Cuban dissident artist arrives in US after five years in prison, Rubio says
U.S. authorities granted him humanitarian parole after a five-year sentence, and advocates say Cuban officials conditioned his freedom on exile.
- Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has arrived in the United States after completing a five-year prison sentence, according to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- A U.S. Embassy official in Havana said Otero Alcántara was granted humanitarian parole and received support for his travel.
- The co-founder of the San Isidro Movement was arrested following Cuba’s 2021 anti-government protests and was convicted on charges including desecration of national symbols, contempt, and public disorder.
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Luis Otero Alcántara, who flew to the United States, was granted immigration protection by the White House.
Exiled Cuban artist arrives in the US after prison term
Cuban dissident artist and musician Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara arrived in Miami on Saturday after being released from a five-year prison sentence on the condition that he leave his country.Alcantara was greeted at the airport by a crowd that was cheering, singing and holding their phones high in th
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EstamosAquí MXUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on Cuba to immediately release more than seven hundred political prisoners. The call comes at the same time that a prominent Cuban dissident and artist has arrived in Miami after spending five years in prison.
Cuban Dissident Arrives in US After Years of Imprisonment
Cuban artist and San Isidro Movement leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrived in the United States on July 18 after “years of unjust imprisonment by Cuba’s communist regime,” the U.S. Department of State said. Alcántara was targeted for using his art to advocate for basic freedoms denied to Cubans for decades, the State Department said. It called the San Isidro Movement “a beacon of hope” for Cubans opposing the country’s authoritarian regime …
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