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November 24, 2013

Arrests reported on another Sunday of repression in Cuba, 11/24/13

How cowardly is the Castro dictatorship in Cuba?

On Sunday, for the umpteenth Sunday in a row, the regime's agents in Colon, in the province of Matanzas, target members of the Damas De Blanco, or "Ladies In White," as they left Sunday Mass. There were reports of other arrests in other cities.

Among the Damas arrested in Colon, was Alejandrina Garcia de la Riva, who I was fortunate to meet during her visit to Tampa earlier this year.

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Alejandrina Garcia de la Riva and me, August 2013.

 Here's a look at some of what is being reported about and from events today on the island:

Posted by on November 24, 2013 at 12:55 PM |

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