Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in US
He was arrested in 2021 during Cuba's largest anti-government protests in decades and spent five years in prison.
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He was arrested in 2021 during Cuba's largest anti-government protests in decades and spent five years in prison.
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