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Cuban Artist Exiled After Five Years | San Antonio News
Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, freed after a five-year prison sentence, touched down in Miami amid cheers and Cuban flags, marking a defiant step toward freedom. Co-founder of the San Isidro Movement, he was jailed in 2021 for protest-related charges, sparking global outcry. Though the Cuban government denies he was a political prisoner, his supporters say exile was his only path to safety and continued activism. His sudden departure left advocates worried — until he arrived, carrying a broken statue of the Virgin Mary as a symbol of hope, and heading first to a shrine…
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