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Oscar Elias Biscet is one of the bravest and most inspiring of Cuba's many political prisoners.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Oscar Elias Biscet is one of the bravest and most inspiring of Cuba's many political prisoners. He is a symbol for those prisoners in general. Biscet is a physician who takes as his models Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King. He is also an "Afro-Cuban," for those who care about color--and Castro's defenders ...

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