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Top Cuban dissidents launch opposition coalition
Top Cuban dissidents Guillermo Farinas and Jose Daniel Ferrer joined forces to create a more powerful opposition as Raul Castro celebrates his re-election to lead the Communist-run island. “We are going to use every peaceful means in our power to obtain democratic change in Cuba,” said Farinas as he lamented…
Cuba releases award-winning dissident
Leading Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas told AFP Saturday he had been released after being detained 40 hours earlier, following an argument with agents guarding his home. Farinas said he was released at around 8:15 am, in a telephone interview from his home in the central city of Santa Clara. The…
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