Pedro Argüelles Morán
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Pedro Argüelles Morán is a Cuba
n cartographer and journalist who was arrested during the "Black Spring" in 2003
and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Argüelles Morán joined the Comité Cubano por los Derechos Humanos (Cuban Committee for Human Rights) in 1992. He was a director of the independent news agency Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes at the time of his arrest.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n cartographer and journalist who was arrested during the "Black Spring" in 2003
Black Spring (Cuba)
Black Spring refers to the 2003 crackdown on Cuban dissidents. The government imprisoned 75 dissidents, that included 29 journalists, as well as librarians, human rights activists, and democracy activists, on the basis that they were acting as agents of the United States by accepting aid from...
and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Argüelles Morán joined the Comité Cubano por los Derechos Humanos (Cuban Committee for Human Rights) in 1992. He was a director of the independent news agency Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes at the time of his arrest.