participating in the protests of July 11, 2021 in Carlos Rojas, Matanzas, the largest popular demonstrations in Cuba in decades.
Her case was included in the "Unjustly Detained" campaign by the United States Department of State in September 2025.
Sissi Abascal arrived in Miami on May 14 along with her mother, Annia Zamora, who is also associated with the movement, after being granted a humanitarian visa by the State Department.
Her departure from Cuba was categorized as a "conditional freedom in exile," not as a full release within the Island.
The donation of the vehicle comes just days after his arrival on U.S. soil, as Abascal begins to rebuild his life in exile after years of imprisonment.
This is not the first gesture from Fernández and Ferco Motors towards recently arrived Cuban political ex-prisoners in Miami.
In December 2025, Fernández had already donated a 2015 Chrysler to José Daniel Ferrer, a prominent Cuban activist, who publicly thanked him for the gesture, describing it as the support of a "good Cuban" to help him and his family adjust to their new life in the United States.
The donation to Abascal follows the same pattern of concrete and material support for figures of the Cuban activism who arrive in exile after enduring the regime's repression.
The Damas de Blanco is a Cuban opposition movement primarily composed of family members of political prisoners, which has become a symbol of peaceful resistance against the dictatorship.
According to the organization Prisoners Defenders, in April 2026, Cuba had 1,260 political prisoners, a figure that reflects the extent of the repression that the regime exercises against those who dare to dissent.
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