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• Out of desperation in exile in Spain, former Cuban prisoner of conscience starts hunger strike

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  Marcelo Cano Rodriguez

  Spain was a key player in the 2010 deal that lead to the release of dozens of Cuban political prisoners, including those, like Dr. Marcelo Cano Rodriguez, who were imprisoned during "the black spring" of 2003.

  Two years later, Spain, because of its disinterest and because of [...]

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• Cuban human rights group reports at least 427 political arrests in June

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  The Castro dictatorship carried out at least 427 politically motivated arrests of Cuban dissidents, more than twice the number arrested in June 2011 -- a spike that a leading human rights activist said reveals the regime's increased use of "low-intensity" repression to target its opponents.

  In most of the cases, those [...]

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• Remembering the Rio Canimar Massacre, July 6, 1980

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  Thirty-two years ago, on July 6, 1980, the Castro regime brutally attacked and murdered at least 56 people, including several children, on an excursion boat that had been hiacked by three teenagers who wanted to escape Cuba for the United States.

  CubaArchive.org tells the story:

  The Canimar is a scenic Cuban [...]

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• Jailed Cuban dissident rushed to hospital after long hunger strike

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  From the Miami Herald:

  Dissidents in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba reported Monday that jailed activist Frank Montero, who has been on a hunger strike for more than 30 days, was rushed to a hospital over the weekend.

  Authorities have refused to inform Montero’s relatives about his health or [...]

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• The most ignorant thing you will read about Cuba today

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  From a couple of morons, writing at the Huffington Post, who call themselves "The Grannies on Safari":

  Two weeks ago, my co-host Pat and I were invited to Cuba by Friendly Planet Travel, one of eight companies eligible to take Americans to this island country. Before I boarded the charter [...]

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