Después de rehusarse a unirse a la asamblea de jóvenes comunistas, Pedro - un maestro de matemáticas de nivel preparatoria - fue puesto en lista negra de todos los trabajos de maestro y marcado como un “contrarrevolucionario”.
Después de rehusarse a unirse a la asamblea de jóvenes comunistas, Pedro - un maestro de matemáticas de nivel preparatoria - fue puesto en lista negra de todos los trabajos de maestro y marcado como un “contrarrevolucionario”.
Después de que Raúl se negó a unirse al ejército cubano y alzarse en armas contra civiles, la policía lo arrastró del campo de fútbol y lo llevó a la cárcel, donde lo amenazaron y lo atacaron brutalmente. Con tan solo 19 años, él sintió que no tenía otra opción más que dejar atrás la dictadura opresiva de su país de origen. Llegó a los EEUU con la esperanza de ser tratado de manera más justa.
En marzo de 2018, la policía cubana se llevó a Adrián Toledo Flores a una celda de prisión, lo golpeó violentamente, y lo tiraron contra un fregadero.
Mientras comenzaba a sangrar, uno de los oficiales dijo, “No mereces estar en este país”.
After fleeing persecution in Cuba, Yerandy Valdes Ruiz was swiftly locked up at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in May 2018. For over eight months, he was deprived of the medical attention he needed just to stay alive.
During a crisp, cool evening in Cuba, police barreled into Rodrigo’s home and brutally beat him with their batons – striking his stomach, shoulders and back. He fell to the floor and rolled over in pain. He listened as police warned him they could “make him disappear.” Then, he watched them scurry off into the night.
As Jose Antonio Hernandez Viera said goodbye to his 6-year-old daughter in Cuba, he was distraught. She suffers from terminal brain cancer, and needs his emotional and financial care.
But Viera had no choice. The political persecution he was facing had reached its peak, and he would die if he were to remain in his home country, leaving his daughter fatherless.
Two Cuban police officers barged into Brayan Lazaro Rodriguez Rodriguez’s home, handcuffed him, and shoved him to the floor. They beat him in the face with their batons, and broke one of his teeth. They labeled him a “criminal,” and locked him up at a nearby prison.
After refusing to join the young Communists assembly, Pedro – a high school math teacher – was blacklisted from all teaching jobs and was branded as a “counterrevolutionary.”
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