Tag: Cuban dissident

• Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:23 UTC

  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.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 06:08 UTC

  Chile to request Havana details of the car accident in which Cuban dissident died

  

  Chile will request from Cuba all the information on the death of opposition leader Oswaldo Payá who according to the Havana government died in a car accident, something with the Chilean authorities wants to corroborate to “complete certainty”.