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'''Description of Artwork:''' Cruz Varela is a poet and human rights activist who is a leader of a Cuban democratic coalition called Criterio Alternativo, a known group of anti-Castro intellectuals. | '''Description of Artwork:''' Cruz Varela is a poet and human rights activist who is a leader of a Cuban democratic coalition called Criterio Alternativo, a known group of anti-Castro intellectuals. | ||
'''The Incident:''' | '''The Incident:''' She was imprisoned for 18 months between 1991 and 1993 and then held under house arrest before going into exile in 1994. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' | '''Results of Incident:''' She now lives in Spain where she continues to write and teach. | ||
'''Source:''' Human Rights Watch/Americas Watch | '''Source:''' Human Rights Watch/Americas Watch, and [http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/index.cfm?objectid=226C5444-3048-676E-26482C177A01A86E PEN international] | ||
[[Category:1991]] | [[Category:1991]] | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 1 August 2011
Date: 1991
Region: Central America and the Caribbean
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Literature
Artist: Maria Elena Cruz Varela
Confronting Bodies: Cuban government under Fidel Castro
Dates of Action: November 19, 1991
Location: Cuba
Description of Artwork: Cruz Varela is a poet and human rights activist who is a leader of a Cuban democratic coalition called Criterio Alternativo, a known group of anti-Castro intellectuals.
The Incident: She was imprisoned for 18 months between 1991 and 1993 and then held under house arrest before going into exile in 1994.
Results of Incident: She now lives in Spain where she continues to write and teach.
Source: Human Rights Watch/Americas Watch, and PEN international
