# Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara goes into exile in US

- Published: 2026-07-19T07:47:02Z
- Updated: 2026-07-19T20:40:25Z
- Section: World
- Language: English (en)
- Source: BBC News — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2k77p2r1xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Tags: BBC News · World
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He was arrested in 2021 during Cuba's largest anti-government protests in decades and spent five years ⁠in prison.

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