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Artist Bruguera freed in Cuba after colleagues write in support
Source: Reuters
Artist Bruguera freed in Cuba after colleagues write in support
BY DANIEL WALLIS AND ROSA TANIA VALDÉS
HAVANA Fri Jan 2, 2015 6:18pm EST
(Reuters) - Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera was freed on Friday after three back-to-back detentions in three days, and after more than a thousand artists worldwide signed an open letter to Cuban President Raul Castro calling for her release.
The detention of the Cuban artist and other political opponents of the island's communist government over recent days has tested a new detente with the United States.
The dissidents, with limited public support on the Caribbean island, are denounced by the Cuban authorities as being in the pay of the United States.
Bruguera third detention came when she went to a Havana prison on Thursday to demand the release of other detainees. Earlier this week she had planned an open microphone event the government called a "political provocation."
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BY DANIEL WALLIS AND ROSA TANIA VALDÉS
HAVANA Fri Jan 2, 2015 6:18pm EST
(Reuters) - Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera was freed on Friday after three back-to-back detentions in three days, and after more than a thousand artists worldwide signed an open letter to Cuban President Raul Castro calling for her release.
The detention of the Cuban artist and other political opponents of the island's communist government over recent days has tested a new detente with the United States.
The dissidents, with limited public support on the Caribbean island, are denounced by the Cuban authorities as being in the pay of the United States.
Bruguera third detention came when she went to a Havana prison on Thursday to demand the release of other detainees. Earlier this week she had planned an open microphone event the government called a "political provocation."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/02/us-cuba-usa-dissidents-idUSKBN0KB1FJ20150102