MIAMI, United States. — The Cuban religious leader and civic educator Dagoberto Valdés denounced the harassment of State Security against him after having two visits this Thursday.
Valdes reported in social networks that he has been warned by the political police that neither he nor members of the Coexistence group can participate in a reception offered by the United States Chargé d’Affaires in Havana on July 1 in commemoration of Independence Day.
On the first visit, around one in the afternoon, Captain Ezel, from State Security, warned Valdés that he could not bring former political prisoner Eduardo Díaz Fleitas, a member of the so-called Group of 75, to the reception. US Independence Day reception
Three hours later (around 4 p.m.), the same officer appeared at the religious leader’s home with another warning: neither he nor any member of the Center for Coexistence Studies will be able to attend the aforementioned activity at the residence of the person in charge. of business.
“The repression and the siege of State Security on my person and Coexistence is increasing,” said the activist on his Facebook account.
On March 9 of this year, Dagoberto Valdés and one of his sons, Javier Valdés, were summoned to a interrogation by the Cuban political police. On that occasion, both were questioned by Captain Otoniel at the Pinar del Río Immigration Office.
During the nearly 90-minute interview, Valdés was rebuked about the trip he made to Miami in February for the Catholic Social Week and the VII Meeting of Coexistence.
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