Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in the US
Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, arrested in 2021 during Cuba's largest anti-government protests in decades, has gone into exile in the United States after five years in prison. He co-founded the San Isidro Movement, a collective of artists who protest against the Cuban government.
Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has gone into exile in the United States after spending five years in prison. He was arrested in 2021 during the island's largest anti-government protests in decades and was later sentenced on charges of public disorder, contempt and disrespect for national symbols.
Otero Alcántara co-founded the San Isidro Movement, a collective of Havana-based artists, writers and musicians that protests against the Cuban government. He accepted exile after the United States granted him humanitarian parole.
He was given a hero's welcome upon arriving in Miami following his release. His case has become one of the most prominent international symbols of the Cuban government's crackdown on dissent.
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