Writer Ernesto Hernández Busto, a fierce critic of Fidel Castro, edits Penultimos Dias, an influential voice in the blogosphere. He was born in Cuba and studied math in the former Soviet Union in 1986-87. According to his biography: He was expelled for not attending classes, but on appeal he was allowed to study Spanish and [...]
May roundup
A former political prisoner who went on a hunger strike and sewed his lips partially shut to demand that Cuban authorities release American Alan Gross began eating again after his family expressed concerns about his health, Reuters reported on May 18. Vladimir Alejo Miranda, 48, launched the hunger strike in April. A second man, Angel [...]