Cuba

Cuban dissident hospitalized after eight days on hunger strike

By Luz Escobar

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Luis Felipe Rojas, right, holds a sign that reads “Castro, don’t let Fariñas die, stop repressing the opposition” outside of the Cafe Versailles in Little Havana on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in support of the 21 human rights activists currently on hunger strike in Cuba.
Luis Felipe Rojas, right, holds a sign that reads “Castro, don’t let Fariñas die, stop repressing the opposition” outside of the Cafe Versailles in Little Havana on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in support of the 21 human rights activists currently on hunger strike in Cuba. MATIAS J. OCNER mocner@miamiherald.com

Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas, leader of the Antitotalitario Front (Fantu), was taken Thursday to Arnaldo Milian Castro Hospital in the city of Santa Clara after growing extremely weak from a hunger strike that has stretched for eight days.

Cuban activist Jorge Luis Artiles said that shortly after noon, Fariñas lost consciousness and went into a state of shock, fainting and not responding. Fariñas was treated in an observation room at the hospital, where he got an electrocardiogram and had his vital signs checked.

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This story was originally published July 28, 2016 at 4:11 PM with the headline "Cuban dissident hospitalized after eight days on hunger strike."

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