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Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in US

Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in US
BBC World Sunday 19 July 2026, 07:47 UTC 1 min read
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He was arrested in 2021 during Cuba's largest anti-government protests in decades and spent five years ⁠in prison.

He was arrested in 2021 during Cuba's largest anti-government protests in decades and spent five years ⁠in prison.
Cuban (ORG) Luis Manuel (PERSON) Otero Alcántara (PERSON) US (LOCATION) Cuba (LOCATION)
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