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Re-sentencings in US Reignite Passions Over the Cuban Five
Oct 12 2009, Chad

Throughout the Cuban countryside are hand-painted murals featuring the famous faces of the revolution, Che and Fidel, of course, but also René, Antonio, Fernando, Gerardo and Ramón — known here as “Los Cinco,” the Cuban Five, no last names...

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