Carmelo Díaz Fernández was a

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. He was

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of the Cuban Independent Trade Union Press Agency (APSIC), an

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member of the Unitary Council of Cuban Workers (CUTC), and president of the banned Christian Trade Union. The

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Fernández during the Black Spring in 2003. He was

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in 2004 for health reasons.

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*https://www.cubanet.org/noticias/fallece-el-periodista-carmelo-diaz-exprisionero-politico-de-la-primavera-negra/ Living people Cuban journalists Cuban male journalists Cuban dissidents Year of birth missing (living people) Black Spring detainees {{Cuba-journalist-stub