Dissident Freed

Martha Beatriz Roque, one of the 75 encarcerated dissidents and the only woman of the group, has been released.

She was found guilty, among other things, of creating a Web site that reported on Cuba's deteriorating economic situation.

It was Roque's second stint in jail. She served three years in the late 1990s for criticising the government's economic policies along with three other economists known as the Group of Four.

This is, of course, good news. However the only reason she and the other recently released prisoners were freed is because their health was failing. It would not be poltically expedient for Castro to have a dissident die in jail.

Posted by Val Prieto at July 23, 2004 06:33 AM

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Posted by: j.scott barnard at July 23, 2004 01:51 PM