Raúl Castro Arrests Dozens of Dissidents, Continuing Fidel’s Legacy
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D Less than a month after the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, his brother Raúl is carrying on his brother’s legacy, arresting dozens of political dissidents and one U.S. human rights lawyer over the weekend. Cuban police interrupted a Sunday protest organized by José Daniel Ferrer, the head of the Cuban Patriotic Union (UNPACU), who had called together hundreds of his followers to march for the liberation of political prisoners in Cuba. The protest march was to proceed from the city of Santiago de Cuba to the National Shrine of the Virgen de la...
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D Less than a month after the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, his brother Raúl is carrying on his brother’s legacy, arresting dozens of political dissidents and one U.S. human rights lawyer over the...
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