Las Tunas Region (Cuba)

Lone Cuban refugee appears on shore

wsvn.com     01-Jul-2008          

MIAMI (WSVN) -- U.S. boarder patrol has picked up a single refugee who showed up on the Rickenbacker Causeway Tuesday morning. The man said he was from Puerto Padre, Cuba and said he made it ashore alone. Agents were unable to...                    

José Daniel Ferrer ends hunger strike

marcmasferrer.typepad.com     10-Jun-2008   2 related          

Political prisoner José Daniel Ferrer García has abandoned his 8-day-long hunger strike, after officials at the "El Tipico" prison in Las Tunas returned his personal belongings and promised he would be treated better, according...