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Cuban Dissident Freed After Five Years, Travels Miami

7/18/2026

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He will travel to Miami on Saturday under U.S. humanitarian parole after five years in a Cuban prison.
After his sentence ended, authorities held him in an undisclosed location before offering exile.
He co-founded the San Isidro Movement, which challenged Cuba’s censorship laws, endured police raids, and staged hunger strikes.
Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience and gave him the 2026 Democracy Award and the Václav Havel Prize.

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Story summary

He will travel to Miami on Saturday under U.S. humanitarian parole after five years in a Cuban prison.
After his sentence ended, authorities held him in an undisclosed location before offering exile.
He co-founded the San Isidro Movement, which challenged Cuba’s censorship laws, endured police raids, and staged hunger strikes.
Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience and gave him the 2026 Democracy Award and the Václav Havel Prize.