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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:''' Unknown.
'''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]


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