Families of jailed Cuban protesters blocked from meeting US officials in Miami, Florida Getty Cuban protesters jailed for 30 days over “anti-government” actions arrested, with families of US prisoners of conscience joined by Cuban diplomats protesting Getty Cuban protesters jailed for 30 days over “anti-government” actions arrested, with families of US prisoners of conscience joined by Cuban diplomats protesting Cuba’s Communist Party leadership are’responsible for the misery of the country’ and should be subject to regular ‘audits’ Getty Cuban protesters jailed for 30 days over “anti-government” actions arrested, with families of US prisoners of conscience joined by Cuban diplomats protesting Getty Cuban protesters jailed for 30 days over “anti-government” actions arrested, with families of US prisoners of conscience joined by Cuban diplomats protesting In 2000, Cuba held 11 US diplomats, including a lawyer, an interpreter and a military observer, in Castro-era prisons for their part in what Washington says was the systematic, illegal, and sometimes murderous imprisonment of anti-government activists Getty Cuban protesters jailed for 30 days over “anti-government” actions arrested, with families of US prisoners of conscience joined by Cuban diplomats protesting In 2000, Cuba held 11 US diplomats, including a lawyer, an interpreter and a military observer, in Castro-era prisons for their part in what Washington says was the systematic, illegal, and sometimes murderous imprisonment of anti-government activists Getty
Mr Castro himself has been in the public eye for some time. He was twice elected to the presidency of Cuba through the ballot in the 1950s and 1960s but was never given dictatorial powers. That changed under his brother Fidel, who took power in 2009. His power over the island has risen dramatically since then, with a national daily newspaper, for example, now being called “The People’s Friend”; a new constitution written by his supporters gives him almost dictatorial powers. Meanwhile, the Cuban authorities have launched a series of purges, including of his political supporters and those who dare to criticise him.
“He is a dictator,” said José Antonio Kast, a political analyst and former minister who has lived in Havana for more than two decades. “The situation in Cuba has been deteriorating for years. With him there are no limits. Cuba is becoming a police state
