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DAVID RIVERA: This reality of a lack of human rights and civil liberties inside Cuba started in 1959 where Cuba's record of throwing…

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
This reality of a lack of human rights and civil liberties inside Cuba started in 1959 where Cuba's record of throwing people into prison, just because they are prisoners of conscience, began when thousands and thousands of political prisoners were put in jail by the Castro communist totalitarian dictatorship.
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DAVID RIVERA
Florida

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Rivera traces Cuba's human rights abuses back to the 1959 revolution.

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