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Cuban Artist Escapes Prison to Miami | Bangor News
Cuban artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, once jailed for five years and branded a political prisoner by the U.S., has arrived in Miami after being released on the condition he leave Cuba. Once a key figure in the San Isidro Movement, he was arrested during a protest in 2021 and sentenced for charges including disrespecting national symbols. Welcomed by a jubilant crowd waving Cuban flags and chanting his anthem “Patria y Vida,” he chose exile to continue his fight for freedom and art. Carrying a broken statue of the Virgin Mary as a symbol of hope, his first act in the U.S. was…
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