Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya speaks with journalists after meeting with former President Jimmy Carter at the Santa Isabel hotel in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday March 30, 2011. Franklin Reys / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya speaks with journalists after meeting with former President Jimmy Carter at the Santa Isabel hotel in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday March 30, 2011. Franklin Reys / ASSOCIATED PRESS
FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2007, file photo, Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya speaks during a news conference in Havana. Paya died in a car crash. He was 60 years old. Dissident Elizardo Sanchez says he confirmed Paya's death on Sunday, July 22, 2012, with associates in the city of Bayamo, 500 miles (800 kilometers) east of the capital. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, file) Javier Galeano / AP
Relatives of the Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya leave his house in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 22, 2012. Paya died in a car crash. He was 60 years old. Dissident Elizardo Sanchez says he confirmed Paya's death on Sunday with associates in the city of Bayamo, 500 miles (800 kilometers) east of the capital. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Ramon Espinosa / AP
Relatives and friends of Cuban activist Oswaldo Paya gather at his home in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 23, 2012. Paya, who spent decades speaking out against the communist government of Fidel and Raul Castro and became one of the most powerful voices of dissent against their half-century rule, died Sunday in a car crash. He was 60. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Ramon Espinosa / AP