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Cuba’s best-known dissident with ‘knees trembling’ makes it through Havana airport without incident
Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sánchez checked in without incident at Havana's international airport on Sunday on her way to Brazil, the first stop on an 80-day-tour of a dozen countries. She was sent off with hugs by a small group of family members and friends. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWhat a weird world. Imagine being banned from leaving your own country!
Feb 18th, 2013 - 07:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Imagine being told how much of your won money you can take with you?
Feb 18th, 2013 - 08:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is what democracy is for that kind of “progresist” Gvt's (leftist or comunist really) ......
Feb 18th, 2013 - 02:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Some more are in progress to be one of the top of the kind....like Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Argentina.....
Chile, even during the worst days of the military Gvt. never denied the freedom to go out of the country, just the access to it...... and the rows of people wanting to came in were very long.....that was a very hard dictatorship as the leftist use to say.....(more a soft dictatorship-like)...
Good for her.
Feb 18th, 2013 - 04:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Even dear old England stops people leaving.
Feb 18th, 2013 - 09:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Very, very, VERY bad foreigners are being stopped from returning abroad by English judges because Human Rights legislation means that they must stay in the UK to 'protect their right to a family life'.
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