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...imprisonment of noted Cuban dissidents the way Western activists did Nelson Mandela’s Apartheid-era jailing in South Africa. One name to start with—a name that a majority of Americans, and many Cubans, for that matter, are probably unaware of—is Francisco Chaviano Gonzalez. He has endured almost nine years of torture in the Combinado del Este prison for publicly attacking Castro on Cuban human rights violations. But Chaviano is only one of some 240 estimated political prisoners who are being held in Castro’s jails. Meanwhile, their families are subjected...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: Havana's Darling Dictator | 2/12/2003 | See Source »

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