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• Luis Felipe Rojas is on the Castro dictatorship's blog roll

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  On Sunday, Cuban independent blogger Luís Felipe Rojas published a post denouncing police for the beating of three women. (You can read it here in English.)

  On Monday, the Castro dictatorship responded by sending its cops to surround Rojas' home in Holguín.

  Not surprisngly, Rojas remained undaunted, taking to' [...]

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• Guillermo Fariñas' wife says his hunger strike almost killed him

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  From Cuba Money Project:

  Clara Pérez, wife of Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas, says her husband’s hunger strike was a key factor that led to the Cuban government’s decision to release dozens of political prisoners.

  She said Fariñas nearly died during the hunger strike, which ended after Cuban [...]

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• Armando Valladares teaches to never give up hope

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  More than 23 years ago, when I was in college, I wrote this column about former Cuban prisoner of conscience Armando Valladares and his prison memoir, "Against All Hope."

  This past Saturday, the Cuba Nostalgia festival in Miami, I finally was able to meet him.

  It was an honor.

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