Pedro Luis Boitel (1931–1972) was a Cuban poet and dissident who opposed the governments of both Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro. In 1961, the regime sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
Boitel died during a hunger strike in prison in 1972 while serving a sentence handed down by the communist regime.
Read more about Pedro Luis Boitel: Before The Revolution, Jail and Hunger Strike
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