Miami, July 19, 2026 (AFP) - Cuban dissident artist Otero Alcantara lands in US exile

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2026-07-19

Prominent Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara flew Saturday to exile in the United States after serving a five-year sentence on the island, as Washington urged Havana to release more than 700 political prisoners. Otero Alcantara, designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 for insulting national symbols, contempt and disturbing the public order. He landed in Miami, the......

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