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Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique is a
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n independent economist. Ramos Lauzerique and
Marta Beatriz Roque Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello (born May 16, 1945) is a Cuban political dissident. She is an economist by training, and the founder as well as director of the Cuban Institute of Independent Economists. Agence France-Presse described her in 2007 as Cu ...
founded the Instituto de Economía.


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The group of economists has exposed how the communist government uses false statistics when reporting to the people and to international organizations. He was imprisoned during the Black Spring in 2003 and
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recognized him as a prisoner of conscience. In August 2005 political prisoners
Adolfo Fernández Sainz Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz (born in 1947) is a Cuban journalist. Before his imprisonment, he was an independent journalist with the Patria news agency. Adolfo Fernández Sainz also contributed to foreign publications, particularly in Sweden. He ...
and
Alfredo Domínguez Batista Alfredo Domínguez Batista (born November 15, 1961) is a Cuban dissident. Amnesty International has declared him as a prisoner of conscience. He is a member of the Christian Liberation Movement and was involved in the Varela project The Varela ...
went on a hunger strike after Ramos was beaten by guards. Ramos was freed in November 2010.


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