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Freed Cuban dissidents adjust to life in Spain

July 21, 2010 by Guy Hedgecoe Leave a Comment

When the Cuban dissident Ricardo González was released from jail and put on a flight to Spain, what struck him first about his newfound freedom was the airline food. “The thing that impressed me on the flight to Madrid was the fact the food was hot,” González, 60, said. “I hadn’t eaten hot food for seven years and four months.” This is just one of the many changes González and a group of other freed Cuban prisoners have experienced since the government’s announcement July 7 that over the next few months it will release the 52 dissidents still behind bars following a 2003 clampdown that put 75 people in jail. The decision is the result of diplomatic efforts by the Spanish government … [Read more...] about Freed Cuban dissidents adjust to life in Spain

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Antonio Villarreal, Cuba Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Cuban dissidents, Cuban dissidents Madrid, Cuban political prisoners, Cubans in Madrid, EU common position on Cuba, Fidel Castro, freed Cuban dissidents, Jose Marti, Omar Ruiz, Óscar Pernet Hernández, Raul Castro, Ricardo Gonzalez, Waldo Diaz-Balart

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