Cuban diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense [1] reports that “3 Cuban political prisoners this week delivered their congratulations to South African patriarch Nelson Mandela on this month's 20th anniversary of his release from prison”, and notes that they “identify with Mandela's own 27 years in prison, his lifelong struggle against an illegitimate regime and his willingness to forgive in order to build a better, freer society.”
Cuba: Identifying with Mandela
· Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
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